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Spring ‘Roid Week 2010 starts this Monday, May 3!

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It’s almost that time again! Polaroid Week Spring 2010 will be May 3–7. Participating is easy: make some pictures on any instant film and post them to the ‘Roid Week 2010 group on Flickr (free accounts work).

Don’t be scared off now that Polaroid means horrendously expensive, you can play on the cheap: Fuji still makes really nice peel-apart instant film in both color and black and white that are cheaper than Polaroid was when it was in production. If you need a camera, you can grab a Holga-like, zone focus Polaroid Super Shooter or Super Shooter Plus on eBay for under 10 bucks, or a rangefinder-focused Automatic 100 [pic] or Automatic 250 [pic] for $25–30. Want integral film (the kind the spits out the front of the camera)? Check out Fuji Instax!

Fall ‘Roid Week 2009 dates announced – Nov 2-6!

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It’s almost that time again! Polaroid Week Fall 2009 will be November 2–6. Participating is easy: make some pictures on any instant film and post them to the ‘Roid Week 2009 group on Flickr (free accounts work).

Don’t be scared off now that Polaroid means horrendously expensive, you can play on the cheap: Fuji still makes really nice peel-apart instant film in both color and black and white that are cheaper than Polaroid was when it was in production. If you need a camera, you can grab a Holga-like, zone focus Polaroid Super Shooter or Super Shooter Plus on eBay for under 10 bucks, or a rangefinder-focused Automatic 100 [pic] or Automatic 250 [pic] for $25–30.

Here are the ‘Roid Week guidelines:

About ‘Roid Week Fall 2009

Hello!

POLAROID WEEK is a bi-annual celebration of all things instant!

Here are the simple rules:

* It’s five days. Monday thru Friday.

* Pool opens at 6:00 am on Monday, Eastern Standard Time.

* Pool closes at 12:00 am on Friday (technically, Saturday), Pacific Standard Time.

* Members can post up to 3 photos a day.

* Though we call it “Polaroid Week,” any instant film is fine.

* No Poladroids! You have your own group to play in. This is a film only group.

* Post photos you haven’t posted on Flickr before. Give us something new. We will unceremoniously delete all photos that do not meet this requirement.

* And give us something good. This is our seasonal eye candy. Make it sweet.

Polaroid Week 2009 starts tomorrow!

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‘Roid Week 2009 starts tomorrow! This is a five day posting event for photos made on any instant film. It’s in its third year, and is normally a lot of fun and showcases some really excellent work.

I’ll be shooting with a bunch of stuff, but I’m particularly excited to have gotten a hold of two boxes of Fuji FP-100C peel-apart film in the elusive 4×5 size. Its low resolution is a fantastic match for a Cooke PS945 portrait lens.

Click here to join the ‘Roid Week 2009 group on Flickr and add your instant photos to the pool. (You can participate with a free account.)

Hope to see you there!

Roid Week 2006: post a Polaroid a day for five days

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Flickr members Cate and Lori Baker (Lori just finished co-editing the now-available benefit photography book, Signs of Life: Surviving Katrina [blogged previously]) have declared 11–15 September, 2006, to be Roid Week!

The idea is simple: shoot a Polaroid a day for five days and post them to the Roid Week group on Flickr. Roids! Cate! Lori! Sweet!

(You do have to be a member of Flickr to upload, but free accounts are available.)

If you’re new to Polaroid, you can get the lowdown from this primer at Omnimatter.