Tree and Awkward went secondhand shopping in hopes of finding some gems and, luckily, their hopes were fulfilled.
Tree’s favorite purchase was a $12 Polaroid camera. Immediately after purchasing it he purchased a package of film – 8 shots – for $28. He could not wait to take instant $5/piece pictures, thus, headed to my house straight away with the camera hanging around his neck.
As soon as I saw him at the door I knew he had a photo shoot in mind and immediately grabbed my Polaroid so he could take a picture of me taking a picture of him. He pressed the button and the camera flashed then spit out a picture. Nothing appeared to be happening – no streaking of color, just white on white. “Should I shake it?” he asked. “No. Outkast had it wrong,” I replied.
We waited a minute or so and then decided we should try the film in my camera (since we knew it worked). Doing this resulted in wasting one of the pictures. When it worked we put it back in his camera and wasted another picture. Not wanting to truly waste the pictures, I figured out a way to put them in my empty cartridge and we tried it again. No luck – all white on white.
“Oh, look at this, instructions. Apparently it takes 30-40 minutes, in a dark place, for them to process,” Tree said and added, “Not so instant.”