Digital Videography

E-mail, June 6, 2007

I just wanted to send an e-mail to let you know that everyone loved the Tribute DVD that you created for Dr. Morrow and Brenda. You did a fantastic job capturing their partnership. I was amazed at how professional it turned out. Your DVD looked like it was made for television viewing - crisp, clear, and well put together!!!!

Thanks for doing such a great job. It really added to our evening.

Kathy Tucker

Chief Operations Officer
Applied Behavior Consultants, Inc.

E-mail, April 16, 2007

If the rest of the video is anything like the introduction, all I can say is
WOW!!!!! You are so good...and captured so much right off the bat.
Thank you - Catherine's going to be so pleased.

Sharon Gerber

Re: Video of Tribute for Catherine Campesi, Former Director of Dept. of Rehab.

E-mail, March 5, 2007

Wow!! The video's are absolutely incredible. It was such a stressful day
with Jacob being sick that when we all sat down to watch the videos this
weekend we were just in awe. You captured everything so well and presented
it beautifully. I could go on and on. We were all amazed with the videos
and the wonderful job you did and we are so pleased to have such a beautiful
memory of the day's events.

Andrea Weiss, mother; Jacob's Bar Mitzvah and Party

E-mail, May 1, 2006

Hi Bonnie,
I just wanted to tell you that I received the video today and sat down
and watched it before even changing out of my work clothes, and it is
absolutely amazing! I have to tell you that I was a bit resistant to
looking at any photos at first (video too), because I didn't want my
perfect vision of the day to be tainted with a relaity that didn't
live up, but I couldn't be more thrilled with how it looks the second
time around!! It really was the perfect day, and you captured it
beautifully.
Brian just got home and I am going to watch it again right now.
Thank you SO MUCH!!
Love, Ali

Alison Bolz, Bride, Ali & Brian's Wedding

Telephone message, April 8, 2006, Re: Wedding Video at Vizcaya Pavilion

Hey, Dr. Bon, we just can't even believe how wonderful the video was. Oh my God! We've watched it two times, all the way through, and have watched parts a third time. It's so touching; we both cried, we both laughed, and we’re just thunder struck by your talent, and by what you put together for us. It’s just so amazing! You just captured everything. It was full of surprises and wonderfulness and we just can't believe it. On my goodness, all of a sudden, there is video from up above… someone must have run up the stairs…
But just everything and the expressions and the love and the laughter - it all comes through. You’re just magic like Robbi said before. You're just magic!

Cindy Finley, Mother of the Bride, Ali & Brian's Wedding

E-mail, August 8, 2006, Tribute to Mother

Hi Bonnie.... I received the video yesterday and watched it. You did a great job!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've watched it about 10 times and cried everytime! Thank you so much. Let me know when would be a good time to pick up the pictures. Thanks again,

Nancy , Tribute to Mom

E-mails from groom and bride, August 31, 2006

Bonnie-
I'm totally speechless, that is absolutely incredible. Thank you so much for
doing this - I cant tell you how much it means to us.
-Rob

Bonnie-
Wow! Those are all amazing! I know Rob already expressed how impressed we are but I also wanted to say we are truly amazed with what you have done! Thank you so much for all of your efforts now (putting the DVD together) and on the wedding day. It means so much to us to have these memories. Thank you a million times over!!!

Erika, Erika & Rob's Wedding

E-mail on August, 26, 2005

Bonnie,
Thank you so much for all of you kind words and all of the work you have put into the video. You really do a spectacular job....I should know because I was in tears within the first 2 minutes of watching it. It is really beautiful. Thank you so much. I cannot wait to see the final copy! I hope you have a great first day of classes! Enjoy this last weekend of semi-peace!

Sarah Depaole, Bride

E-mail, October 16, 2005 Re: 21st Birthday Tribute

OH MY GOSSSSH!!!
Bonnie, I've never met you, but I'm sending you the BIGGEST HUGS right now!!! I can't tell you how much the video meant to me... It really made my day! I'm so thankful... I just don't even know what to write. I've always wanted to have a video clip available online, but never even knew where to begin in getting one. Thank you so much for the support and extra effort- it really made my day. I hope on our next trip out to California, I can meet you and thank you in person for being so amazing.
Also, the video, as I'm sure my momma told you, was the highlight of my year. It will be kept and re-watched throughout my life, and treasured in this family. You must have a really good heart, because I feel like you've spoiled me rotten!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

Canyon Fredrickson

E-mail, October 18, 2005

Bonnie,
You are just so terrific, I can't say enough! Ditto from Canyon! Canyon and
you have evidently talked since this and she's gotten the clip and is
incorporating it. So COOL. I just thought of a new logo for you: Downright
Done Right Drumwright -- well, any way, what can you expect from the top of
a head?!

Lana Fredrickson, mother

E-mail from teacher at Patwin Elementary, Davis

Bonnie- Thanks for the DVD. It turned out really well! I know the families will love it!

Sue Darst, School play

June 9, 2005

I’ve never been so impressed with a video in my life!  What a beautiful job you’ve done for all of us, and especially for Connie.  I must have watched it for 3 hours last night and even my husband was wishing he would have gone!  The music was so emotionally tied to the photography and so very beautiful.  I just can’t thank you enough!  I cried several times just realizing how much I love all these Psycho people I work with.  I wish you would have said some “parting words” yourself so you would have been represented as faculty along with the others.  I’m glad there is at least that short shot of you. 
 
You are truly gifted in the art of producing these kinds of things.  My husband is a very meticulous engineer (notices every nuance and detail in anything) and he is absolutely floored by your genius in capturing the inner being of people as they speak, the lighting (which he could see was an extremely difficult situation with the windows), the truly wonderful music that emphasizes the emotions of the event, and the perfect flow of the activity.   What a masterpiece!
 
Thank you so very much.  You are such a true and loyal friend to Connie.  The department is so fortunate to have you on board.
 
Lynda Young, Tribute to Connie
CSUS Dept. of Psychology
Graduate Programs

November 13, 2004

Hi Bonnie.  Dan and I just finished watching (the first time) the video from Rachel and Mike's wedding.  Oh my gosh.....what a wonderful job you did.  It was so wonderful to be able to relive that day.  We both got tears in our eyes.  Thank you so much for the time and energy you put toward the digital video captioning of their special day.
 
Always, Susan Ward

June 2, 2004

I am writing to tell you how happy we are with the video you edited for us! By transferring our tape to DVD and editing it you transformed our ceremony into an entirely different and beautiful memory for us. We particularly like the titles you added and the menus that make it easier to view certain parts of the movie quickly.

When we had our ceremony, 11 years ago, we were lucky enough to have several people videotape it. Unfortunately, the lighting was poor, so it is difficult to see some of the video. With your editing techniques, you were able to lighten some of the scenes so we can actually see them better!

Thank you for your excellent work, your timeliness, your attention to detail and your artistry. You listened to our needs and fulfilled them. It is obvious that you provide a quality product at an affordable price.

Tamara Morgan

Telephone message, March 2004, re: 80th birthday tribute for Victor Senecal

"Just wanted to tell you my Dad just called and is raving about the video! They just watched it for the 3rd. time. They can't get enough of it. They just LOVE IT! They went over every little detail and think it is absolutely priceless. They are beside themselves with joy. They are talking about who they are going to share it with and are just so excited about it! Just wanted you to know that they are absolutely over the moon!"

Janet Senecal, Sacramento

Training video, February 2003

As a Regional Director for an online professional development company for educators that depends on quality video to model exemplary classroom practice, I am awed by Bonnie Drumwright's ability to produce, edit, and harvest quality digital videography. Her work is her passion and it shows in the product she produces. I have worked with research for years on how the brain learns and ingests information and I believe the power of visuals is in the infancy stages of truly being tested. The old adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words" is never more evident than when you study Bonnie's work. She is a master of design and a photographic genius, preserving life's significant moments in irreplaceable footage.

Pam Kuck, Teachscape

Wedding, April 2003

As parents of a recently married bride, we can unequivocally say that Bonnie Drumwright and her videography team from d-vid.com, were able to capture an unsurpassed treasure of our daughter's wedding. Bonnie's passion and dedication to detail rings true, both during the process of filming and of creating edited, artistic videos and dvd's to last a lifetime. She does her work with a certain magic that can be difficult to describe. She and her crew make themselves truly "transparent" during the wedding events, yet they are able to capture the most memorable and intimate moments. Her video editing is superb, utilizing matchless technique and care. We will unquestionably call upon Bonnie and her d-vid.com team when other special occasions take place for our family.

Robbi and Cindy

Event video (play), December 2003

It's always inspirational when we witness the merger of passion and technique, but Bonnie Drumwright goes beyond that rare fusion by interpreting human events with insight, warmth, humor and good taste.  What is most amazing is that she does all of this by sprinting invisibly from one corner of the landscape to another, gathering moments in life and magically consolidating them into a audiovisual experience that is both authentic and transcendent.  Authentic because it captures the most salient physical and emotional elements, transcendent because her work transports us from viewers to participants.  Bonnie is more than an artist -- she's a kind of technological shaman -- pulling something almost sacred from the ordinary events of life and making them a shared experience.  Her videography of an annual vacation event with friends has made it the most memorable because it captures all the funny, tender and serious moments with the flick of a switch, again and again.  Her videography of a wedding I was unable to attend catalogued such sharp memories that, in years to come, my aging brain will undoubtedly argue that I was there, that the wind blew my hair just so, that the sunset was rivaled only by the light reflected in a glass of champagne.

Anne Thomas