Mamiya & Melodies… | Be Inspired

My new camera from NYC is the Mamiya RZ 67 pro II. It’s a medium format camera that you can use with film, instant film, and digital by just switching out the back half of the camera. We bought both film and instant film (polaroid) backs for it so I can do both. To be completely honest, while Nate’s ever growing collection of vintage cameras has sparked by desire to shoot more film, shooting polaroid is still my favorite. I shot a bunch with my 1960′s SX-70 Alpha while we were in NYC and it’s so funny to see how big of a difference there is between those and these. These are on Fuji FP100c Pro film (excuse our dusty scanner, ew). The saturation in these is incredible. The greens are, for lack of a better word, intense. And the images are creamy and otherworldly. I kind of feel like fairies and gnomes and all manner of mythical creatures should be magically showing up in these images because of how dreamy they look when they develop. They are completely different feel from the muted, 70′s look of the SX-70 Polaroids.  I can’t wait to try out the black and white pack I have waiting for me. I’ve been dipping my toes in shooting with this camera with the normal film back but, I just can’t help feeling pulled toward the instant film. It’s also nice to shoot and then be done. No editing. No retouching. The moment, as it is, as I captured it… completely organic. I can’t wait to start working on some personal projects I have in mind. :)

I’ve been a bit melancholy lately. So I’m happy that these photos are a bit un-sunny. Funny how when I don’t alter the images at all in photoshop they seem to tell a lot more about what I was feeling when I took them. A few of you asked for my newest playlist that I’d been working on and let me tell you, it is sooooo good. Here it is:

I LOVE Beautiful Melodies Mix

Click on it to be taken to the list in iTunes where you can buy the songs.