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The joy of a thermal printing camera.
I do not often make gear recommendations to other photographers, but today I will.
If you are an even half-way skilled photographer, go out and get yourself a kiddies thermal printing camera. And a bunch of thermal printer rolls of paper. You'll set yourself back about AUD50.
Don't bother getting a microSD card for it. That's not the point.
The point is the immense freedom and creative challenges that working with a fixed aperture, fixed focus plastic lens that will then print out on a short-lived high-contrast paper will bring.
And it is a freedom being so highly restricted.
It is also freeing to be able to shoot with abandon, not worrying about any sort of post-processing, and not worrying about the cost of the shot.
Think of the joys of pinhole photography, but with the instant gratification of Polaroid, and the costs of digital. The only thing you have control over is your composition.
This ties in very strongly with the Shitty Camera Challenge, but there is a joy in being able to shoot without consequence. You do not ever have to show these to another person (although you might).
#ShittyCameraChallenge #ShittyCamera #Photography #PhotographerLife
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