just got a polaroid camera. went with the spectra because it shoots in wide aspect ratio – though you can’t tell because of the angle of my iphone snap – and because it being a newer model lends to higher-end, cheaper, still working options online. i figure a newer model will make it easier to get quality pictures, as i’m new to it and polaroids are already gritty enough. i'm yet to find a serial number, but the spectra series was introduced in '86.
the camera was cheaper than a single cartridge of film, as polaroid stopped making analogue film and you have to get it from
the impossible project now. i’m always in constant fear of art fading away; i hope impossible continues to survive. if i get into it, i’ll expand my collection to include different polaroid cameras and impossible films. if i really like it, i’m gonna find a photo class and build a darkroom in my basement. i use digital for work and am photoshop savvy, but i dislike digital and love the aesthetic of film – be it photography or cinema.
my first two shots are not successes. the one on the right is washed out because i didn’t realize the frog tongue would snap back. i have a replacement frog tongue that doesn’t, but have to wait for this film cartridge to run out before installing it. the second is underexposed because i was overcompensating after seeing how light the first one was.
that’s my little home. i plan on taking the camera downtown with me next week to get some shots of the city during lunch.