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#2/52: Early Morning Commute, Country Style

January 15, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Early morning commute
Week 2: Early Morning Commute

I pass this barn between Elmwood and Murdock every morning as I  drive to work. My commute is about twenty eight miles and takes about 35 minutes to arrive in the parking lot at Hamilton Color Lab. My first fifteen minutes looks about like this before I get to the I-80 interstate.

The full moon behind the barn was just too good to pass by, maybe next time I’ll remember to put my camera setting on RAW.

This is Week 2 of my Project 52, here’s hoping to better and better pictures with my new camera my son gave me for Christmas.

Filed Under: Project 52, Small Town Living Tagged With: barn, barns, canon, country, elmwood, full moon, moon, morning sky, Nebraska, Omaha, Simple life

Day 285: Hobby Lobby, Someone Rescue Me

November 9, 2011 by info@3QuartersToday.com

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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.

Filed Under: Project 365 Tagged With: 365project, colors, crafts, DIY, glass, hobbies, hobby lobby, Nebraska, Omaha, phone photo, project365, shopping

Day 281-284: Life in the Lab, Hamilton Color

November 9, 2011 by info@3QuartersToday.com

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.

Graflex camera
Graflex camera a customer brought in to show and tell

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.

Vintage check project
Vintage check project

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.

Mid 1800's: Photo and art restoration and reproduction
Mid 1800's: Photo and art restoration and reproduction

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.

Filed Under: Photography, Project 365 Tagged With: 365project, antiques, camera, Hamilton Color Lab, history, Nebraska, Olympus, Omaha, Photography, Photoshop, pro lab, project365, reproductions, vintage

Day 268-269: The Longest Panoramic Photo

November 5, 2011 by info@3QuartersToday.com

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.

Hamilton Color Lab, laminating a 243" panoramic print
Hamilton Color Lab, laminating a 243" panoramic print
Bill trimming the prints, a little bit stressful as you only get one shot, no redo's
Bill trimming the prints, a little bit stressful as you only get one shot, no redo's

Filed Under: Photography, Project 365 Tagged With: 365project, Hamilton Color Lab, Nebraska, Omaha, panoramic, photograph, Photography, printing, pro lab, project365

Day 206/365: Garlic and Parsley New Potatoes

July 1, 2011 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Garlic New Potatoes
Garlic New Potatoes

Produce Stand Recipe #1 (Nelson Produce Stand, Omaha NE)

I love new potatoes, they are so much more tender and fresh than those Russets that sit in burlap bags and plastic sacks in the store. The skin on new potatoes are clean, tender, and delicious.

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb Red new potatoes
  • 1- 2 cloves fresh garlic
  • 4 TBSP Butter
  • 1 TBSP dried parsley
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Cut potatoes into 2-4 pieces depending on size
  2. Cover with water in a small sauce pan
  3. Crush 1-2 cloves of garlic into water
  4. Boil until tender. Drain (can save potato water for soup stock)
  5. Add butter to taste, I like butter so I used a lot. Sprinkle with parsley.
  6. Cover and let flavors meld together

 

Filed Under: Food, Project 365 Tagged With: 365project, Cook, cooking, dining, farmers market, Food, foodie, kitchen, Nebraska, Olive oil, Omaha, Parsley, Potato, potatoes, recipe

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