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#17/52: Holy Family Shrine

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The Holy Family Shrine can be seen as people travel on I-80 between Omaha and Lincoln Nebraska, although many do not know what they are seeing. It sits high on a hill and for those who take the time to venture off the beaten path.

Holy Family Shrine in Gretna Nebraska
Holy Family Shrine in Gretna Nebraska

It is very peaceful to walk through the gardens and reflect in the chapel.  It is rumored that the Thorncrown Chapel in the Ozarks was the inspiration, but this I do not know for sure. It has become a popular location for photography and the view from the top of the hill is breath taking.

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Holy Family Shrine, Gretna Nebraska
Holy Family Shrine, Gretna Nebraska

 

Directions to Holy Family Shrine in Nebraska

Take Exit 432 off I-80, turn south towards the Flying J truck stop and go almost 1.5 miles on Hwy 31. There will be a sign on your right hand side onto Pflug Road (it is gravel) proceed west one mile. Hours are Mon-Sat 10-5 pm and Sunday 12-5pm. There is a parking lot outside the gate and you can walk on the hiking trail after hours.

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Information About the Holy Family Shrine in Nebraska

Holy Family Shrine still a beautiful traveler’s rest

The Holy Family Shrine is the result of a vision from a priest in the early 1990s that brought together four individuals who previous to the shrine’s inception, didn’t know each other. What they shared is a belief that it was God’s will to be involved …
Billionaire Joe Ricketts plans religious retreat near Mahoney State Park

The Holy Family Shrine, a glass-walled and timbered chapel seen by many interstate travelers, is about five miles north of the Ricketts property. Deacon Dave Christensen said he does not know much about the project but he welcomed it to the neighborhood.
Holy Family Shrine by BCDM Architects | CONTEMPORIST

BCDM Architects designed the Holy Family Shrine in Gretna, Nebraska. . Description from the architects: Through a unique and divine series of events, a group of people with diverse backgrounds discovered each other and …
Holy Family Shrine

The Holy Family Shrine overlooks the Platte River Valley and is covered in all natural prairie grass and wildflowers with a meditation trail winding throughout. The Holy Family Shrine offers an intricate architectural designed all glass chapel, …
The Holy Family Shrine, Gretna Nebraska

BCDM Architects designed the Holy Family Shrine church in Gretna Nebraska. Inspired from the Thorn Crown Chapel. Located off interstate 80, the Catholic chapel overlooks the Platte River valley and incorporates its …
Holy Family Shrine | Twenty Ten Productions

We just received a new lens in this week and finally got to test it out for the first time. With only a few days left before heading out to Colorado for a week in Estes Park, we made the trip to the Holy Family Shrine off of interstate …
Knorr Architecture Blog: A Religious Experience on …

The Nebraska apparition my sister and I came upon is the Holy Family Shrine –Fay Jones’ last ecclesiastical design. The entrance is a pedestrian tunnel carved through an earth berm seeded with prairie grass. This tunnel …
Reasons to love Nebraska {the Holy Family shrine}

Reasons to love Nebraska {the Holy Family shrine}. I’ve been daydreaming for a few years about camping near this gorgeous Nebraska spot so that I can take pictures at dawn or sunset. Turns out that’s already been done…by …

Holy Family Shrine by BCDM Architects » CONTEMPORIST

BCDM Architects designed the Holy Family Shrine in Gretna, Nebraska. . Description from the architects: Through a unique and divine series of events, a group of people with diverse backgrounds discovered each other and …

Choir is Cool

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Nebraska District Music Contest
Nebraska District Music Contest 2012

Music in our schools is not dead, in fact it’s cool to be in choir at Elmwood-Murdock high school in Nebraska. The choir consists of 50% of the high schools enrollment and they are a source of pride for the school and community. Yes, this is a small school, but normally only those students who have good voices join the choir, which is normall a small percentage of a population.

However, a good choir director can find the inner voice in a willing student and bring out beautiful music. Below is the result in a piece performed at the 2012 Nebraska District Music contest. Enjoy  “The Awakening” by Joseph M. Martin

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Music contests are somewhat formal and below is the same song sung at the school concert. I like the below version better as the students are more emotional. Both versions give me chills, but I love the expression on the faces at the end in response to Mrs. Colbert getting emotional and tearing up.

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A Day at Work, With a Very Large Camera

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8x10 Large Format Film Camera
8×10 Large Format Transparency Camera

Here is something you don’t see very often, a large format, 8×10 E6 Film View Camera. At Hamilton Color Lab, located in Omaha Nebraska,  this isn’t used very often. But for high quality art reproductions which will be reproduced in a  40 x 40 foot canvas in this case, you need a camera format large enough to capture the detail and information.

After we develop the film (yes we still develop E6 slide transparencies)  it is then scanned on an Scitex Eversmart and digitized for outsource printing. The file size just for this one image is over one gigabyte and took over an hour to scan.

Most art reproductions we do at work are digital captures with a Canon 5D and a special lens made especially for photographing artwork, or flat images which eliminates lens distortion.

Below is the front of the camera, I know were curious and just itching to see more, so here is some camera eye candy for those film fans.

8x10 Film View Camera
8×10 Film View Camera

Dave Hamilton, owner of Hamilton Color Lab shoots with a Canon 5D on most days in the studio, but keeps his old Hasellblad camera, 4×5 Film Camera and this baby in storage for those unique moments. Not too many 8×10 View cameras in use anymore, and this one got quite a bit attention when it was brought out.

I know this post was a shameless plug for where I work, but I love working there and until I can get our company blog up and running I can’t resist sharing here.

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Introducing Leah the Boxer

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Leah, a Brindle Boxer

Introducing the newest member of our family, Leah a brindle Boxer. She’s now eight months old and I’m a little late in posting her pictures,but here’s a snapshot of her life so far.

She’s a sweet little girl, smart as a tack, and  extremely gentle. Only heard her bark twice, she learned to walk on a loose lead in just a few days and that in itself takes some getting used to as my Jack Russel, Brody is like a freight train at the end of the leash.

Speaking of Brody he took to her right away and is extremely tolerant. At first I thought he was picking on her. Nope the other way around. Leah used Brody’s hind legs as teething toys. Literally, as Brody would walk or run by Leah would take the opportunity to grab at his hocks. Most of the time my ferocious Jack Russell would roll over and let her continue to chew, all the while “growling and complaining.” He really does love her.

At one time Leah could easily walk under Brody’s stomach, now it’s the other way around. She’s almost done growing, at least in height, but based on her food intact she has a lot of filling out to do before she’s mature.