My Life, my photography, my passions
There is a reason I don’t to into Hobby Lobby very much. I would get sucked down the hole that is my crafty addiction. I thought I had broke the habit, but its like anything else, you just have to say away. But everything is so shiny, and cute, and I could make, ok step away from the glue gun.
Seriously, I love the store, for more than the obvious reasons. This day I was content with pictures.
Sso many interesting projects come through the door at Hamilton Color Lab I keep my Olympus camera on the counter at work. (Sometimes it’s the only place I get my photo of the day) I work the front desk, handle the customer service, the marketing, and the social media accounts which, at the present time includes a Facebook page, Twitter account and lately the Flickr account.
But, since my personal blog centers around photography I thought I would post a series here every now and then. Especially since some of my photos of the day are taken at work.
Film is not dead, barely hanging on though. Hamilton Color Lab only processes E-6 slide film, our C41 machine literally caught fired a few years ago and it wasn’t worth the money to rebuild. But the film that is very much alive and cool again is vintage formats. We still receive large format film for processing including E-6 110, 120, 4×5 and occasionally 8×10 size slide transparencies.
We scanned the vintage small check (lower left in pink) at a high resolution, created a vintage look in brown tones, printed it on cotton etching paper on an inkjet printer, matted and framed the piece. It will eventually go into the Woodbine Saving Bank newly remodeled bank.
The date on the back of this picture was 1841 and the genealogy of the family listed a son named “Benjamin Franklin ____” Isn’t that cool! Benjamin Franklin was a celebrity of his day, and obviously admired enough to name their child after the man.
Now that I’ve learned the significance of red doors on churches I’m on the lookout for more to photograph. The first red door I saw on a church was during a visit to South Windsor Connecticut. Little did I know the second one I would find would be in Nebraska City, Nebraska. The oldest Episcopal church in Nebraska, founded in 1857 has a crimson door.
So what does it mean when you see a red door on a church? What does it represent in the Christian faith? The blood of Christ. As you walk through the door into the house of worship you are cleansed in the blood of Christ. Read about my first encounter below, along with the history of Martin Luther and a very famous door.
The Elmwood-Murdock high school band once again marched at the annual Applejack Festival Parade in Nebraska City Nebraska this September. They didn’t place first this year but did very well and we’re very proud of them. My daughter plays the quads in the percussion section and as she said, “I’m a beast with the quads”
Of course at the Apple festival you HAVE to eat something apple. I wanted a caramel apple, but couldn’t find one on Main Street. I bought an apple turnover from a Amish/Mennonite vendor. It was so delicious, the crust was just heavenly, just wish I could get the recipe, I’m sure it had real butter.
I love my job, really I do. Everyday is different, every day someone brings in new challenges and a project they envision and we make come to life. Where do I work? At a pro photography color lab, specifically Hamilton Color Lab in Omaha Nebraska. We can print just about any photography, just check out this 243″ panoramic print of the country of Jordan for Amoura Productions.
It was printed on a EPSON Stylus® Pro 9600 printer then took two people to laminate, all in one shot, with no splicing. Stay tuned later for the full story on how this came about on the Hamilton Facebook page.
