Instax photos from the weekend...

I haven't used my instax mini much this year as I've been distracted by my polaroid land camera, but this weekend with my friends I decided was a perfect time to use a pack of film that I've had sitting around for a while, and I'm really glad I did.

These photos are a mixture of shots from the Cow and Calf Rocksin Ilkley and also some from feeding the ducks Otley in Yorkshire, I love how the beautiful country side is only 5/10 minutes drive away from Leeds and these shots show the stunning views so well. (You can also see that it was cold, brrr!)

Location: Ilkley and Otley, Yorkshire
Camera: Fuji Instax Mini

Instax Mini's from the weekend...

This past weekend, I finally got to take out my little Fuji Instax Mini - I've been trying to be conservative with my mini's as they can be quite expensive (especially at the rate I take them, haha) but as this was a special occasion I thought it was the perfect time to use it.

For my Mum's second birthday weekend, we surprised her with a long weekend away at a glorious barn in Lancashire which was perfectly placed in the middle of nowhere, along an incredible windy road with the most perfect surrounding scenery and lots of sheep and lambs.

You can kind of make out the sheep and the barn in the first photo towards the right hand side, in the middle... just.

On Sunday we visited Morcambe - which wasn't really that great, other than the Eric Morcambe statue but the day was made much better by going 3 miles down the coast to Heysham, which was beautiful and so calm and relaxing.

We managed to take a crazy number of photos between us and I can't wait to share more of them, it really was a perfect family weekend of celebrating and relaxing! I want to go back already...

Camera: Fuji Instax Mini
Locations: Quernmore, Heysham and Morcambe, Lancashire

And the camera is...

A fair number of you got it right and I'm so glad about that. 
vintage chair full

 
This beautiful photo by JMK Photos is the main reason that I've decided to experiment more with my instax mini recently - when I first saw it I thought it was a polaroid film of some sort, its so soft and delicate yet the contrasts are strong, I loved it straight away. Imagine my surprise when I realised it was from a fuji instax camera!
The reason I had this little quiz was really a reminder to myself what great cameras and films the instax family are.  They can be considered a bit of a gimmick and normally get a unjust negative comparison to polaroids but I think every camera is what you make of it and if you're willing to experiment a bit and believe that you can produce the results you want then with effort, you can.

You can see the rest of my recent instax mini photos here...

p.s. I normally keep the frame on my instax minis when I scan them but I'm wondering if I should remove it from some, as sometimes it feels like it detracts from the beauty and the quality of the image.