I do have much to be thankful for. God has blessed me with more than I can fathom. Since I have been married I have spent all my Thanksgivings with my wife’s family. It is always a delicious experience.

More than enough and I love leftovers.

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Polaroid Model 95 converted to pack film.

UPDATE: See our picture website, Taylor Pics. If you are looking for instructions to modify a Model 95, the links I used are at the bottom.

My wife and I are picture people. We love to take pictures wherever we go. A few years ago we upgraded from consumer point-and-shoots to a Nikon D40. Awesome decision. It has allowed us to take some amazing pictures. To use it properly we have had to learn how photography works. Which has made us better picture takers. We do not claim to be professionals of any kind, but it has turned into a regular thing for us.

I have always thought Polaroid cameras we cool. My Grandma Taylor had one that would spit the picture out of the front like it was sticking its tongue out at you. My Dad has one of those pictures that Grandma took by his workbench in his garage. My brothers and I were very young, in our winter coats standing in front of my Dad’s early 70′s El Camino. A Polaroid picture is like nothing else. I have yet to see a Photoshop manipulation that has pulled off a genuine Polaroid look. What makes a Polaroid a Polaroid is the process that it goes through (I will not get into it now). You can not cheat the process with a computer program.

Earlier this past summer I was at my local Salvation Army. I noticed a Polaroid Colorpack 3 Land Camera. $3. I swiped it up and all the rest is history. That history has led me to the project that I want to tell you about. My Model 95.

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