151.365 (Sorry, Your Delivery is Held Up)

(Wednesday, 31 March 2010) The fog lifted and the clouds parted this afternoon, so brought along my Polaroid Square Shooter 2 while I ran errands. It was the perfect opportunity to get another shot of the Di Rienzo Brothers truck.

Similar to this one taken with my SX-70.

134.365 (Grand Central: Chocolate)

(Sunday, 14 March 2010) We arrived back at Grand Central with enough time for me to take a couple exterior shots. Here’s one I took with my Polaroid 230 Land Camera using Chocolate Type 100 film.

133.365 (Rabbits • Hares • Deer)

(Saturday, 13 March 2010) So the Deluge of O-Ten provided us with the perfect excuse to visit the American Museum of Natural History. It was the first opportunity I’ve taken to really use my SX-70 indoors. This one of the “Mammals of New York” exhibit turned out better than most of the others. (There is no such thing as a wasted Polaroid, but I came close with a couple of the shots…)

11//52 (Brunch)

(Saturday, 13 March 2010) Had Saturday morning brunch with some friends at Philip Marie’s in the West Village. We scored a table right by the window, which was perfect for watching people vainly attempting to use umbrellas during the Deluge of O-Ten. After using two frames to get this shot, decided I needed to stop by the International Center of Photography Gift Shop to pick up another pack of ATZ film. I’m glad that a)I was in a city where I could actually find Polaroid film and b)that ICP was on our way Uptown.

108.365 (Testing the Colorpack IV)

(Tuesday, February 16, 2010) Two “new” Polaroid cameras arrived in the mail today. Cleaned the Colorpack IV, put some fresh batteries in it, and fired off a test shot with FujiFilm FP-100C. Here’s the positive image, the negative image, and the camera. As soon as I find the proper battery, the other camera—a Land 230—should operable too.

107.365 (Hat-trick Hunter)

(Monday, February 15, 2010) I received this little guy for my birthday a few years ago. Thought I’d feature him as a tribute to the XXI Winter Olympics currently being held in Vancouver.

103.365 (The Road Less Travelled)

I finally got to try the Type 80 Viva film I snagged from The Impossible Project (glad I follow them on Twitter!) last week. I had a Square Shooter 2 in my collection, but alas it did not want to work. The one I ordered off eBay over the weekend arrived yesterday; so last night in the dark I transferred the film pack. First shot this afternoon was too overrexposed, second was too underexposed, this one was just about right.

5//52 (Endicott-Johnson Pagoda)

Endicott-Johnson Corporation was the major employer in Broome County (NY, USA) in the early 20th century. Their shoe factories were located throughout Binghamton, Endicott, and Johnson City. E-J employees used scrap materials to build this pagoda, which housed the water pump for one of the larger factory sites in Johnson City. A couple years ago, the pagoda was moved down the street to C. Fred Johnson Park. The factory buildings have been demolished and the brownfield site has been developed into a regional Gannett newspaper publishing facility and a Wal-Mart.

088.365 (Founders')

(Wednesday, January 27, 2010) On my way home from the office, decided it was too sunny of an afternoon to let it go to waste. Grabbed my Spectra and headed down toward the lake. Snapped this shot of Founders’ Lodge on my way. I then proceeded to compose a beautiful shot of the sun setting over the lake only to discover that the frame counter on the Spectra was off. By three.

081.365 (The Bug)

(Wednesday, January 20, 2010) This is one of the many Volkswagen Beetles my dad has restored over the years. He had a lot of fun watching this exposure develop.

078.365 (Holga)

(Sunday, January 17, 2010) Here’s the Holga 120CFN I purchased with some of my Christmas gift money. Finished the first roll of film and now need to find the time to drive into town to have it developed. Kind of makes me wish I had my own personal darkroom.

077.365 & 3//52 (Organ Pedals)

(Saturday, January 16, 2010) I spent most of the day in a meeting at the First United Church of East Syracuse. After the meeting concluded, I wandered around the sanctuary for a few minutes and was drawn to these organ pedals. My next big Polaroid related purchase will be a tripod mount for my SX-70.

060.365 (Bird Feeders)

Took this photo about twenty minutes after I received my first order of 600 film from PolaPremium. I was excited to discover that the camera actually worked. Now, to get a feel for the brightness control...