Good Instant Pictures

Let's start this year with something good. Oh, something good. Oh, something good. Oh, something good tonight. This was an Alt-J reference. But at first the bad news: There won't be a song of the month for December. Simply because it's 1) too late, 2) I don't have one and 3) I just don't want to write so much. Now look at some pictures to cheer you up.

These are some instant pictures I consider as good ones. The cameras I used were the Instax Mini 90 and the Instax 210. I love instant cameras. And notebooks.

Cats ♥ Soooo cute! Now you're happy again. For sure.

Me, my cat and I, my cat.

I own a lighthouse and owned a treehouse.

Double exposure in the middle. Oh, and again the lighthouse. Oops.

Brighton. I don't know how this thing in the middle happened, but it looks cool.

Awww yeah. Modern art and street art. Salamanca is in Spain, btw.

Yeah, sometimes my camera doesn't work properly. Triple exposure in the middle.

To Be Continued

Failed Polaroids

These pictures are not really Polaroids, they are made with an Instax (Fujifilm), but everybody knows what I am talking about when I say "Polaroids". Instax is not that famous yet.

This article is especially for those who have an instant camera themself and sometimes get desperate because a picture just does not look good. Everybody affected by this - You are not alone!
Sure, it is disappointing and probably a waste of (expensive) film, but hey, the pictures are still unique. As long as they are not totally underexposed or
overexposed. In this case - draw on them.

Ok, here you go.

These were made with the Instax Mini 90, a retro-looking camera with  cool settings (e.g. double exposure). But you have  to  experiment a little. The kebab looks a bit scary  because there is also a face on it. Not a failure but a bad idea.

This time with the instax 210. It was too dark. Remember, kids: just because the light looks good in real life, it does not mean that it will look the same on the picture. And a flash is not always useful.

Overexposed and underexposed with drawings. Better than nothing.

You might wonder why I did not draw on these. I do not know. Actually, on the right one you can see a rainbow. Like I said, it is hard to catch beautiful light.

Ok, I have no idea what happened to the first one, but that is definitely not the Klaxons show. The second one is a simple, unintended double exposure. The last one looks like a negative to me, but I have no idea how I did this.

So that's it. I just want to mention that it is mostly my fault that they look bad. For example, I took out the film, but not in the dark. I wanted to check if there is still one in the camera while sitting in a bright room. This is for sure the stupidest thing you can do. Learn from my mistakes.