Travelling Fair, Gt Yarmouth

It comes every year on the same weekend as the Grand National - it was one of the highlights of the year growing up in Great Yarmouth.
Happened to be in Great Yarmouth last weekend and took the opportunity to wander with the Polaroid 420 Automatic Land Camera and the Holga 120FN.
Lots of bright artwork to draw the eye, the seagull completed the scene.

Keep it Analogue

More Great Yarmouth

More Great Yarmouth

                                        



 I had two Polaroid Automatic Land Cameras with me, one loaded with Fuji 100c silk which is a colour film and the other with the equally good Fuji 3000b black and white film.
These two images were made using the 100c and my 420 land camera. The fuji 100c colour film can give beautiful muted colours or deeply saturated ones depending on the lighting and settings on your camera. It's worth experimenting.
Polaroid no longer make this type of "crack and peel apart" film so long love the Fuji brand.

Les Mosses, Switzerland

Just returned from a skiing holiday in Switzerland - no digital cameras for me oh no. Polaroid 420 Automatic Land Camera loaded with Fuji 100c instant, peel apart film all the way. The accordian player was overjoyed when I gave him an instant image straight from the camera.
The disco (photgraph above) was in readiness for the New Year celebration in Les Mosses.

Been using my new Polaroid 420 Land Camera over the last few weeks. The camera uses Fuji 100c colour and 3000b black and white, peel apart film. Focusing is via a rangefinder and you can attach a modern electronic flash via the camera's pc socket.
The photograph of the blue trainers was taken using a close up lens held in front of the camera's lens and guessing the distance, didn't guess correctly as the image is out of focus.....I think that adds to the effect though especially now that it is mounted onto watercolour paper.
1. Trim the photo's edges
2. Place in a glass tray and pour over nearly boiling water and watch the emulsion "lift" off
3. Transfer to cold water
4. mix pva glue and water 50:50 and brush on to the water colour paper and brush the lifted emulsion onto the new surface.

Not black and white but still traditional.....