{"id":391,"date":"2015-05-28T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/five-for-the-road\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:54:54","slug":"five-for-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/28\/five-for-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Five for the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more interesting aspects of working with old Polaroid stock is that sometimes you get duds. While this past Saturday I wanted to get some cameras shot for the next three camera review blogs so that I can have them up before heading to Europe in three weeks, I also decided to take the rest of my 1997 expired Polaroid Type 55 4&#215;5 stock along to shoot while on the road. Despite having a lot left, the stock being nearly twenty years out of date, there were a lot of duds, not enough chemistry spread, or none at all. But when all was said and done the box was used up and I got five good shots out of it! Five for the Road.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/17128324194\" title=\"Listowel Road Farmhouse by Alex Luyckx, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8860\/17128324194_281914ce3e_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"809\" alt=\"Listowel Road Farmhouse\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just outside of St. Jacobs, Ontario along the Listowel Road. A typical scene in this part of the province an old 19th century era stone farm house.<br \/>\nGraflex Crown Graphic &#8211; Schneider-Krueznack Symmar-S 1:5.6\/210 &#8211; Polaroid Type 55 @ ASA-50<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/17751175201\" title=\"A Barn of Wood and Metal by Alex Luyckx, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7717\/17751175201_f1354d1d25_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" alt=\"A Barn of Wood and Metal\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wood and metal barn, it&#8217;s probably all wood under the metal cladding, this farm was buzzing with activity from folks working in the fields and livestock running around outside.<br \/>\nGraflex Crown Graphic &#8211; Schneider-Krueznack Symmar-S 1:5.6\/210 &#8211; Polaroid Type 55 @ ASA-50<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/17563018638\" title=\"The Small Farmhouse by Alex Luyckx, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8760\/17563018638_f0316b1c16_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" alt=\"The Small Farmhouse\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of my favourites from the day, this small stone farm house had no signs of life around it, the fields were empty, the drive empty. Located on a quiet stretch of Highway 23 just south of Mitchell, Ontario.<br \/>\nGraflex Crown Graphic &#8211; Schneider-Krueznack Xenar 1:4,7\/135 &#8211; Polaroid Type 55 @ ASA-50<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/17750809065\" title=\"The Old Tractor by Alex Luyckx, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7774\/17750809065_0eefd15981_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" alt=\"The Old Tractor\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The happy accident! You can easily see the missing parts from the chemical spread here but the subject was placed just right to catch it all!<br \/>\nGraflex Crown Graphic &#8211; Schneider-Krueznack Symmar-S 1:5.6\/210 &#8211; Polaroid Type 55 @ ASA-50<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/17563290800\" title=\"The Strathroy Brewing Company by Alex Luyckx, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7708\/17563290800_9ffa6ff94d_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"807\" alt=\"The Strathroy Brewing Company\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">These formerly abandoned silos in Strathroy, Ontario now serve as home to the Strathroy Brewing Co, one of the new craft brewery&#8217;s in Ontario. They produce six War of 1812 themed beers!<br \/>\nGraflex Crown Graphic &#8211; Schneider-Krueznack Angulon 1:6,8\/90 &#8211; Polaroid Type 55 @ ASA-50<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now this isn&#8217;t the last of my Type 55, I still have one more box of 2003 expired stuff which will probably yield a lot more good shots than this box. Of course if you want to see a new version of this film, head on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.new55.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New55<\/a> and give a read, and maybe throw in your support to see this new instant film come to life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more interesting aspects of working with old Polaroid stock is that sometimes you get duds. While this past Saturday I wanted to get some cameras shot for the next three camera review blogs so that I can have them up before heading to Europe in three weeks, I also decided to take the rest of my 1997 expired Polaroid Type 55 4&#215;5 stock along to shoot while on the road. Despite having a lot left, the stock being nearly twenty years out of date, there were a lot of duds, not enough chemistry spread, or none at all. But when all was<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/28\/five-for-the-road\/\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[22,676,283,1030,1048,29,741,602,199,1047,793],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6231,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions\/6231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}