Polaroid Land Camera Guide
Polaroid Land cameras are named after Edwin Land who was the inventor of the instant film camera, which was manufactured by Polaroid. All Polaroid instant cameras were called “Land” cameras until 1982 when Edwin Land retired. This guide applies to the “packfilm” versions of Polaroid Land cameras which includes series 100-400 and were manufactured from […]
Film in the City
A walk through the city on an early spring evening. The days were finally getting longer, the weather was finally getting warmer. I took my little Argus camera, loaded up with some film and went to explore a newly built walkway, through the once forgotten part of the city. I’ve watched this area for years […]
The Beach in a Dream
Little beach towns always feel like a magical, altered reality type of place to me. A place far away from regular boring life, where time almost stands still. When thinking back, months later on that short little week spent spent at the beach, it almost feels like a dream. I think these Polaroids capture that […]
Land Camera Photo Shoot
I have been working on fixing up my polaroid land cameras. Getting them all cleaned, restoring their batteries and writing a little user guide. Then I got inspired to do a photo shoot with my first and favorite one, and before I knew what was happening, I had a whole 1960s thing going on. And […]
A Year in Land Camera Photos
About a year ago I found this vintage polaroid land camera on a thrifting trip. I had been wanting one for a while, but wasn’t ready to spend a couple hundred bucks on a restored one. I luckily found this baby in great condition for 20 dollars! All I had to do was replace the battery […]
Camera Equipment Wishlist
I’m always dreaming of what my next camera accessory purchase will be and I thought it would be fun to share my wishlist. I have a Nikon D5100 and it’s perfect in just about every way. My only wish is that it was full frame, but that’s a story for later. 35 mm f/1.8 lens […]
Thrifty Finds
It had been a while since we checked out some of out local antique shops. On his trip we ended up finding something at each place! The first place we stopped, I had been dreaming about visiting for months. This guy has an awesome collection of vintage cameras, including many old land cameras. I spent […]
Thrifty Finds
I wanted to share some of my latest thrifty finds. We hadn’t been thrift shopping in a while and we ended up having really good luck at our favorite place. I found these two cute shirts plus this plaid skirt, perfect for Christmas time outfits! Jeeves thought my skirt was a nice place to sit […]
Land Camera Photoshoot
A while ago I took my model 95 polaroid land camera on a photo shoot in my mom’s yard. None of the pictures turned out, but it was still fun! You can check out my tutorial on this camera here
Land Camera Model 95 Tutorial
One of the highlights of my birthday adventure back in February, was finding this antique land camera. I’ve had a fascination with polaroid cameras ever since I saw my uncle using one on a beach trip when I was eight years old. I just knew I had to have my own. For my birthday the following year I got an izone […]