The Fuji instant is a bit pricey at $130... Don't you miss the old regular polaroids you could just pick up at Target and Walmart? When I heard the Polaroid company was closing down, I called every camera store in town to grab the last instant cameras!! and I only found two polaroid one600 pros. I was able to buy them for about 20 dollars. a nice steal :-) then in my hazed, frantic mind I drove around town like a mad woman and tried to grab all the film that was left. I only found about 5 single packs at different Targets for $15 bucks. Well.... the cameras are now worth $300 each and the single pack films are selling for $59 on amazon. WTF???!!! I forgot to mention that after all that craziness, I dropped in at Urban Outfitters and found a whole stash they had saved and were selling. Although I was happy, I had a major " I thought I was special for saving the film, and these bitches have a bunch here, damn it?"
So, on a tangent here, I was able to take my heavy polaroid camera to Paris and New York and take wonderful pictures! In Paris, I had to lie down on my back in the middle of a side walk to fit the entire Eiffel tower in the picture. yes, some weird looks my way.. and I got some great shots in China town in New York. Let me see if I can find some...
Okay. Let me get back to the lomography thing.
And it uses the same film the Fuji instant does.
Here are some instant photos I found on the net
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| Dog: What the fuck you lookin at? |
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| Dog: I'm graceful as shit, and frankly.. I don't care what you think. |
I personally, own the Agfa Clack. They were manufactured in the 1950's in Germany during the economic boom after World War II, when it was a big mess and the allies decided to help them rebuild their economy. The older ones have metal bodies while the ones made in the 60's have plastic bodies.
It takes regular 120mm film you can just pick up at the camera store. I had to try out different film, color, black and white, and various speeds. I just used the high speed with low light settings. I got to process the black and white film at home (My brother in law who is also a photographer demonstrated how easy it was) and got the color processed at a store then scanned the film at home. Christopher preaches and moans and bitches about digital... He thinks it is a shame how photographers turned digital and the quality of pictures went bye bye. the bad way. I agree. Film is able to capture the colors much better, richer.
Anyway, my first try at color with the clack was not so good. Light some how seeped in and exposed the film! meow :-( like this.. Well, the quality is actually a little better than seen here, I had to lower the quality because the file size was too big. You can see it at the top right..
I'm too shy to upload my favorite one... haha
So, here are some black and white photos with the clack. Much better! check out the crispness of the pictures and consider the age of this camera. pretty neat eh?
So that's it for today! I went to the lomography gallery store that opened in Austin today and too bad I didn't take a camera! was thinking about my blog readers and how I could have taken pictures and shared. it was pretty cool. On a side note, on my drive to my sister's house I saw my ex-boyfriend and I was happy to find myself being able to smile at such a typical scene. I'm starting to wonder if my friends are right about him... about the whole Asian fetish thing.. well, I saw him with an Asian girl on the back of his motorcycle with his red helmet on holding on to him, in the rain. hahahaha that used to be me! wait till the crazy comes out. jk jk. I'm just happy that I'm happy. That's a big deal for me.
Good night my loves!
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