Wednesday, May 16

the bold cheese thief

there was a bird here.
sx-70 camera, polaroid 600 expired film


There was a bird here. A bold cheese thief. Quicker than the shutter of an sx-70 polaroid land camera.



cheese thief
canon camera, b&w 35mm film




So I captured him with 35mm film. He was easily lured in with truffle cheese.



the whole point of this polaroid flew away.
sx-70 camera, polaroid 600 expired film


In fact, I was pretty confident I could get him on polaroid. So I tried again. But, alas. He was there when I took it and yet when it developed, no brilliant blue bird.



cheese thief
canon camera, b&w 35mm film


We played together for quite a while that morning.







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5 comments:

Nichole said...

i love it! i've never been able to catch a bird on film!

Mama Smith said...

Beautiful bird! Film is such a wonderfully mysterious thing. My husband works with pin-hole cameras and it amazes me the difference between what I see as he's taking an image and what comes out. Fascinating because you know some fraction of the birds presence is recorded there somewhere, however faint!

v said...

: )

tinyparticlesoflight said...

That naughty cute little thief! I love these images, especially the sx-70s.

xo
cortnie

Laney Butler said...

He's so cute! Love the photos and story!