{"id":705,"date":"2017-08-20T16:31:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T20:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dhcstudio.com\/?page_id=705"},"modified":"2017-08-20T19:45:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T23:45:52","slug":"testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/dhcstudio.com\/?page_id=705","title":{"rendered":"Testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\"\"<\/a>\u201cIn the last ten years, Donna and I have done 4 books and several dozen magazine articles together. That’s literally hundreds of photographs, shot in a variety of locations indoors and out, in all sorts of circumstances and conditions and schedules.<\/p>\n

I do woodworking how-to, explaining in words, drawings, and photos how to construct furniture and cabinets, backyard benches, bins, and ‘barrows. I write about tools and how to use them.<\/p>\n

Donna’s not moody or temperamental. Rather, she’s always in good humor, always patient. That is a huge benefit when the shoot is demanding. Typically, I can prepare props in advance, but sometimes it isn’t feasible to make half-a-dozen nearly identical props so we can photograph a series of steps. Instead, I’ll work through the sequence during the shoot, even if that means she has to sit and wait while I get the next setup prepared.<\/p>\n

She’s always prepared. I can’t recall a single shoot in ten years that we aborted because equipment failed or some backup was not immediately available. (I do remember occasions when I failed to be ready or lost my mojo in the middle of a session.)<\/p>\n

Donna works to make herself available whenever the photos need to be shot\u2014early morning, evenings, weekends.<\/p>\n

Beyond shooting photos, Donna has scouted out locations for “beauty shots.” She does the photo styling\u2014which means she locates appropriate props in advance, arranging them to highlight the subject. She’s brought plants, small trees, bales of mulch, and gardening tools to some shoots. She’s worked with pets to include them in\u2014and enhance\u2014shots.<\/p>\n

We’ve done a number of “PhotoShopped” images\u2014putting my face in the screen of a laptop I’m using, placing a garden cart, built and photographed on seamless in February, in front of a shed that was shot\u2014for another purpose\u2014during the previous summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

     – Bill Hylton,<\/p>\n

          Woodworking Author<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\u201c We received the catalogs today. Your photos add a dimension I never thought possible!\u201d <\/p>\n

     – Jennifer, 
\n          Director, Visual Communications, 
\n          Night Vision Equipment Company<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI\u2019ve worked with Donna for more years than either of us likely care to remember.  When she is doing my shooting, I don\u2019t worry about the images for one second. Donna always delivers high-quality, creative images that well support our editorial product.  I would travel to the end of the earth with her \u2014 well, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dhcstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dhcstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dhcstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dhcstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dhcstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/dhcstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"http:\/\/dhcstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dhcstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}