Remaking Old Photos

The fun of the proper archiving: remaking old photos!

Same pose different year

Dad with Zeiss Ikon Tengor camera

Dad with me (left) and dad with his grandson (right)

Me with Tomy Tron game console (left) and daughter with Tomy Tron game console (right)

Same spot different year

Kuwait Tower

Souq Sharq

Abu Dhabi

Our Children with Their Polaroid Barbie

We're continuing our experiment with analog photography. This time we gave our children a Polaroid Barbie.








Kids were amazed. They were watching the film developed within 30 minutes. "Is it done yet?"
When it's done they yelled "It's magical! It looks like we're capturing our life in papers!"





Seems the kids enjoying the experiment & 8 exposures per pack is not enough for them. Though the result is good, they want to explore more with another activities, light and colors.
"Can we have another pack for our Polaroid?"

One pack at a time, kids :D

From A Galaxy Far, Far Away

 

Another fun floor photography project: Star Wars. Our kids, especially Leia, are beginning to enjoy their parents' favorite saga of all time.

 

And no, we're not going to buy any Star Wars' costumes, props, masks etc. Get the cardboard, papers, markers, glue & the scissors, kids! We're making our own Star Wars props!



We're using kids' bedroom as the floor stage. After watching the movie, we're simulating the scene with cardboard props. We decide to paint the prop later in Photoshop to save time, because the project needs to be done within a day :D

Here are the results:



Leia as Princess Leia herself, Neo as R2D2 & Arwen as C3PO. Leia is using mouth maskers as hair buns, Neo is wearing cardboard costume with a painted plastic bowl on his head & Arwen is wearing cardboard with simple face painting. Backdrop: IKEA fabric design by P. Amsell/B Wesslander 2008.



Princess Leia riding speeder in Endor forest. Speeder was made from cardboard, vacuum cleaner attachment as maneuver control & baloon pump as repulsorlift engine. Backdrop: IKEA fabric design by Helen Trast 2007.

UPDATE:
Our artwork is displayed in a Star Wars event in Bandung SWDBDG June 23rd 2012.


Shared by @gomzgomien - original link.

Film Photography with Agfa Box 50

Another photography experiment: film photography with 70 years old camera Agfa Box 50. Now the children learn that basic photography only requires light, lens & chemical process.

Been living in digital era, the children want to see the result instantly "Let me see the picture! Let me see the picture!" Sorry kids, this is not iPhone. You have to wait the film to be finished spooling then bring it to film laboratory. Kids hate waiting. But once they see the result, they keep asking "Is this magic?"

Yes kids. This is kind of magic.

Some results with Ilford B&W 120 ISO 400 film.




With Lomography Redscale 120 ISO 200 film.



With Fujifilm Color 120 ISO 400



Still need a lot to practice :D
More in our Flickr page:

Film Photography, a set on Flickr.

Polaroid Film

What's the point with this kind of photography?
Been living with digital photography for years, this kind of photography gives us interesting experiences. One real genuine hardcopy of the real moment. It's unpredictable, not mistake-proof, hard to replicate. You cannot copy or paste, you cannot manipulate, you cannot erase. You have to think twice before taking a photo, like asking to yourself "Is the moment worth the film?" "Is it going to be good?"

With this kind of photography, mistake is acceptable. Mistake is the new art. Mismatch color is the new color. And it's challenging, the film no longer widely manufactured by Polaroid. You need to get an expensive film from Impossible Project that contains only 8 exposures. Or you can get an expired Polaroid film, which can give you artistic result like this:


Kids created their first Polaroid photo by accidentally press the shutter button. The mistake worth $3 each.



When it's no longer mainstream, it might be considered an art. And for us it's not just an art. We want to introduce this kind of technology to our children, so we will not be the last generation who know about this old tech, Polaroid, a sustainable legacy.

Enjoy our 'new' art :D

Polaroid Film, a set on Flickr.