Hamilton Color Lab

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A Window to the World

Sometimes a photography is a window to the world, and the right frame makes all the difference. Some of our favorite projects at Hamilton Color Lab is when a customer brings us a vision and the result is better than they envisioned.

When Otis Twelve came in with a large unique frame he found in an antique shop and an image to print, this project piqued my interest. Sometimes the picture frame takes an ordinary photo and makes is extra-ordinary.

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The photo was formatted on a disc and I didn’t have an opportunity to see the image until it was printed. Considering the frame we were fitting it to I was very anxious to see what type of image could stand up to this magnificent frame.  Normally fine art photographs are printed with a white border, but this frame said otherwise.

The frame was crooked and almost a half inch shorter on one side than the other. So the border distance would of been apparent. After consulting with our customer the decision was made to frame flush to the photograph. What a dramatic difference! Our framing technician was also impressed on how the red leaves in this snow scene just popped and matched the red tones of the frame.

This work of art is truly like looking out of a window into the world and reminded me of the quote by Conor Oberst.

“If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we’d see the beauty then and stand staring in awe”

I am certainly tired of winter, the snow, and ready for spring and some sunshine. The only snow I want to see is in a photograph, as if I’m inside looking through a window.

If you have a unique frame, and a vision for a photograph bring it to Hamilton Color Lab in Omaha, Nebraska. We are the only custom professional photo lab in the state and can print any size and turn your ordinary photo into a work of art.


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Free Graduation Photoshop Template

High school graduation season is upon us and seniors are looking for fresh designs to showcase their announcements.  Hot off our Photoshop  desk is a classy black and white design 4×8 photo card design which will compliment any color photography.

As a gift to you we are offering this free Photoshop template as one of several we will be offering throughout the year. Not only thanking our customers, but to inspire your imagination, creativity and design.

The above template will work with Photoshop CS2 and layers are customizable for color and text. Font names and links are provided, or you can use your own font from your library.

Looking for a place to print your senior announcements? Just upload your finished JPG or  TIFF file to Hamilton Color Lab for professional photo printing of your announcements on professional Lustre paper. Your senior announcements will stand out from the crowd and make you shine.

We will be more than happy to ship your invitation order, or you can pick them up at our Omaha Nebraska location at 4305 South 120th St.

Check out our Facebook album for more graduation announcement styles and custom designs.


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Printing Tradeshow Graphics on Polyester Fabric

It’s not often we get excited over a new printing product, but we are! We just received a new Poly Select Blackout fabric, ideal for a wide range of digital printing including trade show graphics, roll-up banners, window signage, and even fine art photography.

Fabric Roll up banner

Fabric Roll up banner

This new 14 ml,  Poly Select Blockout Fabric is bright-white polyester contains a blockout layer that provides 100 percent opacity. Perfect for window signage and trade show banners.

It’s  smooth matte finish and tight weave on a bright-white media results in exceptional photographic image with richer, more brilliant color.  It’s the perfect solution for banner stand applications; the fabric lays flat and won’t curl and its opacity ensures that banner stand hardware won’t show through when backlit.

This new “black-out” fabric substitutes and replaces laminated inkjet prints which can curl and be damaged if not handled with care. The cost? We are offering this new material at the same cost as our 5/10 laminated inkjet banner graphics. Email for a price quote.

We have printed a various samples representing different styles of graphics and photographs. Stop by Hamilton Color Lab  at 4305 South 120th St in Omaha Nebraska to take a look for yourself.

Trade Show and Printing Display Options

  • P.O.P. displays
  • Roll up banners
  • In-store signage
  • Trade-show graphics
  • Ceiling banners
  • Wall hangings
  • Backdrops
  • Window signage (with our new magnetic strips)
  • Portait photography
  • Other display graphics.
Fabric Roll Up Display

Lays flat with no curling

Project Notes: We want to thank Midwest Laboratories in Omaha Nebraska for not only their business but their confidence and trust in providing their corporate printing needs. They were the first to try this new material and jumped at the chance to use this at the 47th Triumph of Ag Expo held in Omaha Nebraska March 6-7, 2013 at the Omaha Century Link Center.

Brent Pohlman, Director of Marketing, stated attendees stopped in their tracks to take a look. Expo attendees were not only interested in the participants of the Omaha Agri-Business Club, but were also commenting about the graphic and display in general.

The Triumph of Ag Expo is the areas largest and most complete indoor showcase of farm equipment, supplies and services and covers over 200.000 sq feet of exhibits.

Fabric Roll Up Display

Lightblocker layer on backing


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Idea for Senior Pictures

Photo collage using senior pictures

Photo collage using senior pictures, black background

High school seniors love their senior pictures, especially the girls and the Mothers of boys. During a senior photo shoot it’s not uncommon to have multiple changes of clothes, and many locations. How do you just chose a few to print and frame? You don’t have too.

Let Hamilton Color Lab put together a senior photo collage with thirteen images on any square print. The most common frame sizes are 10×10, 12×12, and 20×20, but think contemporary with a presentation print mounted on black gator board, or a gallery wrapped canvas.  Background is available in either black or white.

Square photo collage using senior pictures

Square photo collage using senior pictures

How to order:

  1. Bring in your images to Hamilton Color Lab at 4305 South I St, Omaha NE, or upload them to our website
  2. We need 15 images to create the collage as not all pictures will crop appropriately into a square format
  3. Layout is at our discretion and we will email you a small viewable proof before printing for your approval. At that time you can request one edit.
  4. Due to the variety of size and display options pricing is done on an individual basis.
  5. You can also email email us for specific questions and price options to fit every budget

This collage layout is very versatile and can be used to highlight high school memories on the edge with friends with the senior portrait in the middle, or yearly school pictures from kindergarten through high school.

For the family think a first year baby picture with each month along the edge and the one year old photo in the middle. Create a theme and do this every year as a look back on your child’s life.

Have an athlete in the family? Celebrate the end of the season with a football, softball, or baseball collage commemorating the season, or players. Your creativity is the only limiting factor, let us at Hamilton bring your idea to life.


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Graduation Announcement, Magazine Cover Style

Magazine Cover Senior InvitationWelcome to Senior year 2013. We have some fresh new designs for graduation announcements this year including this glamor magazine style cover for your graduating senior. This design is available in either a 5×7 announcement or as an 8×10 print to put on the senior table during the party or print as a gift.

Text can be customized for your graduate, including color and all our announcements come with envelopes in both the 5×7 and 4×8 size. Stop by Hamilton Color Lab in Omaha Nebraska for all your senior printing needs and personal service. We make printing your senior photos easy and painless.

Senior photo announcements are the highest quality printing available. While the “bargin” printers offer rock bottom pricing their quality shows in less than quality printing on less than quality paper. Hamilton’s announcements are true professional photographs on professional Fuji paper with calibrated color correction  that will last for generations. Why wouldn’t you want the best for this once in a lifetime event. Your professional photos deserve professional printing.

Hamilton Color Lab is located at 120th & I St in Sports Plaza. We are a professional color lab and welcome professional photographers and serious amateurs. When you want professional digital prints with  professional  service and paper we are the printer for you. Walk-ins are welcome. 


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Roll-up Banners, Stars of the Convention

Roll up retractable banners are popping up at conventions, conferences, trade shows and on the show room floor. Why? Because they are lightweight, versatile and very economical on the yearly budget.

branded roll up banners

Use paired banners

I have attended many trade shows over the years, have shipped heavy exhibit cases to hotels and  wrestled with them through convention centers and airports. Roll up banners are the perfect solution. They are lightweight and fit into a soft sided shoulder case and easily fit into the back seat of a car.

Set up is fast and easy, another point I like about the Orbus Orient Banners. Not to be chauvinistic (I am a women btw), but more and more women are setting up their companies booths at the  convention, so easy of setup is important. In actuality, no one likes wrestling with their trade show display.

Three steps to Setting up a Retractable Banner

Step 1: Assemble the three piece bungee pole, insert into the base

Connecting the pole

Connecting the pole

Assembling a roll up banner

Pulling out banner

Step 2: Tip the pole towards you and pull the banner from the base.  Guide the banner to the top of the pole and clip into the slot.

Step 3: “Walk” the banner into the upright position.

Assembling a roll up banner

Walking the Banner Up

Roll up retractable banner for trade shows

Simple and easy!

At Hamilton Color Lab, in Omaha Nebraska, we see a spike in sales in the beginning of the year just before the spring show season. Graphic departments are never at a loss for various designs and branding concepts and the roll up banner is an economical way to stretch the show budget.  A company can purchase four sets of bases and have an library of twenty different designs to switch out for various shows, audiences, and products.

Often exhibitors bring in the bases to have us change out graphics for a small service charge. All replacement roll up banners are printed and laminated in our Omaha location and loaded into the hardware ready to take to the show.

It’s not unusual for our shipping department to ship new banners and graphics to various cities around the United States this time of year. We work directly with marketing and design firms in Omaha who have customers all over the country. We can even ship directly to the conference center via UPS.

Next time you need trade show displays or graphics give us a call at 402-330-1600

 


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Christmas Photo Cards

Contemporary Christmas and Holiday photo cards are new this year.  We have 4×8 and 5×7 sizes complete with envelopes that will complement your family’s photo. Use your own snapshots or bring in your photographers disc, with the print release,  for a memorable card this season.

There are a couple ways to order. Come into our store location at 120th & I street in Omaha and have our helpful staff help you, or upload your photos to our website with the design number and text. We will email a proof for your approval before we print and call you when your order is ready.

Click on the images below for a larger size.

At Hamilton Color Lab we print our greeting cards on the same high quality Fuji Professional Plus Lustre photograph paper to preserve the color and clarity for years to come.

Friends and family will cherish these high quality professional quality Christmas prints and save them as keepsakes to look at each year as the holiday boxes come out. Just image 50 years from now your children sitting around the Christmas tree going through the memories of holidays past.

We also have New Years Cards to welcome in the new year for those who didn’t quite find the time to send out Christmas cards.

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