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#8/52: Another Birthday

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17 Candles
17 Birthday Candles

My daughter turned 17 this month and it’s one more year closer to independence, one more day closer to college and one more year closer to moving into a dorm.  Every day brings me closer to the day where my “baby” won’t be within hugging distance.  It seems that with every year comes remarkable changes that leaves me in awe.

College brochures arrive in the mail, scholarships , ACT tests, all signs of the future to come.  Right now I’m just going to bask in the glow of the candles of my daughters burning light and enjoy the short time I have left and enjoy each day.

Day 278-280: Happy Birthday to Me!

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Yup, my birthday came and went with out a peep from me on the blog, so I’m making it up now. Not only did I get a cake made for me but we later went out to dinner at Round the Bend Steakhouse. Yup, same place as the Testicle Festival. Their steaks are fantastic and my daughter, who is also a hostess there, shared “The Ritz” for two. Delicious!

Medium rare steak at Round the Bend
Medium rare steak at Round the Bend

My birthday cake, don’t count the candles, they aren’t accurate, and I’m not telling my age. Let’s just say surviving three teenage kids is enough to revel my age. My birthday present this year was getting married and moving into a new house. Combined it’s the best birthday ever! If only my boys were here to enjoy it with me.

Happy Birthday to me!
Happy Birthday to me!

One of the perks working at Hamilton Color Lab is every employee gets a gourmet birthday cake from the Cake Gallery in Omaha. I never get store bought cakes, so I picked the Black Forest layer cake. Talk about rich? Wow, but it was so good.

Black Forest Cake
Black Forest Cake

Post Production, Wedding Photography (Days 251-253)

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One of the wonderful things about digital photography is the endless creative projects that can be created with wedding photography. While working at Hamilton Color Lab I have had the privilege of viewing some amazing photography and learning various styles of post production techniques.

These following photos were taken by Andy McDonald of Mirror Images Photography, but I’m including them in my 365 project because I did the post production. These were printed at the lab on Fuji Crystal Lustre Professional+ paper and mounted to paramount for open house/reception that took place three weeks after we moved. More on that later.

Wedding cake composite, used a color overlay, sepia at 30% to warm the images
Wedding cake composite, used a color overlay, sepia at 30% to warm the images. This is my favorite series of images form the wedding.
Family Wedding Picture, Black and White
Andy did the initial "chocolate" black and white to this image, I just created the faded background border.
Photoshop, post production Andy McDonald, Mirror Images Photography
Photoshop, post production Andy McDonald, Mirror Images Photography