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Hello everyone, I am Dodgie Paolo Pidor Dator, a freelance photographer based in Winnipeg, MB., Canada and eager to travel. I was born in the Philippines and immigrated to Canada with my family back in October 2000. Winnipeg has been our cozy new home for the last 10 years. I am very happily married to my gorgeous wife Frances Ranosa Dator, she is my inspiration specially for my wedding photography. Frances is my co-photographer on  my projects and also a model coach for our fashion/glamour work. She has the eye in capturing emotional images, her images are quite distinct from mine yet compliments perfectly in your story book.

I create a lot of really personalized artwork through my contemporary lifestyle portraits. I love on location portraits so that I am not confined to a space, I get to explore and have my models/clients be more relaxed and show their true individuality. I absolutely love wedding photography since I get to create artworks as life unfolds. My clients often refer to my images as very artistic, natural and quite refreshing. Come and read my blog as I share with you my life behind the camera, as I create artworks in life around me.

I also sell my scenic photographs as fine art prints, some of my work is currently available in 3 Winnipeg locations; Birchwood Art Gallery, Wayne Arthur Gallery and McGrath Diamonds. I keep a large archive of over 15,000(and growing) images of Winnipeg and places I get to visit.

We have a partner weddings/special events planner En Vied Events in Victoria, British Columbia and we travel a lot and also have partner studios in the Philippines.We are available for travel worldwide, please don't hesitate to contact us for any inquiries.

You can read a little bit more about my humble beginnings. Here's some of the most instrumental people in my photography career.

Read some more FAQs about me... if you might want to know more, or just simply contact me and I will be glad to meet and chat with you.