Japan-i-am

Reason #8349834 I wish I was in Tokyo with a heck of a lotta yen right now.

Found at Five &Ten (which was found via Hello Sandwich)

Take a picture.. it'll last longer.. no really...

found here

I've been on the internet for over half my life. I can remember looking up Hanson chatrooms and writing down URLs by hand (one was seriously over 100 characters long and I think I got it wrong anyway... the art of Cut/Paste had not yet been passed on to me).

It is safe to say I love technology and the ease of the digital age. But gosh darn, I'm really getting over digital cameras. Okay, I take it back... digital cameras are actually fantastic because they mean so many more people are capturing lifes little moments and not stopping to worry about wasting film - they're snapping away like crazy folk. But the problem is... no one is printing the photos! They're sitting on USBs, CDs and hard-drives and not being looked at or laughed at or loved.

I turned 24 two weeks ago and only JUST got photos from my 21st printed. What is that all about?! And I'm pretty sure that all digital records of me from 1998 to 2002 disappeared with our last computer, never to be discovered and guffawed at years later in a shoebox under my very messy bed. That's a bit sad (or great, depending how you look at it, because I was mid-teens and those photos are just awkward).
So my vow this year is to get snapping with whatever camera I can get my hands on - be it digital, film or instant. But the most important part is to - get the photos printed. Stick them up on your fridge, give them to friends for no real reason, make a wall of photos and upload them to the book of face (even those sloppy drunk ones if you must). And make it snappy.

found here

PS I really love this photo. It's so dorky and cute! It's something my mumma would have made me do... like wearing cherry earrings and making you pose, knowing full well you're cringeing inside and out. LOVE YOU MUM xx

Move over polaroid and make way for grapefuit...!

Okay, I think I may have meant make way for Fuji Instax Minis.
I have a feeling I'm a bit late to the game and that these cameras aren't anything new, but since the slow and painful death of the Polaroid these cameras are a great alternative.
The cameras print out instant photos the size of a credit card with more clarity than your average polaroid and the shell of the cameras are pretty darn cute too.
Check out this cute comparison by A Beautiful Mess - I'm hearting these wallet sized snaps!

So this is #1 on my Christmas list this year... but what a bugger they don't sell them in the land down under! There is always ebay...