Polaroid Week 2011

Last week was ‘roid week for this year, and what better way to spend it than doing what I love the most. I had just received some Spectra Gridfilm in the mail. It had an expiration date of ’08 so I was super excited about the semi-freshness of it. Gridfilm is my ultimate favourite Polaroid film. It’s so magical looking to me, and I doubt that I’ll be able to find that much more of it before it goes completely extinct. Anyway, here’s what I shot for ‘roid week 2011:

Day 1

Polaroid Spectra System, double exposure

Polaroid Autofocus 660 with PX600 from The Impossible Project (this is a peel)

Day 2

Polaroid Autofocus 660 with PX600 from The Impossible Project

Day 3

Polaroid Spectra System, Gridfilm

Day 4

Polaroid Spectra System, Gridfilm

Polaroid Spectra System Macro shot, Gridfilm

Day 5

Polaroid Spectra System, Gridfilm

Polaroid Spectra System, Gridfilm

You can follow ‘roid week on Twitter HERE
View the group pool on flickr HERE
or join ‘roid week 2012 group on flickr HERE

If you love and miss taking Polaroid photos, there’s no reason why you can’t still do it. I often get surprised reactions from people when they find out that I shoot Polaroid still.. so many people don’t know that you can still purchase the film! Just go to www.the-impossible-project.com to see some of the many samples & test shots. Buy some! You’ll get that feeling that unicorns actually DO exist.

Artistic TZ & The Impossible Project

You know what I like? Soft, milky tones and Polaroid film. You know that if you mix all that neat stuff together, then you get Artistic TZ Integral film, right? Well you do, and it can now be purchased from The Impossible Project.

People still come up to me all the time, amazed that I have a Polaroid camera, and amazed that you can still get film for it. It’s been a hard year for Polaroid lovers. Up until the summer, we were all on ebay, viciously bidding against each other in the seemingly never ending battle for instant film – & now WE DON’T HAVE TO. (some of us still choose to, though. Nothing like getting my grubby little paws on some expired 669, 690 & Spectra!)

I’d like to celebrate my very first Impossible Project photoblog post by showing you some select photos from the first packs of Artistic TZ Edge Cut I ever bought from Impossible! I’ll skip the really blurry ones. It took me a few shots to master the terrible Model 3! Click through any of them to view full size

I’m really looking forward to shooting some of the new color film for SX-70, which is now being sold as a 3-pack at the website. You can purchase film directly by clicking HERE.