We went to our favorite cheese shop on Christmas Eve and met a cheerful elf wearing a wonderful hat.

The “Cheese Elf” was a young woman working at the cheese shop who knew us. When we saw her Christmas hat, I asked her to pose for an instant photograph, and she agreed with a smile. My vintage Polaroid Big Shot camera was loaded with color, instant pack-film, and shot #4 (out of 10) was ready to go…

As you can see, the Cheese Elf gave us a big, beaming smile to go with her festive hat!

Camera: Polaroid BIG SHOT Portrait Camera (circa 1973)
Film: FujiFilm FP-100c Color pack-film (made 2016/expired 2018)
Photographer: Russ Murray (vintage) 
Subject: Sarah the Cheese Elf
Location: Plum Plums Cheese Shop, New Canaan, Connecticut

Once the instant photo was scanned, I had some fun making digital edits to it, ultimately “baking” it 6-8 times using the Hipstamatic app on iPhone. The resulting digital image is what I call a “Hipstaroid” derived from Hipstamatic+Polaroid, even though it was Fuji film in this case. Check out my page for Hipstaroids here and enjoy these examples:

See you tomorrow! 

// russ murray 

Videos: Peeling Pack-film Portraits

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