Dave Brosha Photography

10/07/2026

"The Fortress of Shadows"

The lands of my ancestors (at least on my mother's side) are the southern portion of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, where the Clan MacDonald of Sleat ruled the lands off and on for centuries.

This castle, Dunscaith - also called the "Fortress of Shadows", played a large part within the history of the MacDonalds, and from the laster part of the 14th century until the early 17th century was an inmportant part of their history in the area.

Today, weather conditions were photographically spectacular, here on the Isle of Skye. The afternoon just cycled through a routine of sun, cloud, rain, sun, rainbow, rinse repeat for about three hours. Mind-blowing, and so incredibly beautiful.

09/27/2026

A little deviation away from my usual combination of portraits and landscapes.

These past two weeks I've been roaming the streets of Siena, Italy. Anyone who's been here knows that it's just a magical place within the Tuscany region of Italy.

Here's a few street scenes and postcards of light. I hope you enjoy!

08/30/2026

Some recent portrait work from somewhere in Central Alberta this....had such a blast co-teaching portraiture alongside friend Wayne Simpson Photography during our inaugural "Spirit of the West" western-themed portrait workshop.

07/25/2026

One of the cooler experiences I've had in the last five years was completing this: the Shackleton Traverse (also known as the Shackleton Walk), which retraces the historic 1916 rescue route of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

It's in South Georgia, which is a remote island located in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 800 miles (1,390 km) southeast of the Falkland Islands and roughly 1,300 miles east of Argentina.

I've always been a bit of a history lover, and to retrace his steps across this rugged and remote terrain was truly a special memory.

07/24/2026

Today, a post celebrating the beauty of the horse. Here are a few images from my portfolio over the years showcasing these majestic creatures... I never tire of photographing anything equine!

07/20/2026

Today, a little Irish light for you. Gosh, I love that country. Can't wait to return one day!

07/09/2026

Here are some images from my beautiful Prince Edward Island...one of the most magical summer destinations out there.

I just launched (to my notification list) next summer's Island Gems 2027 landscape photography workshop, and it's almost sold out already! Just a couple of spots left. Are you interested in joining me in June for a learning landscape exploration? Details in the comments!

What's YOUR favourite place on Prince Edward Island?

04/15/2026

I recently went to Bolivia, and wow, what a place! Want to see a little of what I experienced?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44-DD591tXc&t=15s

PS - if you liked my travelogue, I would love it if you subscribed to my channel to follow along (I'll be doing more of these travelogues in the future).

A photographer's travelogue documenting two weeks leading a group of photographers across the Salar de Uyuni and southern Bolivia. Bolivia is a dream photo ...

04/13/2026

"The Light Layers of Vietnam"

A new print from my time in February spent in the hills of northern Vietnam.

Hope everyone's having a good Monday! What's your favourite place in the world to watch a sunset?

03/31/2026

The Power of Light

In my lighting workshops I often talk about how learning and understanding how to use off-camera flash and studio strobes - "introduced lighting" - can actually help us create images that seem more natural, despite the fact that it's not "natural light".

The image on the left was one shot naturally - that's to say, without any other light than what was there in the scene. As the sunrise was brighter than my subject in order to expose so that he wasn't in shadow (a silhouette), I had to over-expose the sky. This washes out the rich, warm colour of the sky and gives me an image that's pretty flat and boring.

But using lights - as seen on the right - I'm able to keep my background exposure where I want it (rich and warm) and fill in the shadows with some off-camera flash, which also helps the colours of his immaculate regalia to pop. The image on the right, "A Warrior's Soul", went on to become probably the most popular image that I ever shot. But if I had remained afraid of introduced lighting (which was the case for years) I would have been stuck with the image on the left, which isn't at all, to me, memorable.

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