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Hello again and welcome back to Viewfinder, our ongoing series in which we chronicle interesting projects that incorporate Impossible film. For this entry, we are happy to bring you photo collages by Jim Finlayson…

My work with instant photo collage began while shooting SX-70 cover art for textbooks and novels. With collages constructed from vintage art auction catalogs, magazines and postcards, I could combine different subject matter and environments in one cohesive statement. After building a large portfolio of altered, painterly instant prints, I wanted to take the concept of painting in a more sleek photographic direction.

The great thing about shooting instant film is the absence of digital effects to enhance an image. This in addition to having a limited number of prints per film pack forces a photographer to have a strong sense of immediacy with light, weather and location. For my first shooting project with PX 70 Cool film, I wanted control over light and location and felt collage would be a perfect fit.

Photo by Moko Chen

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Welcome back to Sunday Brunch, our series in which we share lovely photos taken with Impossible film. We decided to mix up the brunch menu a bit by inviting Impossible friends and photographers to guest curate our Sunday Brunch selections.

Our good friend and fantastic photographer Jessica Hibbard came up with the menu for this week’s “Guest Chef” entry. Please enjoy these tasty photos selected by Jess!

It’s that time of year when the dreary winter days seem to drag on … I thought it might be nice to share some photos of flowers, so we can daydream about springtime together.

Juli Werner

I really believe that emotion and personality is conveyed through photographs. Juli is a beautiful person who loves flowers, and it really shows in photos like this.

Vanessa Morrow

I tend to gravitate toward color, but there really is nothing like the glow of silver shade film. I love how the flowers and the jars have that ethereal glimmer you can only get with instant film.

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Welcome back to Impossible’s Analog Travelog! In this series, we showcase fantastic Impossible photos taken on voyages the world over. This entry comes from Kamila Woynarska, who recently visited Mongolia and brought along some Impossible film…

Mongolia has always been on my top 10 list of places to visit. I did not want to have any expectations before I went but part of me hoped I would find a country still unspoiled, with abundant wildlife and vast landscapes. My first two weeks in Mongolia were a bit of a disappointment though – the capital city turned out to be a very crowded and touristy place full of internet cafes, French bakeries and pricey restaurants. Fortunately, as soon as I left Ulan Bator and decided to continue my journey on the back of a horse, I discovered a true face of this magnificent country – very invigorating and exhilarating.

In the next two months, I was lucky enough to meet very hospitable nomad families living in traditional gear, see one of the most beautiful lakes in the world and swim in it naked (Lake Hobsghol) and sleep under the blue sky with nobody around within 100 miles.

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Welcome back to 8 Exposures, our popular instant film Q&A series. This week, we are very happy to bring you German photographer Ghee Dondlinger…

1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use?

I own two SX-70 models, one of which is a sonar, which is the model I prefer as at allows me to use auto focus; and I also own a Supercolor 635 CL model which I use primarily in low-light conditions.

2) Why do you like instant photography?

I like lo-fi photography in general for its unpredictability and the way the images turn out less than perfect. Instant film in particular I enjoy because they add their own specific sense of ‘unreal’ to the resulting image, a somewhat painterly quality. And for the challenge to make every exposure count. Also, in this digital age, it’s nice that there still are a few things which you can actually touch and hold.

3) What is your earliest memory of instant film?

I think my first conscious exposure to instant film was a book published in 1984 by singer/songwriter David Sylvian. Entitled ‘Perspectives’, it featured collages made from Polaroid photographs. My first hands-on experience with instant film was when I moved to Berlin and one of my flatmates owned a Polaroid camera, which was much used by everyone living in or visiting the flat.

Photo by J. James Joiner

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Welcome back to Sunday Brunch, our series in which we share lovely photos taken with Impossible film. We decided to mix up the brunch menu a bit by inviting Impossible friends and photographers to guest curate our Sunday Brunch selections.

Our good friend and fantastic photographer Azuree Wiitala came up with the menu for this week’s “Guest Chef” entry. Please enjoy these tasty photos selected by Azuree!

J. James Joiner

This photo really stood out to me. It looks so timeless and joyful! I loved the matching reds, so bright and happy.

Christoph Holtmann

I was really drawn to the composition in this photo. I love the texture of the wall behind the car, the colors, and the reflections. I’m a big fan of the colors the COOL! films produced, subdued and dreamy.

Andrew Millar

Sparklers are so fun. I thought Andrew caught this one perfectly! Look how sharp and defined the lines are with perfect little stars on the end! Magic!!

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Hello again, Instapals! Welcome back to 8 Exposures, our ongoing instant film Q&A series. This week, we bring you our good friend, Dallas photographer Justin Goode…

1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use?

A Mamiya RB67 w/ an instant back, Polaroid Automatic 100, Spectra AF, Sonar SX-70 and a SLR 680.

2) Why do you like instant photography?

The whole process is special. You expose a frame, which is then pushed through rollers, smearing developer goop across a negative. A chemical reaction takes place and voila, an image materializes. That is tangibility at its finest. Within minutes you have a work of art in your hands. I like that, because of its analog nature, outside variables can shape the final outcome of the image. Another bonus of instant photography is the connection people have with the film. It’s incredibly nostalgic. Most, if not every person I’ve shot using instant film, smile & exclaim something about how neat, cool, awesome, amazing, unique it is. I couldn’t agree more. It’s all of that and then some.

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Welcome back to our newest addition to the Impossible Blog: Impossible’s Analog Travelog! In this series, we’ll be showcasing fantastic Impossible photos taken on voyages the world over. This entry comes from Jill Auville, who recently visited Stockholm and brought along some Impossible film…

In the month of May 2012, I traveled to Stockholm, Sweden to visit my family there. I brought my Spectra SE and SX-70 with me, and I had a 680 SLR waiting for me in Stockholm (purchased on a Swedish auction site through my brother ).

I had 2 large ziplock bags jam packed with instant film, 80% of it from The Impossible Project (PX 70 COOL, PX 680 COOL, PX 680 Beta film, PX 600 UV+ Black Frame, PZ 600 UV+ Black Frame and PZ 680 ColorShade) (I had been stocking up forever for this trip).

I spent about 10 days in and around Stockholm and Uppsala, and these are some of the images captured on Impossible film.

About Jill

I live in northern California with my husband, 3 dogs, 2 cats and a parrot. I am an amateur photographer and I also collect cameras, I have around 100 as of right now (all film).

Thanks to Jill for taking part in Analog Travelog! To see more of her photography, please visit jillauville.deviantart.com/.

If you’ve recently taken a trip on which you shot some Impossible photos or plan on taking one soon, please shoot us an email at usa@theimpossibleproject.com

Photo by Claudia Toloni

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Welcome back to Sunday Brunch, our series in which we share lovely photos taken with Impossible film. We decided to mix up the brunch menu a bit by inviting Impossible friends and photographers to guest curate our Sunday Brunch selections.

Our good friend and fantastic photographer Patrick J. Clarke came up with the menu for this week’s “Guest Chef” entry. Please enjoy these savory photos selected by Patrick!

Negative space is something that is very compelling in all art, but the uniqueness of Impossible film is that even in the negative spaces there is texture, content and soul. The images I chose for this Sunday Brunch blew me away with their beauty and textural negative space from all over the world.

Photo by Alexandre Bouchon

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Welcome back to Sunday Brunch, our series in which we share lovely photos taken with Impossible film. We decided to mix up the brunch menu a bit by inviting Impossible friends and photographers to guest curate our Sunday Brunch selections.

Our good friend and fantastic photographer Andrew Millar came up with the menu for this week’s “Guest Chef” entry. Please enjoy these savory photos selected by Andrew!

Photos come to us from Alexandre Bouchon, Penny Felts, Landry, Lambis Stratoudakis and Hugo Goudswaard, and were taken with the following film types: PX 70 Color Protection, PX 70 Cool, PX 680 Cool and PX 680 First Flush.

Thanks so much to Andrew for taking time to assemble this tasty bunch! Keep shooting, and be sure to submit to the Impossible Gallery and the Impossible Flickr Group! Your Impossible moment may end up in a future edition of Sunday Brunch!

Photo by Katy Maziarz

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Welcome back to Sunday Brunch, our series in which we share lovely photos taken with Impossible film. We decided to mix up the brunch menu a bit by inviting Impossible friends and photographers to guest curate our Sunday Brunch selections.

Our good friend and fantastic photographer Toby Hancock came up with the menu for this week’s “Guest Chef” entry. Please enjoy these savory photos selected by Toby!

Photos come to us from Katy Maziarz, Kevin Scott Koepke, Ghee Dondlinger, Troy Bradford and Kim Oberski and were taken with the following film types: PX 680 Color Protection, PX 70 Cool, PX 600 Cool and PX 600 UV+ Black Frame.

Toby’s thoughts on each photo…

Photo by Ben Innocent

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Welcome back to Sunday Brunch, our series in which we share lovely photos taken with Impossible film. From now until the end of the year, we will be mixing up the brunch menu by inviting Impossible friends and photographers to guest curate our Sunday Brunch selections.

Our good friend and spectacular photographer Jessica Reinhardt came up with the menu for this week’s “Guest Chef” entry. Please enjoy these savory photos selected by Jessica!

Photos come to us from Ben Innocent, Mazzy Chi, David Gugushvili, Stephanie Lakos and Ghee Dondlinger, and were taken using the following film types: PX 70 Color Protection, PX 680 Color Protection and PX 600 Cool.

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Welcome back to Viewfinder, our ongoing series in which we chronicle interesting projects people are working on that incorporate Impossible film. This week, we are happy to bring you “Growth,” a series by Caleb Jenkins…

Last spring on April 1st I set out on a journey to document the process of growing a garden through a project titled “Growth.” That journey evolved into something much more special, something that taught me an abundance of skills dealing with both gardening and photography alike. When I began I had a plan, but quickly abandoned it when I realized that in order to document something so raw and unpredictable I had to go into the project as if I had no idea of the desired content, but only the outcome and meaning of the project.

I decided to document this particular garden because it is the garden my parents have had since I was a child. I felt it was something the Impossible community hadn’t exactly seen before, and I wanted to expose everyone to the art of gardening and how important it may be for families in the current economic struggles.

As I began to see the project truly take wind, I noticed major similarities between shooting my entire project with Impossible film and the art of gardening. Both mediums can be very unpredictable, and much like I found with instant photography, there were times I had no control of either the garden or the outcome of my photos. A photo could contain a divot in a crucial part of the subject or the weather could leave the garden in ruin. However, I embraced the unpredictability of using Impossible film. I found that I truly love the realness of shooting instant film. There’s no editing or photoshopping, so everyone knows that the image they see is exactly what the photographer captured.

Photo by Anthony De Lucci

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Welcome back to Sunday Brunch, our series in which we share lovely photos taken with Impossible film. This week, we have a special treat for you. From now until the end of the year, we will be mixing up the brunch menu by inviting Impossible friends and photographers to guest curate our Sunday Brunch selections.

Our good friend and spectacular photographer Chloe Aftel came up with the menu for our first “Guest Chef” entry. Please enjoy these savory photos selected by Chloe!

Photos come to us from Antonio De Lucci, Bernard Arce, Carine Wallauer, Marcin Jastrzebski and Samuel Blenkin and were taken using the following film types: PX 70 Color Protection, PX 680 Color Protection, PX 100 UV+, PX 70 Cool and PX 680 Cool.

Thanks so much to Chloe for taking time to assemble this tasty bunch! Keep shooting, and be sure to submit to the Impossible Gallery and the Impossible Flickr Group! Your Impossible moment may end up in a future edition of Sunday Brunch!

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Welcome back to 8 Exposures, our ever-popular instant film Q&A series. This week, we’re very happy to bring you the photography of Carla Triolo…

1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use?

My favorite camera is my folding SX-70 Sonar. I take it with me everywhere. If not for the fear that I would roll over and crush it, rendering it useless and reducing me to a blubbering incoherent heap on the floor…I would snuggle with it in bed every night. It was the first Polaroid camera I was truly successful with. Out of all the cameras I have, I find it the most portable and it has always yielded great results. I also use a Spectra SE, a Polaroid Land Model 250 and my grandfather’s Polaroid Land Model 350.

2) Why do you like instant photography?

I love the unpredictability of instant photography. No matter how I picture an image turning out I am never 100% on point. You never know exactly what will happen. Also, I appreciate the fact that unlike digital photography, I can’t just delete and retake as I please. This makes me focus a lot more on what I want to photograph and how. I think the extra care and thought really shows through in the pictures. You can tell how much love was put into it.

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to 8 Exposures, our instant film Q&A series. This week, we are happy to present to you Italian photographer Giacomo Inches…

1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use?

I feel very comfortable with the SX-70 and Image cameras. If I have enough space, I definitely put them both in my bag. But I like to test and experiment with different cameras as well. I recently acquired an SLR 680 and I also like a Land Camera 340 that was given to me as a present. I also turned an Image camera with broken shutter into an Image pinhole camera that returns wonderful b/w images. Sometimes I play with a 630 LightMixer or a 1000 camera. At the end of the day, my wife is always complaining about all the cameras I have around (too many).

2) Why do you like instant photography?

I love photography in general because it can capture a particular moment (that is already gone, due to the impossibility of stopping time) into a particular frame. Instant photography, however, is one step further: a second after you shot, that moment you fixed through the camera becomes ‘tangible’ in your hands. You can observe the picture becoming reality and finally seeing and remembering and feeling that moment you just lived & shot. Moreover, compared to the modern digital photography, the instant returns a unique picture: even if you scan it, it will never be the same as the single original one. I still find people getting surprised by the self-developmment of the picture and its appearing ‘like magic’

Photo by Sarah Kirkham

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Greetings from the land of Impossible, and welcome back to Sunday Brunch. Each Sunday, we share with you some Impossible photos that have caught our eye over the course of the week. Please enjoy these wonderful instant captures…

Photos in this issue come to us from Sarah Kirkham, Dustin Yager, Deirdre Malfatto, Penny Felts, and Maiga Doocy. Photos were taken using the following film types: PX 70 Color Protection and PX 70 Cool.

Keep shooting, friends, and be sure to submit to the Impossible Gallery and the Impossible Flickr Group! Your Impossible moment may end up in a future edition of Sunday Brunch!

Photo by Giulio Speranza

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Greetings from the land of Impossible, and welcome back to Sunday Brunch. Each Sunday, we share with you some vibrant Impossible photos that have caught our eye over the course of the week. For this entry we look to the changing colors of the leaves. Please enjoy these Fall foliage photos!

Credit goes to photographers Giulio Speranza, Jenna Gersbach, Amanda Raney, Juli Werner and Ryan Kemp. Photos were taken using the following film types: PX 70 Color Protection, PX 70 Cool, PX 680 Gold Frame and PZ 680 COOL.

Keep shooting, friends, and be sure to submit to the Impossible Gallery and the Impossible Flickr Group! Your Impossible moment may end up in a future edition of Sunday Brunch!

Photo by Jessica Reinhardt

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Happy Sunday, friends, and welcome back to Impossible’s Sunday Brunch, our weekly series in which we showcase 5 cool and calming images that caught our eye over the course of the week. This issue: Oceans & Lakes! We hope you enjoy these watery Impossible shots…

Photos come to us from Jessica Reinhardt, Andrew Jarman, Jon Duenas, Hilary Clarke and Carla Triolo, and were taken using the following film types: PX 680 Color Protection, PX 70 Color Protection and PX 70 Cool.

Keep shooting, friends, and be sure to submit to the Impossible Gallery and the Impossible Flickr Group! Your Impossible moment may end up in a future edition of Sunday Brunch!

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Welcome back to 8 Exposures, our popular instant film Q&A series. This entry focuses on Virginia photographer Caleb Jenkins…

1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use?

As of now I have a single SX-70 Sears Special with the original skin, two 600 cameras, two Spectra cameras and one 420 Land Camera. Among those, my SX-70 is my favorite and most used. I love the history and pop culture behind the SX-70 camera and how vintage and iconic it is. I’m a big fan of the 70s, so my SX-70 is a perfect fit for me.

2) Why do you like instant photography?

Seeing as this question has been answered many times before me it’s quite hard to sum up an answer that isn’t anywhere near cliche. I guess I’ll have to go ahead and conform to all other answers, because instant photography is simply magical. I love that with each image I take, it’s the only image that will ever look that way. It’s truly a single edition. One main reason that I’ve been pulled into instant photography is that I feel it brings me back to reality.

Photo by Corbin Sharer

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Happy Sunday, friends, and welcome back to Impossible’s Sunday Brunch, our weekly series in which we showcase 5 revved-up images that caught our eye over the course of the week. This issue: Cars! Take to the road with these stellar Impossible shots…

Photos come to us from Corbin Sharer, Russell Hamilton, Ester Helloo, Edouard Lambert and Lisa Toboz, and were taken using the following film types: PX 680 Color Protection Film, PX 680 Cool and PX 600 Black Frame.

Keep shooting, friends, and be sure to submit to the Impossible Gallery and the Impossible Flickr Group! Your Impossible moment may end up in a future edition of Sunday Brunch!

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Welcome back to Viewfinder, our ongoing blog feature chronicling interesting projects that incorporate Impossible film. This week, we bring you Maximilian Rivera…

My journey with Impossible Film started late last year when I made the decision to travel to NYC, LA & Miami to work with modeling agencies and the models they represent. I remember picking up a few Polaroid 600 cameras from local flea markets in Florida before going to Miami which is where I started my own trend of shooting one/two PX 680 Color Shade Cool photos of each model I work with and have them sign it. I love instant film for the feel it gives an image, plus you can hold onto it rather than digital. My goal at the end of this year is to frame my Impossible photos around my studio and start and end every year with one type of film.

To see more of Maximilian’s photos, please visit his Tumblr.

Photo by Dave Knapik

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Happy Sunday, friends! Welcome back to Impossible’s Sunday Brunch, our weekly series in which we showcase 5 warm and fuzzy images that caught our eye over the course of the week. This week, we are all about Neon! Please enjoy these luminous Impossible photos…

Photos come to us from Dave Knapik, Toby Hancock, Sean Caudill, Nick Leonard and Kumiko Sekiguchi, and were taken using the following film types: PX 70 Color Protection Film, PX 680 Cool and PZ 680 Cool.

Keep shooting, friends, and be sure to submit to the Impossible Gallery and the Impossible Flickr Group! Your Impossible moment may end up in a future edition of Sunday Brunch!

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Hello, instant film lovers, and welcome back to Viewfinder, our series in which we chronicle interesting projects people are working on using Impossible film. This week, we’re happy to present to you “Ray of Summer,” a photo book by Japanese photographer Ken Hirama and singer/songwriter Ray.

The “Ray of Summer” photo book was made limited of 100 copies and was only available at Ray’s annual solo live performance. Due to the great feedback, I wanted to share some of the photos. The book is a collection of Ken’s portraits of Ray using a folding SX-70 and PX 70 Color Shade Cool film

A great portrait comes from the mutual trust between the photographer and the model, therefore having known Ray since our early teens, we were both comfortable with each other. Rather than planning each shot, I would let her play in the park or the beach to bring out her natural charm. My job was to capture her charm using this unique type of film and understanding that it always produces an unexpected image. The choices we had to make upon choosing the right photos and the film was also difficult but with the help and support from so many, we were able to finish this beautiful book.

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Greetings from Impossible! Welcome back to 8 Exposures, our ongoing instant film Q&A series. This week, we’re happy to bring you Nebraska college professor and photographer Meghan Davidson…

1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use?

Most often, I shoot with my SX-70. I love the depth of field that camera allows and the way you can really select the focus. I also love shooting with the Spectra for self-portraits and double exposures, and I have a Polaroid 250 that I need to spend more quality time with. And, I’m really hoping to get my hands on an SLR 680 some day.

2) Why do you like instant photography?

I have a special affection for film, especially instant film. I love when I put a pack in my Polaroid and close the film door, that the camera immediately comes to life, clicking and whirring and shooting out the dark slide. Instant film feels so timeless, so classic to me. There’s simply a magical quality about shooting with it. Because of the limited number of frames, each click of the shutter is special.

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Welcome back to 8 Exposures, our instant film Q&A series. This week, we bring you German wonder Thomas Böttcher…

1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use?

I have got three SX-70s (all without autofocus), a Spectra, several 600 cameras, two Landcameras: 320 and 330, and one 4×5 Polaback for my Sinar F 2. My favorite camera however is my SX-70 because it allows more room for creative work. I especially appreciate the aspect of the selective focus and the vintage charm of these cameras.

2) Why do you like instant photography?

Most people like instant photography because each photo is unique and can be looked at in a relatively short time. These are certainly also important aspects of instant photography for me, but I value even more the unique charm of the instant photography. It lives partly through its technical deficiency, its not being one hundred per cent perfect. A lot of photos today are defined exclusively through their technical perfection, so that the message of a picture often recedes into the background.

Photo by David Dalglish

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With the Olympics in full-swing, a few people have recently shot Olympics-inspired photos using Impossible film. We wanted to share some of the Gold-Medal winners with you!

Photos were taken by David Dalglish, Caleb Jenkins and Meredith Wilson with PX 70 film.

The Summer Games end next week and won’t be back for four years, so be sure to get your fill now. Keep the Olympic spirit alive!

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Allo, Guvna! Welcome back to 8 Exposures, our instant film Q&A series. This entry turns the spotlight on our friend from across the pond, Ian Fleming…

1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use?

I have rather too many. The SX-70 is my favourite. I have a SX-70 Sonar, a 645 CL and a Polaroid 1000 ‘red button’. For pack film, I have a lovely 180, a Big Swinger, a Square Shooter (which I have 3 packs of Viva for), plus my Big Shot, an underestimated camera.

2) Why do you like instant photography?

The instant gratification. I think Dr Land new this; it’s highly addictive, having a real picture that has an ‘artistic’ feel to it. Oh, and it’s great fun.

3) What is your earliest memory of instant film?

We used Polaroids all the time in the Film and TV business for ID, Pack Shots, reference shots, etc. But I always found all the film and camera types very confusing; I’m not sure it helped Polaroid in the long term.

4) What’s your favorite Impossible film type?

Well, I have shot a ton of PX 680 First Flush in my SX-70 and got great results, but now it has to be PX 70 COOL, closely followed by PX 70 Nigo edition. For B&W I love PX 600 Black Frame, I bought a load of the Poor Pod film from last year; it’s a really easy film to use.

Photo by Ashley Saldana

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Greetings, friends! Welcome back to Impossible’s Sunday Brunch, our weekly series in which we showcase 5 Impossible images that made a splash with us over the course of the week.

This week, we’re having a pool party! These cool, refreshing images come to us from Ashley Saldana, Jenny Jo Patton, Dan Meade, Abigail Thompson and Kim Oberski using the following film types: PX 680 Cool and PX 70 Cool.

Keep shooting, friends. And be sure to submit to the Impossible Sample Gallery and the Impossible Flickr Group! Your Impossible moment may end up in a future edition of Sunday Brunch!

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Hello, Impossible friends, and welcome back to 8 Exposures, our popular instant film Q&A series. This week, we are happy to present you with a special 8 Exposures featuring one of our biggest fans and greatest friends, Joep Gottemaker…

1) What kind of Polaroid camera(s) do you use?

I mainly use my SX-70 original from 1972. I also own packfilm cameras, a Spectra and SLR 680 camera. I use the Spectra 1200 (with LCD screen) a lot too. The SX-70 goes everywhere with me. If it’s to Paris or just a dog walk, the SX-70 is in my pocket.

2) Why do you like instant photography?

I think the main reason is the fact that every Impossible is one of a kind. There is just that special quality to the pictures that no other medium has. Not 35mm or digital, the pictures just have that “magical” color to it.

And the fact that the pictures are instantly pushed in your hands. The sound of the motor, the picture coming out and the development. The thing with Impossible film is that you can’t predict what the picture will turn out like. With old fashioned Polaroid film, you could see the the picture develop before your eyes.

Photo by Matteo Varsi

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Welcome back to Sunday Brunch, our weekly series in which we showcase 5 tasty images that caught our eye over the course of the week.

For this week’s selections, we paid another visit to the Impossible Sample Gallery, where users the world over can submit their own images captured on Impossible film. As last week’s Sunday Brunch revolved around colorful images these shots celebrate the cool monochrome magic that is possible with our Silver Shade films.

Images come from Matteo Varsi, Giulio Speranza, Kouis, Katy Maziarz and David Dalglish, and were taken with the following Impossible film types: PX 100 UV+, PX 100 Cool, PX 600 UV+ and PX 600 Cool.

Keep shooting, friends. And be sure to submit to the Impossible Sample Gallery! Your Impossible moment may end up in a future edition of Sunday Brunch!

Photo by Hannah Bryant

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Hello again, Impossible fanatics. Welcome back to Impossible’s Sunday Brunch, our weekly series in which we showcase 5 tasty images that caught our eye over the course of the week.

This week’s selections provide a burst of color to get your Sunday started right. Images were taken by Hannah Bryant, Jodie Hurt, Ralf-Jürgen Stilz, Drew Hoffman and Marion Lanciaux.

…using the following film types: PX 70 Cool, PX 70 12/11 batch and PX 680

Keep shooting, friends! Your Impossible moment may end up in a future edition of Sunday Brunch!

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In 1988, Polaroid released its Cool Cam, which was essentially the Sun 600 with flashy colors and branded with the “Cool Cam” moniker. It came in several color combinations, including Pink & Grey and the pictured Red & Black. The Cool Cam also came with a matching carrying case and a sheet of word bubble stickers that could be adhered to your photos to add some COOLNESS!

The Cool Cam features a single-element 116mm plastic lens, fixed focus, with minimum focal length of 4 feet, electronic shutter, programmed auto-exposure system and a built-in electronic flash.

The Cool Cam works with all of Impossible’s 600 films. For a complete list of compatible films, click HERE

You can also click HERE for a Polaroid 600 camera manual

Photo by Nick Tonkin

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Happy Sunday, Impossibles! Welcome back to Sunday Brunch, where we share with you 5 tasty photos that caught our eye over the past week.

This week’s images come to you from Nick Tonkin, Azuree Wiitala, Rudy Ramos, Emanuela De Toffani and Kumiko Sekiguchi.

Photos were taken using the following film types: PX70 Cool, PX 70 Nigo, PX 680 Cool and PX 680 Gold Edition.

Get out there and snap away! We may spy one of YOUR Impossible gems and want to use it in a future Sunday Brunch!

Photo by Melanie Rodriguez

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We are happy to announce the Grand Prize Winner, 1st Runner-Up and 2nd Runner-Up for the HOLDEN X IMPOSSIBLE Timeless In An Instant photo contest!

Final winners were selected by the team at Holden Outerwear

And the winners are…

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After some testing here at Impossible, we’ve come to realize our latest version of the new PZ 680 COOL film has some unique properties that we thought we should address. Here’s Dr. Love…

Some of the conventional wisdom that has come to be associated with how to work with our films, may actually lead to making your images look worse instead of better. Some things we want to point out are…

1. The film is NOT fast, as we originally reported. It actually tests a little slow. It is however VERY sensitive in opacification failure, EVEN with the use of a Frog Tongue. Be very careful to shield completely!
2. If you have tried adjustments to counteract blown highlights and crushed blacks (little latitude and range), there are some things that you might be doing that actually compound the problem.

Photo by Melanie Rodriguez

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Cycle 5 of the Holden x Impossible Timeless In An Instant photo contest has closed.

The winners of round five were chosen by California born photographer Kassia Meador. A world traveler at heart, Kassia draws influence from the sun and surf, communicating youthfulness through her sun soaked images.

And the winner is…

BARCELONA
by Melanie Rodriguez
Film: PX 70 Color Shade

And Runner Up:

SUMMER
by Dylan Boyd
Film: PX 680 COOL

Congratulations to Melanie and Dylan! Each will receive an Impossible film pack and a Holden t-shirt.

Don’t miss your chance to become a winner of the 6th and FINAL ROUND and win the last of the bi-weekly prizes – SUBMIT HERE and best of luck!

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We are proud to present the last film of our Spring 2012 Cool Edition Film Line – a new color film that works with your beloved Spectra, Image & 1200 cameras. Enjoy extra wide shots with soft and dreamy color tones, imbuing your cinematic instant images with a modern spin on vintage color characteristics.

In order to bring out the coolest colors ever you’ll have to understand this film and in which situations it will create the greatest colors:
> For best results on bright days, turn your L/D switch to DARKEN
> This film performs best in diffuse light and loves overcast days
> The film does not respond very well to flash (images will be muddy)
> Make sure you shield this film well
> Keep the photos warm for the first few minutes of development

Get the film in our Online Shop