I love this shot I took at EPCOT. I waited for the Monorail to drive by and snapped it. As I was exiting the park, I pulled it from my bag to see how it developed and checked it against the backdrop. As I held it up and it obscured part of the background, I was inspired to take the shot you see above. I totally thought about taking this same shot with my Polaroid rather than my phone, but there's no way I could shoot it properly holding the picture this close to the camera lens.
A shot I took at Disney World similar to the first one I shared. I waited for about fifteen minutes for the 'Liberty Belle' Riverboat at Liberty Square to come around the bend so I could snap this one.
I bumped into 'Liver Lips McGrowl' after the Liberty Bell passed by. My Son shot this pic of us as we watched the mighty Riverboat pass by.
A shot of me and Casey at 'Casey's Corner' on Main Street USA in the Magic Kingdom. Succinctly, these last two pictures very well may have given the Polaroid bug to my son. He told me he loved using it, and had always dreamed of what it would be like to take pictures with one.
A Polaroid snap at Epcot and its park icon, Spaceship Earth. I believe a combination of light and some debris on unclean film rollers caused the white spots you see above. I've since cleaned the rollers, have not used the flash in bright light, and the anomaly hasn't repeated. It does however make for some incredibly retro looking shots, and gave this particular picture a great vintage feel. It's definitely an effect I wish I could control, because while it does looks cool, it's not something you'd necessarily like to see on every shot.
I forgot what it was like to shoot on these cameras. It really requires a lot of attention to get a good shot and the whole experience is a lot of fun. I can't wait to get out there to use it more, especially during future vacations and day trips.
I love all of the photos you took with your vintage Polaroid camera! Now it makes me want to get one. (I had to check, just now, to see if the cameras and film are still made.) When I was in high school, I was given a Kodak Colorburst camera, which was Kodak's answer to the Polaroid camera. But Polaroid eventually sued Kodak and won their case, so Kodak had to stop making the cameras and the film. But I still have that obsolete camera!
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Thank you! AND... I had one of those cameras as well!! I used it for two months and they lost the lawsuit. They sent me a gift certificate and some coupons for Kodak film. It was a pretty good camera from what I remember.
DeleteThere are still plenty of Kodak 600 cameras for purchase out there on ebay and even in thrift stores. The new cameras are slick too and give you more pictures albeit in a smaller format. I prefer the larger pictures which is why I'm sticking to the vintage camera for now.
Oh yeah! I got the Kodak coupons and certificates, too. But I had to pry off the nameplate from the camera, which had "Kodak" and "Colorburst 100" on it. It was stuck on with adhesive, so it wasn't too difficult to pull it off, but the company did require it (supposedly) at the time, in order to receive whatever it was that they were offering. Now I have a defunct camera without a nameplate and now way to get film for it. And why do I still hang onto it? Because!
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HA! I had to do the same thing, but forgot about it until you mentioned it! I saved my camera for years, until my Mom made me throw it out. Strangely, I wish I still had that antiquated piece of technology!
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