Greetings
from Dianne at "HOLDSTILL!" Productions - VA Stock Photography & Small Business Website Design
Over 20,000 VA 35 mm & Digital Stock Images on File
Contact Information
D. A. Jones - Owner/Photographer
"HOLDSTILL!" Productions
P. O. Box 1718, Mechanicsville, VA 23116-1718
HSP Form Mailor
Website Design Form Mail
Electronic mail address
Web address
http://www.holdstillproductions.com
Office phone: 804-746-3949 -
We have Callwave while we are online. Please leave a message & we will hear you directly thru the computer speakers & get back to you.
eFAX number: 775-871-8890
No Sunday Calls Please; No Email will be answered/viewed on Sunday.
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Current Projects
NEW CAMERA: In 2003 we acquired an Olympus Zoom 5050 (5mp) Digital Camera. We are pleased with the sharpness & super macro abilities of this camera & the ease of use.
- Image Pages for Category View
- During the next months, you will be able to view images in each Category.
- Stocklist Expansion
- This Searchable list of stock images on hand is being updated as time permits. Still to be added are actual species names, individual flower Latin names, and as Paul Harvey would put it "The rest of the Story." So if you see a general description of your stock image query, please feel free to send an email or call for actual on-hand stock. Thanks!
- PhotoSource Book 2005
- Hard Copy & Online Search Capability brought to you by PhotoSource.com for subscribers is Online Now! Books went out to Art Buyers, Ad Agencies, Photo Researchers in late February 2004. "HOLDSTILL!" will not be in this Source Book for 2005 due to a restructure & new hosting of our website & related expenses. We hope you will come to us first with your Stock Queries. MY Photosourcebook Link may still be available in 2005.
- Digital Delivery
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As of May 2001 & 2002, various new images have been added to the current web pages and a new scanning device has made it possible for us to Digitally Deliver low resolution files to you for "comp" use and also deliver high resolution files for final selection. Slides will of course still be available for stock requests. No image will be Digitally delivered without Payment before delivery. If image is not used, payment will be gladly refunded. PayPal is available for debit & credit card use & is secure. 2004: With our new Digital Camera we can deliver images we have been shooting since last year. These images are available faster & can be FTP uploaded to your site with your permission.
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Biographical Information
"HOLDSTILL!" Productions located in
Historic
Hanover County has been in existence since 1985. Over 20,000 Virginia Images are on file in 35 mm format. Most images are Kodachrome 25 or 64, some Fuji 50 & 100, E100 VS, E200
EktaChrome, Gold Negative Files converted to Slides, & a limited amount of Black & White files.
As of 2004, we are adding high resolution Digital images to our files.
Owner / Photographer / Webmaster: Dianne A. Jones
Other Services Offered: On-Site Event Photography with Ad/Article Capability; Brochures Designed to your specifications with or without images & printed locally; Images available for Marketing thru Brochures, Postcards, or your Website.
Website Design is also part of our service. We design to suit you, your budget, and your business. We use PayPal Premium Business for eCommerce sites and our own sites. Our client list includes the site you are looking at now plus our Homemade Jam site and our Estate Antiques site: http://www.100tonsofstuff.com which was recently converted from a personal page site. We designed & also manage Tim Corbin's Tree Service and AntiqueVillageVA.com, GotStump.com, Kahndog Publications, Beaver Valley Junction Chapter of NRHS. We recommend iPowerweb.com for 800 mb of space & many more extras for a lot less money. We recommend iPower for its ease of use and 'all business' attitude and have switched all the sites we manage to
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Personal Interests
- Gardening
- For Gardening help please see this site: http://www.VirginiaLandscapes.com
Hanover is known for Tomatoes & Strawberries (Hanover Tomato Festival in July & Ashland Strawberry Faire - June ). Thirty years ago when I came to this county, almost everyone had a garden. I am well indoctrinated by now growing lots of vegetables and canning or freezing them for my family. Of course, I also took lots of slides of beautiful vegetables! As Agriculture is all around me, I am also able to photograph commercial machinery in action planting, plowing, & harvesting, spraying for insects/weeds on land with big tired equipment or a cropduster (an engine sound you will not forget! and aerobatics better than any barnstormer!)
- Making Jam & Preserves from Local Produce:
"Hanover Homemades" Jam for Sale by request: $5.00 each + Ship. We have a long list of Specialty Jams & Preserves available. I became a Va. Extension Master Gardener Grad in 1985 & also learned the benefits of USDA Food Preservation. Canning & freezing garden produce became "second nature" and was duly appreciated by my family in the fall and winter months. Hanover Tomatoes are especially well known here and a festival dedicated to the Hanover Tomato occurs every July. Wild Black Raspberries (Seedless my best seller), & Wild Blackberries "called to me" to make them into Seedless Jam. I soon had many Clients for these Sweet Delights. Varieties have expanded to include: Peach Preserves (peaches, orange, maraschino cherries), Nectarine Preserves ( same as Peach), Pear Honey ( pears & an Orange), Ambrosia (cantaloupe, peaches, orange, pineapple, lemon juice, maraschino cherries), Peach-Pineapple Preserves, Tomato Preserves, & Concord Grape with Skins Jam (when I can get to them before the birds or deer or squirrels do!), and Wild Black Muscadine Grape Jam with skins. We will ship all over the USA & Overseas (as allowed by Customs). Blue Ribbons at the VA. State Fair & sales at local shops confirm the goodness of Hanover County Bounty!
- Wildlife Protection
Natural wild areas are fast becoming scarce with all the "building improvements" encroaching on our open spaces which were once so abundant here in Virginia. Homeowners can do their part in protecting wildlife by maintaining the Hedgerows along their property & leaving as many trees as possible - this especially includes what we usually call Cedars which are actually called Junipers. Many creatures depend on Hedgerows to survive throughout the year. My home land area is fortunate to have: Pilated Woodpeckers, Red Tailed Hawks, various Owls, Red Foxes, Red & Grey Squirrels, Chipmunks, Flying Squirrels, Raccoons, Skunks, Opossums, Beavers, Ground Hogs, Box Turtles, Various varieties of Snakes & Lizards, Rabbits & other animals found near water. My STOCK Photography includes most of these species: Inquire.
- Hanover VA History / Hanover County VA. Historical Society
When Jamestown was founded and settled and people started moving west, they naturally moved to Hanover County (which was much larger & included New Kent). By 1701, there were enough settlers to build many new Parish Churches. In 1720 Hanover County was separated from New Kent and became legally authorized. Historic Hanover County Map. In 1729, Slash Church (sometimes called Merrie Oaks) was built and is the only Frame Original Condition church still in use by a congregation to survive in the State of Virginia. Parish churches, authorized by the King of England (Anglican) fell out of favor during the Revolution & by 1785 were sold back to the people (now US Citizens). Patrick Henry & Henry Clay both grew up in this church, and changed our country's future forever. Many historic places abound here including battle sites during The War Between the States. 2004 is the 300th anniversary for St. Paul's Parish which is now only the middle section of Hanover County but which originally included Hanover & New Kent Counties. Slash is the Oldest Surviving Frame Church in Virginia 1729 - 2007 } 278 years!
For further information see this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahanove/slash.htm This link will also connect you to a Hanover County History page where you may learn more or the Church History Page: http://www.slashcc2.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=24&page=1
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Hot List
What Is A Copyright ? Resource article for everyone to read.
PhotoSourceBook2004 - link to my stocklist page at PhotoSource. This is an excellent resource for finding images. Their MAIN Search capability is also excellent! There is also a hard copy book you may buy at their store. Check it out!
- Portfolios.com - Image Portfolio for "HOLDSTILL!"
- Sample images for your view.
- NANPA
- North American Nature Photography Association - Wildlife Preservation thru active participation in Nature Photography. I am a member.
- CV ASMP - now ASMPCV
- Central Virginia Chapter of American Society of Media Photographers - I am a member of this National Organization (ASMP).
- Original Photo Postcards
- Nature scenes & flowers. Real 4" x 6" photo hand assembled to postcard back with custom wording in Gold/Silver on the front for your greeting! US Postage only 23 cents to mail. Give a Unique Gift, give a Photo Postcard! Pay w/ PayPal, ck, or M.O.
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Comments and Suggestions
Please email or call with your image requests. We have many more images than we possibly could afford to publish online. Holding costs down will help me help you with image use fees and your project budget. Many thanks to all those who have helped me over the years.
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