I scanned my polaroids!

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beardnut7 · May 2006

yay for all the links to sexiness!

great photos...my favorite has got to be the one with damian smiling mid-dance.

jetsurf799 · May 2006

amazing! what kind of camera do you use? i use the 600 kind, which never works that well in dark-lighted areas so all the polaroids i took at the ok go concerts i've been to aren't nearly as clear as yours.

...and i spit on the person who decided to charge so much for polaroid film. that's where half of my savings are spent on.

tune1shade · May 2006

My favs are the 4th one down and the 2nd one up from the bottom. There's something about polaroids that are far cooler than any other cameras. They have a spontaneity to them that's unparalleled in other forms of film.

Excellent pics.

women60banana · May 2006

I'm so glad you think so! I know you're way more experienced than I am with it (if you don't count me playing around with it when I was three), so I was totally nervous that you wouldn't like them. According to the very dusty box, it's a Supercolor 635CL..? And yeah, the prices are seriously ridiculous. I haven't been able to afford film pretty much since I took those.

Edit: Thanks! I totally agree.

jetsurf799 · May 2006

ah, i'm so jealous. i've wanted a 635CL for a long time. where did you manage to get one?? the closest thing i have to it is a sx-70, but i only use that one for my art class. for everything else, i use the newest version, which has an annoying flash and much too plastic-y surface.

but i love polaroids because of the instant gratification. i'm too impatient to use "real" photography.

jedi_grrlie · May 2006

Wow. Those are awesome! Even though by conventional standards they may not be "so great" (eg, the heads in the way), because of the way they look as polaroids, it actually makes them far more interesting! (Does that make sense?)

Um, I wanna' figure out how to make decent icons out of these now, haha. Do you mind if I use them?

Also, not really related- anybody know how to make colour bars? I really want to make one that says "The Damian-Rusty Duet is Love."

women60banana · May 2006

Aw, of course I wouldn't mind!

jedi_grrlie · May 2006

Okay, so I've come up with one:

Here's the problem. That's currently 100x123 pixels, and most places won't let you use icons over 100x100. Here's what it looks like when I reduce the size to 81x100:

which looks rather small to me. Is it too small? Can you tell what's going on? I want to keep the polaroid border, 'cause I still want it to look like a polaroid. I also want to put "OK Go" or "Damian" on the bottom, but I want to make it look like someone wrote it in Sharpie, and I don't know how to do that on Paint....(damn having no Photoshop...)

(Oh, darn, I forgot to save it is a .png, too...

)

The End Has No Jen · May 2006

What are colour bars??

Also, I love your photos. I hate my polaroid camera. But seeing your photos has almost made me wanna get it out the cupboard!!!

Or even just take my 35mm one along, I love the suspense and expectation of waiting for a photo to see how it turned out!!!

Uh yeah, random. Love the photos. Good work lol x

women60banana · May 2006

Aw, you should get your polaroid out! Any picture you take with one is guaranteed to be adorable.

P.S. Katy, I wish I could help but I can barely function with just paint.

jedi_grrlie · May 2006

QUOTE (The End Has No Jen @ May 1 2006, 06:50 PM)

What are colour bars??

This is a colour bar (I'll post a Cillian one

):

(This one is supposed to say "The Long Hair Is Love," but I'm too lazy to figure out how to get that to post with it.

)

They're pretty rampant across things like LJ.

Edit: So I tried making another polaroid icon out of the same shot, I just took a smaller crop of Damian:

Yes no maybe?

SHHC · May 2006

QUOTE (mixtape @ May 1 2006, 05:02 PM)

So they kind of suck, but I was too excited to care. I especially like how their suits make them seem even more retro.

"Poho County Square Dancing Champions, 1974."

I am just madly in love with the fact that you used a polaroid!!! I LOVE polaroids!!!

women60banana · May 2006

QUOTE (ConversationFear @ May 1 2006, 07:09 PM)

"Poho County Square Dancing Champions, 1974."

BAHAHA!

And that looks really awesome, Katy!

jedi_grrlie · May 2006

QUOTE (mixtape @ May 1 2006, 07:14 PM)

BAHAHA!

And that looks really awesome, Katy!

Really? 'Cause I just made two more.

*feels creative* *also feels like homework is not being done...*

The End Has No Jen · May 2006

Yes that works!!!

Also, I don't think you can make a 'colour bar' with only paint.... cos you need to change the tints/hues of the photos. I made one of them a while ago of Ryan with barry from the futureheads (tho it actually turned into a whole screen hahahaha) Infact I printed it out. Pity its on my old pc tho. nevermind.

jedi_grrlie · May 2006

QUOTE (The End Has No Jen @ May 1 2006, 07:20 PM)

Yes that works!!!

Also, I don't think you can make a 'colour bar' with only paint.... cos you need to change the tints/hues of the photos. I made one of them a while ago of Ryan with barry from the futureheads (tho it actually turned into a whole screen hahahaha) Infact I printed it out. Pity its on my old pc tho. nevermind.

Yeah...I might have to con one my LJ friends into making one for me...

Tempe Arizona · May 2006

mixtape, I still say you went to the coolest concert venue ever!!! And I'm still going to turn my house into a concert venue.

(P.S. 2 more hours till Ok Go takes the stage and rocks the Sonoran Desert)

women60banana · May 2006

Hah, maybe! I'm just glad I can finally show you guys what I was babbling about this whole time.

CSunderla · May 2006

oh how i love polaroids. I love this shot! thanks mixtape, ur awesome
Tim's going, "Ye-ahh!"

women60banana · May 2006

Haha, I love it too, random people always tell me it's their favourite.

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