- a photo on Flickriver

untitled

I'd saved this last shot of sx70 Blend for a good moment, and here it was. Shoot going marvelously, everyone having a great time, made perfect sense to pull the Polaroid out.

I've always loved the feeling of victory when the Polaroid develops and I see a photo I'm happy with. Used to come as such a surprise, but even as I developed to the point where I could take the shots I liked on purpose, I never lost that small burst of joy as the image slowly developed before my eyes into exactly what I was hoping for.

Bit of magic available nowhere else, getting to take the photo, then watch it develop before your eyes. Has a lot to do with why I love Polaroid so much, that unique experience of photography and developing and printing all rolled into one.

Makes me wonder what we're losing, going from Polaroid to digital. Forget picture quality, or the way we use the camera. Think only about process, how there's now less of a process to soak in and enjoy, less of a process to view as a kind of alchemy, less of a process to be actively involved in.

Do people sit in awe of their photoshop actions? Are people ever gleefully surprised by how a black point adjustment reveals something in the photo?

Tumblr | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Website

Taken on: November 6, 2011

Tags:

11.6.11

polaroid sx70

Stevie

Camarillo

Ventura County

Lou O' Bedlam

Lou Noble

Scary Dairy

portrait « less

Sets appears in: • Photo Sessions '11 • Impossible Project Film

Groups appears in: • THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT • Snap It|See It

Stats: 54,654 views / 17 comments

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder