picture a day: apr 27

Polaroid Week, spring 2025, day 7 + 1

I usually take instant film pictures through the weekend, even though the official end of Polaroid Week was Friday night (Polaroid "Week" is really only 6 days, apparently for group admin reasons 🤷‍♀️). I was finishing up my second pack of Instax Mini with black frames and caught Pixel napping with his paws over his face, so I took this picture, kind of at an angle so as not to alert him before I caught him in the position. 🙂

It's kind of annoying to use the Diana F+ indoors since its normal shutter speeds are so short, so I resort to bulb mode and wing the exposure, while trying to keep still during the slightly longer shutter speed. Exposure isn't right here since it wasn't that dark in the room at the time, but the picture is relatively sharp, and Pixel is visible, so I'm calling this a win.

(Oh yeah, he has a little shirt on to keep him calm during the day and hopefully less likely to scratch at his chin where he recently had surgery. It's not a fashion statement. 😜)