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Poladroid a Photo

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I’m still in mourning that I used the last of my stinky, spoiled stash of Polaroid film. You can check out the last photos Sienna and I took with the Holgaroid here. My poor film was expired and had been stored in the desert heat for a summer so I was surprised any images showed up at all!
Holgaroid, Polaroid, Poladroid…….say that three times, fast.
But I am loving the Poladroid site….I guess it is the next best thing until I get a chance to track down some more film. A few favorites…..
First Day of “School”
Poladroid a Photo via lilblueboo.com
“Mommy take a photo of me”
Poladroid a Photo Boo via lilblueboo.com
North Lake Tahoe Fire Station
Poladroid a Photo Boo Fire Station via lilblueboo.com
Mr. Lil Blue Boo
Poladroid a Photo Mr. Lil Blue Boo via lilblueboo.com

Fun with the Holgaroid

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My daughter and I had some fun with my old Holgaroid this morning. My last post had a journal page with some old Holgaroid photos in it and reminded me that I had the camera packed away in a box high on a shelf in my studio.

A Holgaroid is a plastic toy camera with a polaroid back attached. It even uses the old “peel-apart” film from way back when. It reminds me of “Data’s” camera in the movie Goonies. Read all you want about them at Squarefrog, including what kind to buy and film types. I think it is fun to use every once in a while because the photos always turn out a little old and creepy looking…and Polaroids are always instant gratification.

Fun with the Holgaroid via lilblueboo.com
Sienna and my friend Jess (visiting from Chicago for Coachella Fest) in the living room.
I need an external viewfinder for my camera…the Polaroid back covers it up, so we were taking pictures blind. Here is Sienna with the camera….she was still trying to look through the viewfinder.
Fun with the Holgaroid 2 via lilblueboo.com

I had a few boxes of Polaroid film for us to play with but they were obviously spoiled (should have been in my freezer and the expiration dates were 2006)….they STUNK horribly when we peeled the film apart! The photos still turned out okay but different. I had both color and black and white film. I’m trying to find some more Choco 80 film (take a look at the great photos it takes) but it all seems to be sold out everywhere I look and I’m pretty sure I’ll have to get it from somewhere in Europe.
Fun with the Holgaroid 3 via lilblueboo.com

Sienna’s baby dolls by the front door (my flash is too bright)…this picture is a little creepy

Fun with the Holgaroid 4 via lilblueboo.com

St. Francis in the side courtyard

Fun with the Holgaroid 5 via lilblueboo.com

Tattered old portrait of my grandfather hanging on the wall (found it in his attic when he passed away)

Fun with the Holgaroid 6 via lilblueboo.com

Sienna in her rocking chair

Fun with the Holgaroid 7 via lilblueboo.com
Palm tree in the yard

Fun with the Holgaroid 8 via lilblueboo.com

Bougainvillea vine

Fun with the Holgaroid 9 via lilblueboo.com

Baby dolls in the bed (the old stinky emulsion in the film left the ghostly looking shadow across the photo)
Polaroid has stopped producing instant film. I still use instant film and I still use 35mm film, and I am kinda in denial that one day it might not be there for me to buy. There is hope for those of us who refuse to surrender completely to digital:
“Now I step forward to do my part to try to sell Polaroid film in the worst worldwide economic downturn in living memory, and at a period in time where all things analog are under assault in the name of technological progress, product cycles, and economies of scale. But I need a world where people still need Polaroids. And I’m going to try to do something about it.” – Dave Bias

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