Thanks Kort for this posting....

Dave got me started in photography in 2004 or about.  It started out that he needed someone to watch his back and expensive camera equipment while he took pictures in Hilo town at nights.   He said to bring along a camera so I borrowed my sons little canon point and shoot.  I never thought photography could be fun as in the past, we had those hold to your waist cameras...then you had to develop them.  But digital?   Wow!  Then Dave found Renderosity.  We were hooked!   Where could anyone go wrong, post one picture for free every day and have people to critique your post and help you out.   This being said, we went out to different areas and places of the island to get pictures....Mauna Kea, Waipio Valley, Hula Dances at the Volcano, Lava fields, Rodeo's and Nature.  Every now and then, Dave, Stella and I would go out on a photo shoot.  Dave loved the ocean as he was a surfer in his younger days.   Most every morning, you would find him at his favorite spot at the ocean taking pictures...  He just recently had his camera over hauled as it had a lot of corrosion from the salt air and spray.  Dave had an eye for photography, he saw something that I couldn't....  He had his pictures on display at some restaurant and also entered contest...   He had a lot of knowledge in photography but never stopped studying, always wanted to advance himself.

Dave was also a fine musician and singer.  He had a group called “Two Guys From Puna”.   He would always call/email me to support them when they played.   Incredible smooth voice.   They had a lot of gigs and parties to play as well as dance night clubs....  Eventually, he slowed down on the entertainment world and stuck with photography.   He still has his guitar on a stand next to his computer and calls it his girl friend... 

Dave loved to fish.   He was very patient for that fish...  He and the whole family went to Alaska on a fishing trip and he came back with several coolers of black cod and a bunch of other stuff...  He gave me a cooler full of fish......thanks Dave

Dave went out of his way to help others.   He was just a call away.   Even after retirement from the post office, he would help a friend Roberta to what ever she needed at Pahoa post office where she was postmaster.   All for free...  He also helped her find a home for her family.   She now has a home and now is Post Master of Hilo and she so much wanted to celebrate all this with Dave.....because he was the key of everything and to her success.  

Dave loved his family and wanted to make sure everything went smoothly in case something came up such as him being in the hospital.   He made a living trust and power of attorney to his son and daughter ....Jon and Kaikea to handle things when he couldn’t.   Seeing Jon and Kaikea along side their father, they did everything they could as Dave wanted.   Kaikea and Jon always made a party for their father....  Dave says they got their act together in anything they do.   There is another son Garner who is in the mainland and Dave was proud of him.  

I’d just thought I’d share as Dave was a good, kind person.   He had no wrong in him....  He will be missed.    Dave’s last website he was working on is http://www.kanaesphotography.com/ 

Aloha.....Errol