Oh how I love The Impossible Project. Just when it looked like Polaroid film was going to disappear forever, they swooped in and recreated it, ushering in a whole new chapter in the story of instant photography.
I've loved all of The IP film I've shot with so far, but the new PX-680 is hands down my favorite. It's more stable than some of the earlier films, but still experimental enough that it's fun to play with. The colors can be rich and saturated or quiet and understated, depending on the light and your camera settings, and the focus is soft and hazy, with a dreamy vintage feel. I've loved capturing my summer with it so far, and can't wait to shoot Italy and Greece with it in the next few months.
Would you like to give PX-680 a try? The Impossible Project is providing two lucky OPB readers with a pack each!
To enter: leave a comment telling us something you would like to shoot with your impossible project film this summer (be sure to leave an email address so I can contact you if you win)!
For bonus entries:
1. Be a follower of OPB (leave an extra comment telling me how you follow)
2. Share this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter, or your blog (each counts as an entry, be sure to leave a separate comment for each).
Feel free to use this tweet: win film for your #Polaroid from #OPB and @impossibleUSA! http://tinyurl.com/6ymqffp
International entries are welcome. Comments will be open through midnight next Tuesday, June 14. I'll announce the winner on Wednesday. Good luck!
PS - Don't have a Polaroid yet? This would be the perfect time to give it a try! PX-680 film works perfectly in 600 type cameras, which are very easy to find and extremely inexpensive. You can find them for under $5 on Ebay and under $10 on Etsy. For those prices, you might as well enter!
193 comments:
I would like to take a photo of a beach.
evangeliantouli@gmail.com
My garden and my basset hound.
My college roommate is getting married--what a fun use for polaroid picture-taking! But I would also take picures of summer beauty around Richmond.
I think if I won, I'd have to use the whole pack on ice cream. I've been eating so much ice cream lately.
Also, I follow with google reader.
I'm getting married this summer and would LOVE some Polaroids of the event!!!!
rachel
keenoncrafts@gmail.com
Hi, I follow you with my google reader. Love your blog. I would love to take pictures of my summertime activities and my pug, Ruby. Take care,
Jane
jane_lois@yahoo.ca
Oooh, and I follow in Google Reader!
rachel
keeneoncrafts@gmail.com
Ooh!! I don't have a Polaroid myself but I can do one of two things with the films:
1) Be generous and give them to my super-cool photographer sister or...
2) Buy a Polaroid for those cheap cheap prices!!
I'd take pictures this summer of the picnics I'm going to have every day!*
*If the weather ever picks up.
I'm following through Google Reader and Blogger.
And I just tweeted this, but I'm not so good with Twitter... So here's the link to my rarely used account:
http://twitter.com/#!/fionarita
Ohhhh I have so wanted to get in on this new/old idea I've seen everyoen talking about. If I won I would need to get onto Etsy and get one of the cameras and then get out and about in my new little town and shoot everything/everyone I came upon.
I would love to take some pics of my house, the woods,trees and mossy patches that surround my yard.
woop woop! i follow with google reader
I've only tried the black and white impossible project - would be awesome to win some colour film. And I'd film our new baby (cos that's what you do, right?)
And I'm a follower on google reader :)
and I tweeted
I am going home this summer to california for a few weeks, I would love to take some pictures of my hometown to put in me and my husbands new home in Oklahoma.
The look of these photographs would look so great, exactly what we are looking for!
Taylorgketchum@gmail.com
I am a blog follower of OPB!
Taylorgketchum@gmail.com
My backyard (all the GREEEN) and perhaps my kiddos. I haven't shot them with polaroid since last summer!
Oh my gosh, I just thrifted 3 polaroids the other day! I would DIE if I won!
I'm a follower!
I follow OPB on Google Reader.
I have been wanting to try some IP film for quite a while but never got around to purchasing any. I would use this film to take pictures of all things nature.
I am an OPB follower!
Tweeted! @WhimsyWoodland
What a fab giveaway! I adore Impossible - they rebirthed my love of Polaroid. :)
This summer, I'm hoping to take little mini road trips & take along a Polaroid to capture little scenes.
caren (at) teachickadees (dot) com
I'm a follower of Pearl via GFC! :)
And tweeted! :)
http://twitter.com/#!/buttercupcaren/status/78488521949716480
i would love to shoot my dog he is such a character!
nerdle4life at yahoo dot com
I am a follower through gfc
i'd like to get some dreamy photographs of my brand new baby with my polaroid this summer! DYING to try out the new film!
megbrothers(at)gmail(dot)com
now following through google reader!
megbrothers(at)gmail(dot)com
i tweeted it!
@megbrothers
megbrothers(at)gmail(dot)com
I live in Chicago right in the city but this summer will be going out to the country for a month. I would photograph nature and the music festival I work for with some sexy color film!
me[at]azureewiitala.com
I just added your blog to my queue. Thankful TIP brought it to my attention. I follow using Bloggers "follow" function.
i shared the giveaway on my blog today!
http://www.megbrothers.com/
megbrothers(at)gmail(dot)com
Lastly I tweeted about this here contest on Twitter. My user name is xo_azuree. Hooray!
I am going to be an aunt within the next month and would like to take some first photos with some Impossible film! I follow OPB in my Google Reader, I tweeted about the contest (@PepperJess), and I am a huge fan of OPB!
curiouscorrespondent(at)gmail(dot)com
I'd be shooting my handsome husband (with the camera+film, not any other weapon...)
jodiefb @ hotmail . co .uk
and I follow in google reader!
jodiefb @ hotmail . co . uk
I would love to do series of daughter the dancer.
I follow you on twitter.
I'd love to document my summer, hanging with my friends, taking trips, my 18th birthday. Everything that's going to make my last Summer at home amazing.
deanna.hodgson@hotmail.co.uk
I follow using blogger!
deanna.hodgson@hotmail.co.uk
I would just love to get some of my first shots! And mostly of my friends and family.
kcballif@gmail.com
I shared it on my blog!
http://redheadmemories.blogspot.com/2011/06/bippity-boppity-boo.html
Oh, cool! I wanna be in! We're planning to take a trip somewhere in the US this summer (maybe San Francisco or Portland). I'd love to use this film wherever we end up going ;p.
Miki.
shower_your_love@yahoo.com.ar
I would love to take some film on my trip to the Isle of Man this summer!
I follow on Twitter (@pixelpooch)
ray@pixelpooch.com
and of course posted the link on my twitter account
CHEERS!
i would love to give this stuff a try! I'd probably take photos of mundane things in interesting ways, and then make prints from the photos for my walls.
AAGH I WANT THIS SO MUCH! Knowing me, I'd take 85 pictures of my bulldog Tank, he's so photogenic in a hilarious way.
novaisawesome@gmail.com
I follow OPB via bloglovin'!
novaisawesome@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/#!/novaisawesome/status/78502599258681344
tweeted!!!
novaisawesome@gmail.com
I blogged this giveaway here:
http://novaisawesome.tumblr.com/post/6323255734/click-the-picture-to-enter-to-win-this-film-from
novaisawesome@gmail.com
My kids!!!
I'm following you through blogger/google :)
Tweeted it!!
Oh, and my email is kellywilliams1331 (at) gmail (dot) com :)
Such a wicked giveaway! I've been wanting to get my hands on some polaroid film so badly to take pictures of this beautiful old vintage furniture that is sitting outside an upholstery shop down my street.
nadia.c.tan[at]gmail.com
And I follow your blog of course!
Through Google Reader.
nadia.c.tan[at]gmail.com
Yeay! I just graduated from college and would love to some film so that I can take pictures of where ever I end up---that's right, I haven't decided yet!
And I follow through google reader and you're also on my blog roll!
And I just tweeted about your give away. @jackham.
Hi! I’d love to take pictures of the clouds and of my little son playing and riding a bike. Thanks! Marta
martaplayita [at] gmail dot com http://www.englishinbarna.blogspot.com/
I am a blog follower through Google Friend Connect name = Marta GarcÃa.
Thanks!
martaplayita [at] gmail dot com http://www.englishinbarna.blogspot.com/
I'm a Bloglovin' follower and it would have to be a photo of me and the boy camping with our friends. Perfect summer photos! :)
Kim
i would love to shoot my trip to Oakland where i'll be visiting a really good friend i haven't seen in almost 5 years.
y.noah@hotmail.com
I am a OPB blog follower. What I would love to shoot with the film is my Grandfather's memorial service in Ohio. I am venturing out there in a few weeks and it will involve a lot of family. Kind of a reunion of relatives from all over the nation. I would love to document the love, joy, and sorrow in a unique way and this would be perfect.
bbonta@gmail.com
reposting on Facebook and my blog.
I just bought a polaroid camera for my 2 year old son, Milo. I scored it at the local Salvation Army for $2! I heart thrift stores : )
I would love this film for my son! He just loves taking pictures. It's so interesting to see what a two year old photographs. He photographs everything from his toy cars to stains on the carpet.
I follow your blog via email subscription. A good friend recommended your site.
Carla and Milo
carlareed@hotmail.com
My best friends have adopted kids from Ethiopia, and sometimes they just look absolutely ADORABLE in whatever they wear. I want to take some Polaroids of them in their pretty dresses and suits (for the one boy).
irrelevantknitting@gmail.com
I follow your blog via email subscription.
Carla and Milo
carlareed@hotmail.com
I just re-posted on my facebook page!
Carla and Milo
carlareed@hotmail.com
I'd take photos of my garden as it grows over the summer! Since the Impossible Project film's been released, I've been shooting pictures with my trusty polaroid I've had since I was 11 years old! I follow through google reader.
jamey (dot) fisher (at) gmail (dot) com
I'd love to take pictures of our trip to Maine, Cape Cod and NC in August! Awesome giveaway!!
- Nicole
rockstar.mommy [at] yahoo.com
I follow via Google Reader.
- Nicole
rockstar.mommy [at] yahoo.com
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/1rockstarmommy/status/78528709409251328
- Nicole
rockstar.mommy [at] yahoo.com
I would love to take a photoshoot in the woods!
floorbrock(at)hotmail(dot)com
I follow via bloglovin' !
floorbrock(at)hotmail(dot)com
There is a little arboretum in our town that I would love to try some polaroid film on. I think our puppy would get some polaroid love too!
I love Polaroid film, and one thing I'd like to shoot is the farm where our local veggies are grown, all the colors and chickens running around! It would make a sweet 'summer' banner over the windows.
Sarah M
I have also been a follower for a long time!
Sarah M
I forgot to leave you my email in the comment above. Sorry!
amylouwhogirl{at}gmail{dot}com
I'm a follower via GFC.
I tweeted and here is my link: http://twitter.com/#!/amylouwhogirl/status/78541017728565248
amylouwhogirl{at}gmail{dot}com
As always: I'd shoot fuzzy photos of sharp women!
I'd take pictures of our 70 chickens!
i just tweeted!!
(@shelbyisrad)
I follow your blog :)
oh i also facebooked it! http://www.facebook.com/Shelbyrad91
I would take a happy picture of two friends of mine, who are going to spend the next six months in France, while i will still be sitting in Belgium. That way I will still have an awesome memory :-)
I just found a Polaroid Land Camera this weekend and have been searching for film for it! This is perfect! I would shoot photos of some of the small towns here in Texas and in Oklahoma that I travel through. They're so charming!
-Allie.
ofallthenonsense@gmail.com
I also follow your blog, through Google Friend Connect!
And I tweeted!
https://twitter.com/_allisonlynn/status/78549612058775552
I would like to take photos of old buildings, rundown or historical, in/or around Athens, GA as well as some of the people there.
ps. love the photos
dejock29@gmail.com
Hi, Alli,
It's not summer here in Brazil. However, where I'm from, there's a beautiful sunny blue sky in the winter. the city looks great in all those colors we can get from polaroid picures, I could hardly explain. and it's sooo hard to get those films in Belo Horizonte...
Viviane
(viviane.maroca@gmail.com
Would love to win this because my Polaroid is empty of film right now! :) I'd use the film to shoot my friends & family. ♥
And I follow via Google Friend Connect! :)
House renovations...mainly in the dust and paint of it. I think that it would be so fun!
Opps! I forgot my contact info....
Oh I would so love to take some photos of my pending vegetable garden, when the veggies starting sprouting things of course!
Also I follow through my blogger/google account of course! ;]
email: emakaem[at]yahoo[dot]ca
I would love to shoot the days by the pool... splashing in the sparkling water!
I would love to take some dreamy photos on my makeshift rooftop patio (we have to climb out of our living room window to go out) where we are growing veggies and drinking wine in the summer sun! Love being inspired by your blog!
i also follow your blog via google friend connect
Oh my! What a wonderful giveaway!
I'm also a follower, via Google :)
And I've tweeted your wonderful giveaway! x
My kids outside in the sunshine :)
aubrey@adailyobsession.com
And I tweeted... http://twitter.com/#!/adailyobsession/status/78630567821848576
I would love to take a little road trip and take film pictures along the way!
Lovely giveaway!
aal718(at)gmail(dot)com
I have friends visiting from out of town soon and I would love to try some portrait photography with my newly thrifted polaroid cameras :)
k(dot)easter(at)yahoo(dot)com
I just moved into a new house with a fireplace, so it would be of toasting marshmallows!
And... I'm a follower :)
I follow on Google Reader. I would use my film (after I purchased a camera) to reinvigorate my love of photography. Digital just doesn't do it for me. I miss my old 35mm, but I am pretty sure I would love instant even more. That vintage hazy focus is so inspiring.
Quick question: Do you scan your polaroids to put them on your blog?
I want to take portraits. Of friends and cats and dogs.
I would totally take a picture of the first strawberries I have ever grown, currently ripening in my first garden!
xo
Cassie
swindlebeute[at]gmail[dot]com
Awesome! I love your truck picture.
I would take a picture of the beach near my house.
I follow via google friend connect and on google reader.
tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/fizleglitz/status/78676486969757696
I would photograph my beautiful friend who lives far far away and is coming to visit (yay!!)
give_me_chocolate132@hotmail.com
This summer I am going to drive with my husband and my kids across Europe (Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland)in our 1979 Lada. I am pretty sure that there will be inumerable cute photo ops along the way.
I want to take lots and lots of pics of the greyhound we are planning to adopt!
I follow through my blogger :)
Shared on Facebook :)
Tweeted :)
i follow you via bloglovin'
xoxo
Nina
twitted http://twitter.com/#!/uhhehh/status/78787990943576066
nina
Oh yes, I'd love to take photos of my family with this film. My brother lives far away and he'll be home sometime soon - looks like the perfect thing for some spontaneous happy snaps.
I'd take pictures of our lazy summer mornings eating breakfast on the porch.
kmantosz@gmail.com
well it will be winter here australia so all the winter leafs and snowy things :)
I also follow via GFC
kmantosz@gmail.com
I would love to shoot our upcoming moped rally with the film! The candy colors of all the bikes would look so lovely on the film.
Hi! I´m Mariana, from Argentina. I´ve recently bought a Polaroid Land 1000 and I´d love to win! (it´s really hard to get film down here)
I follow you via RSS on Google Reader.
I´ve already shared it on Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/uyquemona/status/78928362755719168
mail: uyquemona (a) hotmail.com
Shared on my blog too!
http://miss-celanius.blogspot.com/2011/06/atencion-fanaticos-de-polaroid.html
Shared on my Facebook page too!
https://www.facebook.com/MissCelanius
Thanks :)
Hi! I´m Mariana, from Argentina. I´ve recently bought a Polaroid Land 1000 and I´d love to win! (it´s really hard to get film down here)
I follow you via RSS on Google Reader.
I would like to take a picture of my mum´s cactus´flowers.
I would love to take pictures of the new city i'm moving too. Ive already seen some cool vintage signs and buildings and would love some polariods. :]
p.s. I follow through blogger/google
tomaria imagenes de mis cosas favoritas.gracias por el sorteo.mi mail es anselmopaulabis@gmail.com
I'd probably take pics of my kitty.
Of course I follow you on Bloglovin!
I also tweeted about your giveaway!
I follow your blog through google
I have also tweeted about it!
http://twitter.com/#!/EvaNtouli/status/79188838664257536
i would love to take photos of my new little niece!! i'm actually giving away a polaroid camera on my blog, haha, our giveaways complement each other!! :)
http://www.sandyalamode.com/
I would love to take polaroids of the Mad Tea Party I want to organise this summer. Pretty sure polaroid photo's will capture it perfectly! :)
XO
Eline
I follow you on twitter & Google Reader :)
I tweeted about your give-away
http://twitter.com/#!/Plutomeisje/status/79198623988072448
I have been involved with photography for about 6 years, but only recently have I begun to explore film. I have been very fortunate that my dad, second cousin, and grandparents have kept multiple film cameras and equipment over the years, and consented to let me use it! I have been working with a Pentax Spotmatic mainly, but I just acquired two polaroids from my Grandpa.
I am very excited to take these cameras out and test them, particularly at my horse stable. The light is gorgeous at all times of day, and there are always wonderful subjects to photograph, from horses to plants and flowers!
I also follow OPB on twitter and flickr.
I have also reposted this on facebook! My email is highflyer123@cox.net.
I haven't been able to try any of the new film yet! I would probably use it for the food blog I am starting up. I think polaroids of food would look awesome hanging in the kitchen!
-Lily
lovecharlesvintage @ gmail dot com
I'd take a picture of the Hotel Del Coronado -- the Victorian architecture is simply perfect for polaroid shots!
Email: herecomestreble86@gmail.com
P.S. I follow you via Blogger and also on Twitter. :)
I was the email herecomestreble86@gmail
I would take photos of a garden or possible some older buildings downtown.
matchlessvision.blogspot.com
I follow via google reader!
I would capture my first time in the city if chicago! :)
What a fun contest!
I follow OPB through my google reader. I would love to take some photos of several things this summer including - my very amateur first attempts at quilting, family pictures with my aging grandfather and our close family, my adventures in my native land: the rolling hills of Georgia. I have always wanted to experiment with this particular film, and recently bought a 600 type camera, and this would be a wonderful way to get started!
Thanks for the opportunity and happy shooting to the winner!
jhunsinger1@gmail.com
Tweeted! @jessgunslinger
facebook too! http://www.facebook.com/jessica.hunsinger1
totally fun - I love seeing your polaroids! I would love to take some pics of things along the river near pittsburgh: rusted train tracks, abandoned warehouses, beautiful new loft buildings, and of course all of the bridges. :)
I would take pictures of all the pretty summer flowers.
And I've been a follower of this blog through blogger for awhile, so I'll throw in for an extra comment here too.
And I facebook-ed. I'd really like some film! My camera is feeling sad without it.
It would be amazing to take a polaroid to Scotland this August when I go!
thanks!
I would love to take vintage style pictures with my sister and friends... I've always wanted a polaroid camera. If I won some film I'd have a good reason to buy the camera!
anna.michelle.94@gmail.com
I love your giveaways!! I always hope I'll win one of the amazing prizes. I fell in love with polaroids after I started reading your blog, and I'm seriously considering geting one for myself.
Thanks!
Following!
oh my gosh, oh my gosh, wow!!
I'm gong to Paris is August and this would be the PERFECT film to take with me :) I'd love a polaroid of the eiffel tower.
I happily follow your lovely blog though google reader
tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/forthedistractd/status/80185009050357760
I'd shoot books!
I'd take pictures of all my favourite people! x
Hello (: thanks for your generous giveaway.
If I had the privilege to win this giveaway, I would take photos of the people I love and use it to capture really beautiful and amazing memories.
I've also followed publicly via gfc. I'm really glad that I found this from your giveaway. Your blog has made me fall in love with Polaroid even more!
con-template@hotmail.com
I'm relatively new to Polaroid I just got a couple cameras at a thrift store and don't have any film yet. But we ha Polaroid cameras when we where little. Enywho I'm planing on being an instant film photographer and what better time to start then summer! Thanks. waldloho@gmail.com
I posted it on tumblr http://aslightexaggeration.tumblr.com/
I also posted on facebook but I can't get the link. waldloho@gmail.com
I'm going for a weekend getaway for my second anniversary and would love to shoot some polaroids of the beautiful island (:
I would photograph my new garden that I'm growing and take portraits of my family and friends. I'm finally starting my zine, so some would end up in there.
buenrostroeliana@yahoo.com
I follow OPB on twitter and flickr!
buenrostroeliana@yahoo.com
I retweeted your link to the giveaway: http://twitter.com/roadtonowhereee/status/80371245073444865
buenrostroeliana@yahoo.com
Great giveaway!! I would love to photograph my friends wedding next month!
kmmcgarvin @ yahoo.com
Follower through google!
kmmcgarvin @ yahoo.com
Ohhh i would love to win this so very much. I'm going to be traveling a bit this summer and would love to bring my poloroid with me. :]
I'm following OPB now also. :]
amberleannbeck@gmail.com
I just made the tough decision to quit my wedding photography business. There are so many creative things I want to have the time to do and my creative spirit needs some time to heal (the expectations from clients can zap creative inspiration after a while).
I just bought my first polaroid sx-70 and I am soooo excited to do something completely different from digital photography. My creative spirit needs imperfection and dreamy pictures. Photographs don't have to be perfect. Sorry to ramble! I'm just excited about my new polaroid and where it is going to take me creatively. I'm going to be taking pictures of everything!
I'm following you through my google reader.
I would love to shoot my sweet little bebes!! :D :D
I am a blog follower through google connect.
syane45(at)yahoo(dot)com
Oops, I forgot to leave my email. ishtar1970@gmail.com
I would capture my lovely nieces.
Following through google Reader.
carolwodehouse_at_gmail_dot_com
i tweeted giveaway
http://twitter.com/#!/sleepsincastles
i tweeted giveaway
http://twitter.com/#!/sleepsincastles
THANK YOU for posting about this and doing a giveaway! I've been waiting for them to release this for a couple of years now! I have two vintage Polaroids, and I've got LOTS of things to shoot: first and foremost though will be of my little pup!
I'm a follower via Google Reader!
And I follow your blog of course!
i have been wanting to try some film in my cute pink pola!
i want to shoot portraits of my friends (and maybe my cat) haha
i follow you through google reader!
lovechelsealauren at gmail dot com
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