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polaroid

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Film Instant Photography

A new black & white

I got hold of some of Impossible’s B&W 2.0 film for my lovely Polaroid SX-70 (which I literally had to dust off before using). The best thing about this film is that you can just use it – like…

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Instant Life Photography

Spring is here!

Whilst I’m all about embracing the here and now, I can understand how certain seasons might annoy some people. Certainly if waiting for buses/trains/lifts is anything to go by… Summer: Too hot. Too many sweaty armpits. Too many bees.…

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Instant Photography

Winter ponderland

I ponder on some very random things when I’m in meetings at work drifting off to sleep. Like, why do you never get goosebumps on your face? How does dry-cleaning work? And why is it I’ve not used my beloved Polaroid SX-70…

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Instant Life Photography

Red, white and blue

I’m sure it wont have escaped your notice (especially if you’re in GB right now) that jubilee fever is in full swing! That’s why there’s rain forecast. D’oh. Look at Oxford Street – pretty, huh! I was actually splap…

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Instant Life Photography

Happy Easter

Hope you’re having a lovely long weekend, be it Easter-y or otherwise. I had chocolate for breakfast so I’m happy! Did you get an Easter egg? April showers are definitely the call of the day round these parts and…

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Digital Film Instant Photography

Beachy Head

In my day job I am lucky enough to work with people from all over the world. The ones that are new to these shores all seem to want to visit the same particular place – the white cliffs…

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Instant Life Photography

Life

It’s always reassuring after a dark and gloomy winter to see those little signs of life – buds and shoots and catkins – you know things are going to change, and soon. Then you turn a corner and see…

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Instant Photography

I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle – not only a pithy blog title for a post which includes a Polaroid photo of a castle I captured, but also a marvellous book which I’d forgotten all about (and MUST read again asap)…

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Instant Life Photography

The big picture

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt So, the future – what does it hold? Truthfully? I don’t know – not yet anyhow. I’ve been waiting for some paternalistic, authoritive being to…