{"id":1499,"date":"2019-01-09T13:25:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T13:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2019-11-21T10:31:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:31:45","slug":"dentist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1499","title":{"rendered":"Dentist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>In<\/strong> the first week of January I did my first job of 2019 &#8211; some executive portraits. One of my subjects said that she hated having her picture taken. I spent some time trying to convince her that it was going to be alright and there was nothing to be worried about. Finally I managed to convince her and she said &#8220;Well, its got to be better than going to the dentist!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So for 2019 my new strap line is: &nbsp;<strong>Douglas Kurn, photographer &#8211; better than going to the dentist!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" data-attachment-id=\"1500\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1500\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Kurn_081011_0983_original.jpg?fit=2000%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9Douglas Kurn&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Douglas Kurn&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kurn_081011_0983_original\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Kurn_081011_0983_original.jpg?fit=625%2C937&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Kurn_081011_0983_original.jpg?fit=625%2C937&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Kurn_081011_0983_original.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Kurn_081011_0983_original.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Kurn_081011_0983_original.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Kurn_081011_0983_original.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Kurn_081011_0983_original.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Kurn_081011_0983_original.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Kurn_081011_0983_original.jpg?w=1875&amp;ssl=1 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first week of January I did my first job of 2019 &#8211; some executive portraits. 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