Polaroid & Analogue Photos New Zealand

Driftwood Corpses

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Thu, 26 May 2011 10:46:00 +0000

Taken on French Beach, Sooke Vancouver Island Canada. Push Processed Tudor 200 ASA Film

Hat Man Do

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:27:00 +0000

Shot on Tudor Film 35mm 200ASA. Canon AV-1, UV Filter, Push processed. Cropped.

Ravineous

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:40:00 +0000

I should mentioned that these films recently have been push processed; I extended the development time. The colours tend to be a bit more punchy. Here another visit to our friend with his downed C-47. Cropped to square, shot on Canon AV-1 with Tudor (Fuji?) film 200asa.

Scenic Lookout

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:08:00 +0000

Scenic Lookout. Shot on Tudor film 200asa. Cropped.

Wishing Pond

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:11:00 +0000

Wishing Pond. 35mm shot on Canon AV-1 using 200 Tudor film (which I believe is FujiFilm rebranded). This was shot on 20mm lens with UV filter. Post processing in photoshop including cropping the negative and slight saturation boost.

Long Time, No Post

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:55:00 +0000

Hard to believe its been such a long time since I posted. Unfortunately, a very close and dear friend passed away after long battle with an illness. Though I completely splurge and bought a massive amount of film in last November, photography has really been the last thing on my mind.

However, I did take a couple of Polaroid shots this weekend, and I checked my fridge, and I have still have 8 rolls of colour negative film to develop. I might roll up my sleeves and develop them this weekend.

Here's a little shot I took this weekend using 690 film, with my 600SE camera, titled 'Walk Away'

Infrared Abandoned Train

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:10:00 +0000

This was my first attempt at Infrared Photography. I had used very old chemicals (3 years expired but refridgerated) - I probably 'pushed' it a bit too far, but as this was a test roll, it was ok for me to just muck around with it. The results where interesting but very very grainy. Though they looked sharp on the negative, once scanned you definitely

I used a super 720 infrared filter, so dark you can't actually see through the lens and Ilford Sfx 200 film with my Canon AV-1

This train is one of the abandon trains you see in the NZ move 'What becomes of the broken hearted'.

Polaroid Beginners Guide

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:09:00 +0000

Happy Pola New Year all.

I hope that everyone is going well. I spent most of my spare time during the holidays changing this site template and also Polaroid Beginners Guide. It sums up everything that I've learned from using polaroid film, mistakes I've made, tips and tricks I've learned.

Its not really written for experts and hopefully its simply enough so that people can easily get started using this awesome photographic medium.

I've been a bit too busy at the moment to take photos - but I hope I'll get the chance this year. In the mean time, I hope to be adding more stuff to the beginners guide here.

3 Magnolias

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 04:53:00 +0000

I've taken my 600SE out for a spin today (Christmas Day) to test my Hoya Diopters (they are like magnifying lens for you 'camera lens'). These where shot F5.6/125 on FP-100c film with a +2 Diopter, about 15 inches from the subject. It was a bit difficult to judge the framing effect of the Magnolias with a range finder. However the depth of field looks quite good, even for F5.6.

Auckland Christmas Tree

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:03:00 +0000

This little fellow was the first shot I took on my new-to-me Polaroid 600SE. This was taken on expired UV-ID polaroid film shot at 4.7/125 Its Norwich pine with some cheesy Christmas decor.

Quick study in Film types: Fuji Instax Wide, Polaroid UV-ID, Polaroid Spectra

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:55:00 +0000

As I don't have a car at the moment, I haven't been able to hit the road and take many photographs. I had a few pictures left in my Instax Wide, Polaroid 1200, and Polaroid 600SE (my new favourite camera) and decided to take a few snaps. I have skylight in my place so I decided to muck around with a few shots that my girlfriend had brought home:

Fuji Instax wide:

Here we see that colour is what Fuji does best. Its nicely saturated, the colours are rich and accurate. Whats nice about this film is that its still currently produced. I like this film because its very consistant and reliable - but I also don't like it for the exact same reasons! Its great film for documentation. This was shot with a Fuji Instax 200 camera with a jerry-rigged polarising filter.

Polaroid Spectra

This film was expired in Dec 2007 - so when it was shot it was just shy of 3 years past its expiry. This was also shot with a jerry-rigged polarising filter (held on with my hand). Here you can start to see the differences with Fuji. The colours are warmer and more artistic. The blacks in background aren't pure black. Its got its own character, probably not the best film for documentation.

Polaroid UV-ID

Whats slightly ironic about this film, is that its supposed to be used for picture ID's - therefore suppose to pretty bland stuff. This is anything but the truth. This film has become my favourite. Now this completely different from the above as this is 'peel apart' film, not integral (instax wide, spectra are both integral). As you can see, this film is much subjective than objective. It often has wonderful purplish hues and muted colours. To me this is the most artistic film of the three mentioned here. Its also slightly more volatile in the sense this particular film is about 5 years expired. This was shot on my Polaroid 600SE at f 4.7/60 secs. The borders are left from the emulsion.

Cabbage Trees, Limestone Downs New Zealand

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:08:00 +0000

First Image is Positive of UV-ID film shot on EE-55. Second is transfer print of the same image on Kodak Photo paper.

Who'll Stop The Rain?

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:54:00 +0000

Polaroid 125i, Kiev 88 Camera. Shot at Auckland Domain.

Look Carefully

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:48:00 +0000

Four Leaf Clover. Shot at auckland domain with Kiev 88, polaroid 125i film

winter gardening

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:55:00 +0000

winter gardening
Originally uploaded by Parahanga

This is hard to appreciate until you see it big - looks dark but enlarged the lighting is much more dramatic. Photo was cross processed (used c-41 chemicals for slide film).

Legs on Toast

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:41:00 +0000

Legs on Toast II
Originally uploaded by Parahanga

This was taken from my new Arax Kiev-88, using Polaroid 100 Sepia Film.

Dreaming Tree

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:58:00 +0000

dreamingtree
Originally uploaded by Parahanga

I've recently done a lot of 120 Film shots in a holga. This one was taken at Auckland Domain last week. Ah what a lovely weekend that was...

Polaprinter Manual Available Online now

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:32:00 +0000

Hi everyone,
I've scanned and uploaded a Polaprinter Manual online for free at Scribd

Polaprinter Manual

Shot of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:24:00 +0000

Very happy to have won the shot of the day again - with my shot taken on a Polaprinter. Doing a bit of happy dance as have a voucher to buy more polafilm. Maybe Fade to Black?

Magic Tree

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:49:00 +0000

This is another digital to polaroid conversion. Shot on the South in 2005, I converted to Polaroid last month on 669 film.

Integral Film vs Pack Film: Which one is for you?

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:46:00 +0000

If you are new to Polaroid Film, here is a quick chart of pros and cons of integral and pack films. Read more about polaroid film here. Remember this list is highly subjective to the opinions of the author (me!). Feel free to offer your thoughts as well.

	Integral Camera	Pack Film	Best Choice?
Ease of use	Easy - just pops out of the camera and watch it develop! Very Simple controls.	More Challenging - you have to time the development plus there. Also you have guess the distance of the subject and set the camera accordingly.	Integral
Sharpness	Mostly unsharp, with higher quality going to sx-70 films	Mixed, but generally sharper than integral. FP-100c has highest quality that i've used.	Pack Film
Experimentation	SX-70 can produce very creative results.	Image Tranfers and Emulsion Lifts can be done with Pack Film.	Draw
Available of Film	SX-70 films, 600 films will be produced, Fuji Instax are widely available.	Sadly, only FP-100c is available in future but may change.	Integral
Cameras	Polaroid is issuing a new line of sx-70 cameras, plus tons of older models for 600 film and sx-70 are available.	Purpose Built Packfilm cameras are no longer produced, however Pack film can be used in Medium Format Cameras such as Mamiya that can produce wonderful results.	Draw
Cost	Film Cost is can be high for these polaroid films, and generally lower for Fuji Instax. Bargains can always be found, but good sx-70 cameras are a bit more expensive.	I've found numerous bargains on Pack Film cameras, I've bought beautiful pack film cameras for less than $10NZd that have produced beautiful results. Of course you can go high end and Medium Format camera and blow your budget, but Polaroid pack film cameras do a great job. Film costs are comparable to integral.	Pack Film
Durability	These are relative durable cameras, but once they a broke, you need to buy a new one.	Very simple cameras, easy to hack into and fix. These cameras good introduction into the mechanics of cameras. I've tortured these cameras, some are more than 40 years old and they still work.	Pack Film.

chairity

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:23:00 +0000

chairity
Originally uploaded by Parahanga

Here's one my favourite shots - of which I have 3 versions, digital, 35mm slide, 669 print. I was asked this on flickr:

What does "Digital to analogue conversion" mean?!

My response:
Glad you asked, the shot was originally taken on a digital camera (Canon 10D). About I month ago I had my favourite digital shots converted to 35mm Slides via GammaTech.com. They have special machines to convert digital images to slides, I did this because:

1. I had problems with digital storage (I lost some of my best digi shots due to bad hard drives and unrecoverable dvds/cds *
2. I just thought they were cool.

Once you have them in 35mm format, you can use a DayLab Slide printer, or my case - a polaprinter. What this does is print your 35mm shot on Polaroid film.

I choose extremely expired film because I was curious to see the effects. The Polaroid film I used for this series was about 7+ years expired.

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* I know people people go on about the integrity of digital forms eg dvds and hard drives. Unfortunately I personally have not found this to be case. I have had 2 hard drive crashes and lost a couple of DVDs that caused the loss of some of my most cherished digital shots. Note: I am not railing against digital photography, l as i still shoot digital from time to time.

"Dreamscape" Polaprinter Digital to Analogue

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:32:00 +0000

Here's another shot converted from digital to analogue. The streaks on the top aren't clouds, but rather expired artifacts from the old old 669 film. The original was transferred to 35mm slide film then tranferred to Polaroid film via a Polaprinter.

"Danger Wharf" Polaprinter - Digital to Analogue

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:23:00 +0000

This was originally a digital photo I took but I had shifted it to a 35mm colour positive slide by Gammatech. The did superb job on converting my digital film to 35mm slides. I really wanted to see how the pictures translated to be transferred to very very expired (7 year old) polaroid 669 film. Here is a sample of the results.

Developing 35mm Film Exposed to saltwater (yes it is possible!)

noreply@blogger.com (anonymous) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:57:00 +0000

End of the Beginning
Originally uploaded by Parahanga

2 weeks ago, I was using my lovely Konica Mermaid camera to shoot action figures underwater. Unfortunately, I had somehow dislodged the the waterproof backing while I was underwater, flooding the camera. The camera electronics died and even the film was exposed to salt water.

I thought surely someone out there on the internets who would have posted whether salt watered exposed film was salvageable or not. I couldn't find one.

The film was not able to be rewound by the electric rewind. I opened the camera in the dark. I could feel the salt water on the film. The film was in the camera, exposed to salt water for about a full day. When I eventually decided to take out the film in my darkroom, I felt the saltwater run off the film.

Anyways, I had my Colortec chemicals on hand and decided to give it go. I even push developed the film (going an 45 secondss beyond recommended developing time). I was surprised as anyone to to the see the results - you can go to my Flickr photostream to see the rest of the shots from my now defunct Konica Mermaid.