After uploading some software ‘analouge emulation’ images I thought we should get back to some actual real images (in the sense that the photo exists in tangible physical form,  either as a negative or print as compared with 0′s and 1′s of binary data storage) This particular image was captured in my brother’s study (he really does have some interesting books, objects and miscellaneous stuff). I had the Holga Pinhole Camera (with Polaroid back) on a tripod and triggered my hand held flash unit about a gazillion times (no science involved, I just kept triggering it until I thought I had ‘about enough light’ to make an image) This post is a test of the WordPress application for the android t-touch tablet I have been provided with (by Telstra) for the purpose of review. I’m running it through it’s paces and will have a full review (in video and written form) up sometime next week, for those curious.

Camera: Holga Pinhole     Film: Polaroid Type 89 Instant (peel-apart) pack film.

Sometimes expired film screw-ups just seem to work.

Camera: Polaroid SLR 680
Film: Expired Polaroid 600 film

Here’s something a bit different for a change, eclectic subject matter, as seems to be my wont – I refuse to have my photography pigeon-holed!
This is a vertical dyptych of two Polaroid 500 shots, taken on a Polaroid ‘Vision’ camera (also sold as the Captiva), another folding SLR job from Mr Land’s stables before they went kaflooey. The film is colour film, but almost looks monochrome/sepia here due to it being a tad old (like me).
I still have a pack of 500 integral film (expired of course) left which I better put through the camera before the chemical pods in the film dry out (if they haven’t already)…oh well, not much more to say at the moment. Work is work, not too bad I suppose, but I really do hang out for my time off so I can make more photographs. Cheers all!

Camera: Polaroid Vision     Film: expired Polaroid 500 integral film

If I seem a bit distracted this month, in no small part it is due to this gentleman. Let me explain, this is Jeff Moorfoot, one of the primary driving forces behind the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Jeff is the festival director and with the help of the committee, volunteers and participating artists from Australia and overseas has put together the 3rd Foto Biennale held in country Victoria, the first two being held in Daylesford in 2005 and 2007. I’ve been looking forward to this years event for oh, 2 years now, ever since the last one! The Ballarat International Foto Biennale is about to kick off (tonight in fact) and anyone who is even vaguely interested in Photography would find more than enough to entertain and enlighten them in the month of September in the beautiful country Victorian town of Ballarat and it’s surroundings. Comprising 20 Core exhibitions, 60 Fringe shows, workshops, seminars, portfolio reviews, affiliate events, artist floor talks, camera market, special events…and much more it should be a fantastic start to Spring!
This Polaroid was taken outside the Daylesford Town Hall during the 2007 Biennale.

Camera: Polaroid SX-70     Film: Polaroid Time Zero Integral ‘Instant’ Film (expired)

Here is an interesting photograph from a couple of years ago. It was taken on WPPD (World Pinhole Photography Day) as part of a series of pinhole Rose captures. I used a Holga converted to a pinhole camera, with a Polaroid back attached. The Roe in thi instance turned out looking very 2-dimensional as opposed to other shots I took of it. I quite like the abstract feel it gives to this simple subject.

Camera: Pinholga    Film: Polaroid Type 84 Packfilm

One of my favourite Integral Polaroids, this image has recently been printed in the “Roadtrip” theme gallery of Light Leaks magazine (thank you editors), along with many other great images and articles (this one’s on p. 34 if anyone has the latest issue) *grin*

Camera: Polaroid Spectra    Film: Polaroid Spectra/Image Integral film

This talented young fellow is one of the Melbourne Flickrites and I caught up with him early in April, along with many other photogs at one of our monthly meets. Most of us take a camera or two and this meet was no exception, I myself took a Polaroid 600SE, EE100 and the little Superheadz Demekin 110 camera.
I was snapping portraits with my Polaroid folder, the EE100 and Ahmad wanted me to take one of him. I asked him what look he wanted and he replied “Gangsta!” He’s a funny guy. He borrowed a cigarette from Barb (another Flickrite), although I don’t think he smokes, but it was for ‘the look’ and struck a pose. We were both quite happy with the result. He signed it (verso):

“To Cam
I like!
Ahmad S”

When I posted it on flickr he left a comment:
“Im sending this photo to my auntie… as soon as her village buy a new donkey, she’ll go up the mountain and go searchin for a new bride for me…this time ive asked her for a petite women who doesnt eat a lot (economic crisis)”
- as I said before, he IS a funny guy.
(which reminds me, I must get a copy to him)

Camera: Polaroid EE100
Film: Polaroid Packfilm “Choco” expired 07/08 – note: this choco film is meant to be sepia, but some people have commented that it has a distincly salmony pink tint.

More about this Polaroid later – got to do some angle grinding now, must attend to the Chook shed!
OK, I’ve successfully managed to cut the chook (chicken) shed down to 2/3 it’s original size without actually injuring myself with any power tools (an achievement for someone as clumsy as I, believe me!) Why am I doing this? Well, we want to move the shed further into the NW corner of our yard, so my wife can extend her veggie garden, which is rather constrained at the moment, reducing the chook-shed dimensions will make it easier to move and make more space in the back-yard. There, now you know. Fascinating eh?
About this Polaroid. I had purchased a tatty old SX-70 from evilbay and wanted to try it out with some SX-70 film I had also procured from somewhere (can’t remember where) and my wife was going to visit a local nursery to check out the plants and so forth (as you do). We visited Cloude Hill which is a very pleasant nursery in Olinda (in the Dandenong ranges near Melbourne) with adjoining picturesque gardens which you can roam for a small fee. This shot, taken in the nursery section where they had lots of large sculptures, fountains and so on, shows a portion of sculpture (the spiky, curvy metallic intrusions into the composition) against a blurred background the rear of a standing water feature-thang (the blue). I had uploaded this to my portfolio of Polaroids at Polanoid.net ages ago but just recently received a message from a nice man who works at a French publishing firm who expressed interest in using the image for a cover of a book (of Andalusian Poetry) which is quite exciting as that will be a first for me. Anyway, I signed the contract and sent it off to France last week so hopefully this abstract Polaroid will grace the cover of a nice book soon!

Camera: Polaroid SX-70    Film: PolaroidSX-70 Instant Integral Film

Another image from the ‘old’ plastic lens which I am transferring to the ‘new’ plastic lens. (some comments will be older than post date as they have been transferred from the original post) Original post date: June 7 2007
I’m not sure why, but my eldest developed a strong attachment to this prawn at my sister-in-law’s company picnic. So much so she wanted to bring it home and make it her “pet”. We had to assure her it would go a bit off and wasn’t really an appropriate choice for an animal companion, especially considering it was, not to put too fine a point on it…dead. Besides, she still had the deaf cat, crazy chickens, and fluctuating number of goldfish at home.
So she contented herself with a polaroid memory, although in this instance the expired film gave her a bit of a prawny colouring in some sort of weird coincidence.

Camera: Polaroid SX-70   Film: expired Polaroid SX-70 (Time Zero)