02-26-2023, 12:28 AM
I found the Instamatic this past summer when clearing out my studio supply cabinet. Of course it's long dead, but I haven't tossed it yet.
Those images were stored at my parents' house, in better conditions than they could have been (they were in carousels, inside the cartons for the carousels), but they are still a pain to clean up. The focus is pretty soft, which can be sharpened some. I don't think I had much grasp of the usefulness of holding the camera still or keeping shots level, but the softness is maybe just a limitation of the camera.
The skies are not always cloudy or grey, but some of them are very dusty. Not all of them are this gnarly, fortunately.
Those images were stored at my parents' house, in better conditions than they could have been (they were in carousels, inside the cartons for the carousels), but they are still a pain to clean up. The focus is pretty soft, which can be sharpened some. I don't think I had much grasp of the usefulness of holding the camera still or keeping shots level, but the softness is maybe just a limitation of the camera.
The skies are not always cloudy or grey, but some of them are very dusty. Not all of them are this gnarly, fortunately.
