Ordinary Pictures

Main Street, Minneapolis

I have used various types of Polaroid film off-and-on over the past ten years or so and alternately grow fond of it or am driven crazy by it. The crazy part is dealing with the wonderful Type 55 black & white sheet film which also produces a negative. I’ve been driven to distraction at times with the oddities of processing this film. I used to get huge areas of undeveloped film mostly due to pulling it out of the holder incorrectly. At $3-$4 a sheet it hurts to get one wrong. I think my frustrations with Type 55 are over, however, since the supply is gone, or at least Polaroid is out of it and probably won’t produce any more.

In the past year or so I have taken a liking to the consumer grade 600 color film. It produces a fairly warm-toned rendition of the scene that has an other-worldly quality I love. The attached photo above is on 600 film taken last year. I believe this film will be the last to go, but I bought a few packs recently to stock up. I currently plan to use it for my SoFoBoMo project, though that might change depending on circumstances.