Late last year, I deep-dove into instant photography. The original idea in my head was to start blogging and journaling various projects I’d be working on at a time. The aesthetic of journaling and scrapbooking projects like garage experiments really settled nicely in my head. After all of that, I ended up buying a Polaroid Now+ and very quickly came face-to-face with the hardships of taking good, clear photos of awkward subjects without any studio setup.

Between realizing how challenging photography can be and the relative fragility of actual Polaroid film itself, the blogging idea went straight into the garbage. Regardless of that small failure, I started appreciating photography more now that I was getting hands-on experience, trying to take shots with just the assistance of an EV reading. And after a few photos here and there, I ended up adopting instant photography as a minor hobby. And without the stress of trying to take “good” photos, I’m kinda just free to see whatever the camera spits out into my hand. 😁

I share all that as setup for the start of something I’ll be committing to for a bit where I select some photos I took, group them in a blog post, and talk about the context around them or just some technical details I was focusing on when taking them. For the first batch: spook hour.

In this batch, we have shots of gag decorations we bought for an upcoming Halloween party. My favorite is definitely the double-exposure shot of the skeleton.