Over the weekend I took Bill’s Instax 210 camera over to Brookside Gardens. The Instax cameras are a line of instant cameras from Fuji – the one we have prints the “wider” prints. The only “settings” I can really change on the camera is the distance I am from the subject and whether I want the photo to be light/normal/dark. Other than that – it’s just point, shoot and hope you got what you wanted to photograph. I would say that the framing of the picture using the viewfinder is an approximation of what you’re going to see on the print. In other words – photographing with the Instax camera is great fun and the results can be a little unexpected 🙂

Instax 210 Camera © 2014 Patty Hankins

Instax 210 Camera and Photos © 2014 Patty Hankins

I spent most of my time photographing the train display. My guess is that I’ll do better with larger subjects – even scanned at 300 dpi – it’s very hard to see the details in the photos. The display is a “recreation” of sites around Montgomery County. Some are a  little more reality based than others 🙂

Here’s the carousel at Glen Echo

Carousel at Glen Echo, Train display at Brookside Gardens © 2014 Patty Hankins

The Conservatory at Brookside Gardens

Brookside Conservatory, Train Display at Brookside Gardens © 2014 Patty Hankins

The Cider Barrel

The Cider Barrel, Train Display at Brookside Gardens © 2014 Patty Hankins

Kensington Train Station & Downtown Kensington

Kensington Train Station, Train Display at Brookside Gardens © 2014 Patty Hankins

Train Yard (not sure where this is supposed to be)

Train Yard, Train Display at Brookside Gardens © 2014 Patty Hankins

Main Street (again not sure where this is supposed to be)

Main Street, Train Display at Brookside Gardens © 2014 Patty Hankins

Of course I can’t visit a Conservatory at a botanical garden without taking some flower photos. Here are a couple of poinsettias

Red Poinsettia © 2014 Patty Hankins

Red Poinsettia © 2014 Patty Hankins

The camera does have an adapter that you can use for close up/macro photos. I tried photographing a set of orchids – lets just say I still need more practice before my photos with the adapter are any good 🙂

Orchids © 2014 Patty Hankins