Smile! (by powerpig)
Love this.
In France, Travelling light, again…
Chipotle, St Martin’s Lane
Farewell Sumo
Bon voyage, you loveable rug. Rest in peace…
Among the millions of blogs on Tumblr, only a small number are contributors of original content: “the world’s creators”
And if you’ve ever looked at Tumblr’s Explore Page you might notice that Photography is oddly absent.
There’s #design, #art, #architecture and even #artists on tumblr — but no mention of anything related to the art of taking pictures with a camera. Even #film is a trap — it’s for movies, not analog photography!
We don’t think this situation is acceptable. So let’s Fight it.
We’d like to ask all original photographers on Tumblr to start putting the #photographers on tumblr tag on every single photo you post.
Photographers deserve more recognition among the Creators on Tumblr. Hopefully, by using this tag we’ll help the entire community of Tumblr photographers get noticed — and maybe one day we will see that tag on the Tumblr Explore page too.
Reblog this post and spread the word.
Sincerely,
Photographers on TumblrAgreed
Seconded
The Abomination!
Looks like I fixed my sticky SLR680 issues - I thought it was the pick-arm, but it turns out it was the rollers not gripping enough!
Huge thanks for the inspiration from Dr Love’s latest troubleshooting guide…
Spectra
A few years ago I bought a Polaroid ProCam from The Impossible Project. Actually, to be correct I bought a ProCam from Polapremium, as they had yet to assume the name. Because the Enschede factory made the Spectra film as well as the square formats for SX70 and 600 cameras, I thought it a good idea to have a go.
The ProCam is strangely shaped (it opens from the side), and I tended to find it somewhat unergonomic to use - it felt to me like holding a loaf of bread in front of my face. Not entirely for me, but I’d persist.
Firstly I had some Image film for it.
Very nice, but it didn’t pluck at my heart the way ‘real’ (SX-70) Polaroid shots did. They just seemed a bit normal in tone. Like ‘normal’ film photos. I guess the non-square aspect added to that feeling.
Well let’s try some mystery white box film that they found at the factory…
Hmm. Still not quite doing it for me. I’m not keen on the way the expired 600-type films turned yellow and faded. Grumble grumble.
At last! The Impossible Project started to produce Silver Shade PZ600 film…
That’s the most success I had. I wasn’t terribly happy with any of the shots I took with the ProCam, so eventually I decided to sell it, and put the whole Spectra thing behind me.
And then a few weeks ago I found a regular Spectra camera for cheap in a charity shop. How could I resist? My thinking was “if it doesn’t work, I’ve not broken the bank. If I don’t like it, I can give it back to the shop for someone who will like it”. I ordered some PZ680 Color Protection film.
I like it.
I think it’s a combination of the ergonomics and the wonderful new film. I’m won over. In fact, I think I may take just this camera to France with me next month, rather than pack the SX-70. Funny how things turn out…
How is that for starters? I don’t get invited to many parties these days. At the core, digital is a great thing. What we do with it, how we use it…that is another matter.”
Blue Saturday
A friend of mine was having a bit of a photographic block, not having picked up his camera for a while. I suggested he needed a project; he was keen. I suggested he pick a colour; he picked blue. Seemed like a good idea, so on Saturday I joined in, and took three blue pictures on the amazing Impossible Project PX70 Color Protection Formula film.
An egg from the Big Egg Hunt
