Camera

When you are outside and see something that you want to capture, you can just grab your phone and take a quick snap. I know all about it. My camera eats before I do, since I also love to take pictures of food. It has become incredibly accessible for many people to get into photography. Platforms such as Instagram and Facebook are also full of images, and the website that you are visiting right now makes use of images to tell each and every story that has been published!

This camera is a special type of camera. It is a FujiFilm Instax, also known as a polaroid camera. These cameras print out a picture right after it’s taken. The picture then needs a small amount of time to develop, in which it must be kept away from the light.https://www.kamera-express.nl/analoog-polaroids

“When I was still in China, my boyfriend gave this to me before I went to the Netherlands. He is still there, so this was a really nice gift for me as I was going abroad for a few years. I like taking these polaroid pictures with friends, because you get a small memory when it prints the picture out.”

These polaroid cameras, also known as instant cameras, have been gaining popularity in the past few years as people are turning more towards vintage objects.https://www.kamera-express.nl/analoog-polaroids These cameras have thus been making a comeback. I am well aware of this, since I own one myself. The experience is truly different than just taking many pictures with your phone. Phones leave much more room for error, whereas a polaroid picture will rely on good lighting. Polaroid cameras also lack the speed of the phone cameras. Every polaroid picture thus feels even more like a special memory than just another picture on your phone.

Whereas pictures with old cameras taken in the 19th and early 20th century needed a lot of time to develop, pictures are now developed very quickly. Moreover, photography has shifted from being seen as similar to paintings -- in which no one really smiled, hence the lack of smiles in old paintings -- to a way of capturing our lives.https://www.vox.com/2015/4/8/8365997/smile-old-photographs However, capturing your life with an Instax camera is not as easy. You need to keep purchasing the packs to be able to take more pictures. Since these pictures come out being tangible, you cannot take a near infinite amount.

Hopefully the owner will be able to capture enough everlasting memories before going back to China.