I am feeling pretty chuffed with myself as I managed to fix a camera (a Polaroid Spectra 2) and I am loving the pictures it takes – so full of colour, I’m not used to all this instant colour!
Polaroid Spectra + Image film
The film is slightly wider than square too which is a bit different – it’s a bit like watching high def tv for the first time in that for some things it’s going to be awesome but at other times the soft manually-focused caress of an SX-70 will be what is needed.
Polaroid Spectra + Image film
The flash goes off with every shot so I might tape some tracing paper over it to try and soften it down a bit – it was OK with these ones as the sun was shining full-blast and more than compensated for anything electronic, but in lower light it might start looking a bit harsh.
This red one is my fave – so, so red!
Polaroid Spectra + Image film
7 Comments
Cindy
16 April 2010 at 20:29So pretty. I love spring and summer!!!
Rebecca
16 April 2010 at 20:39These are gorgeous.. It’s such a great tip to tape some tracing paper over the flash to soften it!
Cassie
17 April 2010 at 01:42Really, really beautiful! The pictures have a wonderful hue about them…I had never heard about tracing paper..interesting!
stella
17 April 2010 at 08:01ooh, yes, that last one…
so very ready to hang on a rice paper wall
Life with Kaishon
17 April 2010 at 14:57Such vibrant color. I love it.
Jess
18 April 2010 at 17:17All of them are beautiful, but I especially love that one on the bottom … Flowering Quince? Not sure about the Spectra 2, but most Spectra cameras have a button to turn the flash off on the back …
margie
19 April 2010 at 01:43as i sit reading blogs right over there, to the right of me, sits a polaroid on the dining room table. it came over tonight and has decided to stay. tomorrow i will begin to read about it.