I ♥ 500

I recently acquired some 2007 expired Polaroid 500 film at a good price and was thrilled to find that it still produced some pretty good shots - even in a relatively basic camera such as the Joycam.

In my mind, the (relatively) wide aspect of the film makes it perfect for minimalist shots while lending itself to more conventional composition than the square-format 600 and 779 integral films.

Can't wait to shoot more of this film and might even take some with me to the Blues and Roots festival tomorrow!

Some film thoughts

When it comes to cross processed film for the Holga, it's hard to go past Kodak EPP, in particular EPT if you really want punchy blues. Originally I had only seen the shots off this roll as negatives so decided to get hard copies done at Mirage. While I was prepared for the images, I wasn't ready for the amazingly deep blues.

So, anyone got bulk quantities of EPT they want to sell?



This is a negative scan from one of the rolls of expired Velvia50 I shot at the South Perth fiesta. I've learned the hard way that with Velvia that you need to set the ISO a little lower than 50 or overexpose a little bit to make up the film's lack of detail in the dark areas.

Still, nice film and the rolls were a great example of what the Pentax67 is capable of.

One month of shooting one Polaroid a day!

Today is officially one month since the start of my task to shoot a different Polaroid each day.

Of course, in some instances circumstances have dictated that I've had to upload old shots.

Today, sadly, was one of those days after I spent the afternoon having my body wracked after some dodgy Vongole pasta (basically, pasta with clams, chilli, parsley and tomatoes - can you guess what the trouble ingredient might be?).

It was just gross, gross, gross and after four hours after getting home, I'm starting to feel okay now.

But none the less, today's milestone is a special one, so it demands a special shot, shot on special film.

Pulled out of my big shoebox of shots, this was taken a few weeks back where I shot about four packs in the space of an hour when an entire convoy of classic Australian vintage and muscle cars was lined up on the foreshore around the corner from our place.

One month down, 11 to go!

To check out the first month (and counting depending on when you see this post) just click the picture above or click here.