Polaroid Film

Some old Polaroid film I found. I remember shooting some of it back in the day; around 1987 or so. Didn't shoot but a couple rolls of it, but now's my chance to shoot it again.

I shot a few rolls of Polaroid film back in the mid-1980s, mainly because it was cheap.

This Fuji film was part of a lot of various films I bought off a "popular online auction site." There were several rolls of various Fuji films, but I mainly bought them because it had three rolls of Polaroid film - which I shot a couple rolls of back in the 1980s.

As I recall, if you covered the little sensor on a Polaroid Square Shooter, it would hold the shutter open indefinitely. These were timed exposures of cars, street lights and signs. I remember taking these shots and they are, apparently, the only ones I did like this with the first Polaroid Square Shooter I had. You can see that each one features different techniques and lighting sources. The first one is car headlights and tailights, photographed from a long and stationary distance away. The last one is also car lights, but looks like it was taken while driving in and among traffic. The middle one appears to be street lights or signs and I was "painting" with the light and attempting to make designs.

This was my 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood, photographed with a Polaroid Square Shooter back in 1978 when I first got the car.

People hanging out on the beach in Florida. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Polaroid CP 100, 100 ASA 35mm Date: April 26th, 1987 Location: Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.A. XD11 Polaroid 100 Florida 14-1df

This crop seems to show a couple with a lizard on a leash at the beach. Strange. XD11 Polaroid 100 Florida 14-1ef

A sailboat regatta held down in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, on May 2nd, 1987. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Polaroid CP 100, 100 ASA 35mm Date: May 2nd, 1987 Location: Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.A. XD11 Polaroid100 Florida 17-4if

This was a couple buddies of mine and myself having fun on the beach one day back in 1987. We lived and worked in Jacksonville Beach. That's the Atlantic Ocean behind us (and below us!) and from left to right: Dave, Bob and myself in the tennis visor. I had my camera set up on a tripod so I could get in the picture. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Polaroid CP 100, 100 ASA 35mm Date: May 24th, 1987 Location: Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.A. XD11 Polaroid 100 Florida 21hf

Girls in skimpy bathing suits! Well, after all.... it's what we came to see! Taken on a Sunday afternoon at the beach of Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Polaroid CP 100, 100 ASA 35mm Date: April 26th, 1987 Location: Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.A. XD11 Polaroid Florida 11-2df

Sunrise on the Atlantic Ocean. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Polaroid CP 100, 100 ASA 35mm Date: May 26th, 1987 Location: Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.A. XD11 Polaroid 100 Florida 22ff

A friend of mine, Bob, took this one using my camera. I have cropped it to show off the subject better. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Polaroid CP 100, 100 ASA 35mm Date: April 26th, 1987 Location: Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.A. XD11 Polaroid Florida 12-3df

The Atlantic Ocean near Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Beach 03df

This was a picture of me when I lived in Florida. I had my camera on a tripod and took it near Jacksonville Beach. It's an extreme crop of a picture that originally included two of my buddies standing next to me. I was looking in their direction.

The original shot for this was taken on Jacksonville Beach, Florida, when I was down there in 1987. I just edited it and added the movie poster lettering for fun.

My niece and nephew, photographed back in 1996. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Polaroid 200 Date: June 22nd, 1996. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta Polaroid 200 1996 10ff