About Dave

Dave Prothero has been taking photos for the past 15 years. Dave first picked up a camera in Canmore, AB when he was on an 3 month outdoor course. From there he travelled to Nepal for 2 months, after a season of commercial fishing off the West Coast of BC.

From there he continued with his travelling. Working and moving through numerous countries and doing slideshows for high school tourism classes in the Comox Valley, which provided an interesting look and basis into the photography world.

Since then, Dave has rescearched and increased his photography view point and refined his style. Here you will find stories about some of that work.

Working as a Guide, Kayaker and Photographer, amongst other professions, has provided Dave with the opportunity to travel and photograph through twenty five countries on six continents. During which time he has seen and photographed many interesting and unique locations.

I hope you enjoy the blog and contine to watch my photographic experince flourish.
Contact Dave regarding photos and pricing on Portraits, Commercial work, and Weddings.

Sincerely,

Dave Prothero

Feb 17 2012

Urban Space – The Snowboarder

Pat Kitto

Relaxing in the House

Last week I met up to get some photo’s of Patrick Kitto in a urban setting. I wanted to try a couple of different locations with flash lighting and get some different feel to the photos.

The morning light was kind of foggy. It was like a big soft box had descended over the valley. It was going to be a good day for photographs.

Met up with Pat at his house. His basement was the first location. Provided a good interior to shoot a cople of different images. It was a good chance to use my wide angle lens as the space was tight. Set up two flash one with a white cloth in front of the umbrella to make a nice big white light and another to camera left to use as the fill light.

After leaving there we heading a spot off Puntledge rd. Nice and colourful it provided a different backdrop. We were taking a couple of different images and even had some unexpected company. Someone had phoned the police to see what we were up to. Ah photo shoots always interesting. A cople of questions and we were left to our devices.

Visit by the police .... all was okay

After that it was off to our last location and the fog had hung around so we were able to put it to good use getting some shots around the Railway Station. Always an interesting location, the fog added a nice feel to the location. We were able to grab a couple of different photograph’s down by the rails before maing our way to the station to get some different looks. The pay phone came in handy, as it is one of 3150 pay phones in BC. Of Course ,if you needed one in AB there is only 231. There are still 84in Courtenay. It was a good interactive object to use.

When does the train come in?

Sorry digressed there for a moment. We set up with one light for most of the photos at the Train Station. We were able to grab some good shots of the Pat, waiting on the train.

Enjoy the images.

Dave