Instant Kitty Photos

For my birthday in April, I was given a Fujifilm Instax Mini. Because in New Zealand we were just approaching winter, I haven't had much chance to use it- until two weeks ago.

 It was a lovely sunny winters day so I whipped out this cute little camera and snapped a photo of each of my sweet cats. *This was the last photo I got of Max, so it's extra special to me. 

My friend Louise also took one of me~ how often do the photo takers get in front of the camera? Not enough! I particularly love Zeus' photo who is mid-yawn  Looks more like he's yelling hehe!  

I love how raw and imperfect these photos are~ some were out of focus and some were on the wrong setting (which is why Tillie looks like a big blob of white). I am looking forward to using this more as the weather begins to warm up and I start spending more time outside.

Rhiannon xxoxx

New Polaroids

I have only got one film left in the cartidge I opened on Saturday. I have got to slow down or I will be out of film all together (eeeep). Here are the latest ones I took on Sunday. I'm getting used to covering the film super fast but I have to admit I didn't even realise it had a focus! Which is why the cute dog is so blurry hehe.

Sorry the images are a bit crooked, my scanner is doing some strange things tonight so couldn't get the images right. The top left is one of our friends dog; her name is Pixie. The top right is my bestest friend in the whole world, Corey. The bottom two are views from our friends place; such beautiful area but a good 45-50 mins drive from where we are.

Rhiannon xxx

P.S. Rugby world cup is starting tomorrow so it's going to be mad busy in Auckland. I'm not particularly looking forward to the crowds; but the event on a whole is going to be fantastic. I will be sharing any cool photos I manage to snap during the next six weeks.

I'm in love with Polaroids!

Everything arrived on Monday (I literally jumped for joy) and I have been waiting all week to be able to start using them.

I will be dedicating 2 blog posts to the photos I get from my roll of film from my cute wide-angle lens camera. I did take a couple of snap shots with my Polaroid camera though. It is going to take me a while to get used to covering the film as soon as it pops out but I was so happy with the results of the three shots.

I absolutely love the graininess to all the images. The most wonderful thing about these shots though is nearly nothing can ruin them. No matter how many imperfections are on the photos (including the big brown bits that didn't develop) it can't ruin their beauty. They are almost a big magical. In the world of digital cameras where you can delete, remove or repair any imperfections the Polaroid pictures remind me that imperfect is still more beautiful. I can't wait to take more photos with these two fun cameras.

Rhiannon xxx

Photography Madness

Ok so I went a bit camera mad at the end of last week. I have been tossing up whether to get a Polaroid camera for a very long time. The pictures look amazing and I love that it's instantaneous but the instant film is rare and very expensive. Now what I am about to tell you isn't new news (although it is to me).

After having a good look through Photojojo and visiting an old post on toy cameras by Elise of A Beautiful Mess, I discovered The Impossible Project. They are a company that bought an old Polaroid Production plant and decided to keep the film production going for these classic cameras but with new materials. Once I had discovered this I decided I would go for it - I was going to get a Polaroid camera!

I found a traditional Polaroid One-Step 600 on amazon and bought it. I am already in love with it!! I love the "old school" look of them.

I didn't stop there though. I bought a whole lot of Impossible Instant Film of Photojojo. I much prefer the white border but I did get one pack of black borders; just to see what they are like.

And I bought one more thing - a good old fashion analogue camera from Poketo. It is the cutest little thing and takes wide-angle shots with super saturated colours and a lovely tunnel effect.

I won't get them for a few weeks as some of the places above don't ship overseas so my lovely aunty who lives in Arizona, will be forwarding them onto me. I can't wait to share them when they arrive (and the pictures they take of course!!)

Rhiannon xxx