Vintage First Edition
Featuring: the beginning of “Iowa Subtle Imagery”
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Letter from the editor…4 9 things to Pack for a Photoshoot…8 The Beginning of “Iowa Subtle Imagery”…10-18 History of the Camera…20-21 Favorite Photo Taken By the Editor…25 A Slice of History…26-29
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Hello everyone! Thank you for taking the time to check out the first issue of Vintage. First of all, a little about myself. I am currently a Senior at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. My major is Communications: Digital Media Production/ Performance. I enjoy photography, and helping my father work on his tractors in my spare time. These old machines that you will see in this magazine have truly impacted my life and inspired me to design this magazine about them. This magazine’s main focus is photography, specifically vintage photography. Tractors, steam engines, anything and everything from the past! This issue will include the story about my mother, Pam Olson, and how she got started doing photography up to owning her own business. There will also be a photo story about the Heritage park Steam threshing festival in Forest City, IA. Enjoy!
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Nikon D3100
14.2 Megapixels
23.1 x 15.4 MM Sensor
1080p HD Movie
100 - 3200 ISO
3 FPS Continuous Shooting
Tahoe BP 150
9 Things to Pack for a photoshoot
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Tripod
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Reflectors
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Batteries
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Backdrops
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Memory Cards
The Beginning of “Iowa Subtle Imagery�
Pam Olson has always loved taking photos. Her passion started when she was gifted her first Brownie camera as a young girl and has slowly progressed through the years to fit into the digital age with a Nikon DSLR. She has been doing photography her whole life, mainly to have pictures for the many scrapbooks that she has done over the past years. These scrapbooks include phots of the tractor shows she and her husband attend, the various sports her two sons have played over the years, and she has tons of pictures of the vacations she has enjoyed over the years. In one weekend at a tractor show, she can take up
to 800 pictures over the course of two days. At these tractor shows you can see anything from horses plowing to old antique tractors and trucks to even demonstrations of how they used to do things in the past such as sawing lumber, blacksmithing, and cooking.
“When I have the camera in my hand, it’s hard to stop hitting the capture button.”
You may wonder how Pam began photographing tractor shows. It all started when Pam’s husband, Richard, started going on tractor rides with his father and found an old 1940 Farmall M to restore. Tractor rides were fun and all, but when they got the tractor looking like a brand new tractor they had to show it off at these tractor shows. This led to getting involved with the Iowa International Harvester Collector’s Club.
While they were restoring the tractor, they took pictures of the progress. Pam wanted to create a scrapbook for Richard when it was all finished. When starting to do the scrapbook, Pam ran into a problem of finding any background papers. After searching the internet and all of the scrapbook stores in the area, nothing was found. Pam went has far as reaching out to some of the wives of the other tractor collector’s to see if they had heard of any place to find scrapbook paper with the theme she was looking for. Their only suggestion was to check with Case New Holland office in Chicago, Illinois.
When contacting the office, they claimed that no one had the license to manufacture the papers because no one had ever approached them about it. Pam asked what it would take to get the license and was told to send them examples of what she had in mind. After two years of negotiations, they finally agreed to give her a 3-year contract. This makes her the only person in the United States to legally manufacture International Harvester scrapbook papers.
Once Pam finally got the license, she got started planning out some designs. Some of the papers were tractors with the logo, some others just a barn or textures. After getting some samples together, she decided to create a business out of it. This was the beginning of Iowa Subtle Imagery. There are now over 100 patterns which she sells at the tractor shows and online on her website. Through these shows and online sales, she has gotten her papers out to 13 states in the U.S.
“It’s amazing to see how someone who placed an order heard about my business from someone else in another International Harvester Club.”
Some examples of these papers are shown throughout this article. Besides the background papers, she has stickers and album books for sale too. International Collector Clubs are all over the United States, so lots of these sales have been just from word of mouth. Even though this number isn’t as high as she wants, it’s a good start.
Even though scrapbook papers are a big part of her business, she also photographs special occasions like weddings, graduation pictures, and even sporting events for other parents in the area. No matter where she is, she always carries her camera with. When she travels with her husband Richard, he drives so that she can take pictures of things that fascinate her on their road trips. Some of the photos that she ends up taking do not work as backgrounds for scrapbooks, so she sells the photos by themselves at different craft shows. These photos are professionally printed and range in cost anywhere from $5 to $30.
She has considered giving the customer the option of having photos printed on canvas, but has not taken that next step in her business. A few of her favorite things to photograph are scenery, buildings, and different landscapes. These are all abundant here in the state of Iowa, so she always finds something new to photograph.
If you want to know anything more about her business and what she has to offer, you can check out her Facebook page “Iowa Subtle Imagery,� She also has a website at www.iowasubtleimagery. com. During this holiday season all of her 8 x 11.50 prints are on sale. Originally they are $1.25, but right now they are $0.89 each print. Limited Quantities are available.
“To inspire and nurture the human spirit– one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.”
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A SLICE OF HISTORY
Threshing Reunion brings together small town Iowa
Bob on his way to show off his steam engine in the parade.
September 16th - 18th was the 33rd Annual Steam Threshing Festival in Forest City, Iowa. During this event you can see anything, from steam engines made in the early 1900’s to tractors made in the mid1900’s. Every day there is something different. Different exhibits, different people.
Steam engines of all sizes and kinds lined up with many more on the other side of the grounds
Dan, a 10-year volunteer, throws straw into the thresher.
Dennis aligns his steam engine with the power belt that runs the thresher. Dennis says he can do it with his eyes closed with how many shows he goes to every year. Henry plows the field like old times with his horse
Brady enjoys running around the show operating equipment like this caterpillar. He has even started operating miny steam engines.
Dewey has been showing off his blacksmith skills for the past 15 years at this Annual event. He says, “I wouldn’t rather spend my time doing anything else in the world. I love seeing all the people and answering their questions about this craft
Steam engine operators don’t have to participate in the field work. They can just drive around like this steam operator
Kids reach for the rope to ring the fire house bell
Doris uses white wheat flour, baking powder, salt, and warm water to make Old Fashioned Nova Fried Bread
John is one of Henry’s grandsons and says that he doesn’t have to help out with the horse plowing, he chooses to. “I honestly love the peace and quiet, it’s a different feeling than sitting in a loud tractor plowing,” John says.
Tony steering a steam engine for the second time. He says, “I love running the big machines.”
Connor gets the privelage of rolling the tractor pull strip. He has been doing it for the past 3 years.
Gary showing his grandson, Carl how to properly take care of a steam engine. He says, “It’s always best to teach them while they are young, it will last a lifetime, and I hope he teaches it to his sons and grandsons too.”
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