The Joy of Analog Photos
I celebrated a birthday recently and my partner gave me a very fun gift: an instant camera. I have wanted a Polaroid camera since I was a kid. Like, you get the photo RIGHT AWAY?! How cool! Who wouldn't want that? But my mother wouldn't get me one. She said, even then, that they were old fashioned and too expensive and the film was hard to come by and they were hard to take care of... Maybe not all those excuses. But a big one was the expense. And I certainly didn't have the money. A few years ago, I saw they were selling them at Target. They came back! Although I suppose they never went away among the dedicated. But now that they are selling them at stores as popular as Target, it's easy to get them and the film and even accessories! It was near my birthday the few years ago when I saw it so I sent out some hints. I did not receive one for my birthday that year. I realized that, as an adult with my own money, I could simply buy one for myself now. Make my childhood dre...