![]() While I love this camera, it’s hard to ignore how it limits my otherwise boundless creativity. ![]() My only Polaroid camera is the One Step 2. How did something so old survive and find its way to me? The universe at work. I removed it from the package and went out into the light to discover that I held in my hand a pack of Polaroid 600 film, with an expiration date stamped on the bottom: July, 2005. But even more amazing – in the bottom of the package I felt a strange, square-shaped box. And that I now had four rolls of it was amazing. By feel, I identified the four rolls of expired film – Kodak Portra. The package arrived via USPS, and in total darkness in my darkroom, I opened it. ![]() It happened this way – I bought four rolls of expired 35mm film on eBay for the low price of $420. And yesterday I experienced the ultimate expression of expired film – Polaroid. No other medium, be it new film, be it digital imaging, be it paint brushes or Zen garden, be it Spirograph or Bedazzler, allows me to truly express myself the way that expired film does. The thing that I love most about shooting expired film is the way that it enhances my already considerable natural talent. ![]()
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