As a thank you gift for shooting his wedding (coming up real soon) my friend, and partner in crime, Simon McConico and his fiance, got me a Fujifilm Instax Mini 7S Instant Film Camera. I took a week off with my wife and headed down to Mexico, and they thought I might be able to use it down there, so they gave it to me a little early. It was also my birthday on the 26th of Feb, so this was a very pleasant surprise. I took a lot of instant images while in Mexico, and learned a lot about the camera, as this was my first time using one. The main thing I learned was similar to the lessons learned while shooting with a Holga: Let go, loosen up, and don’t take things to seriously.
So here are some of my favorite images from the trip:
And since I am feeling good from the vacation I am going to give away 10 prints of these scanned images. So these won’t be the original instant film, but they are the next best thing. They will be printed on a 5×5 archival photo paper, signed by me. All you have to do is leave a comment below with the image you would like, and I will get it printed and mailed out to you. I will take the first 10 comments here on the blog. Make sure to leave your email when commenting (you dont have to leave it in the comment area, but there should be a spot to enter it so only I can see it). I will then email you to follow up, and get your shipping address. So here we go… first 10 people.
Jake Rohde
Valo Photography
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I love your work! You guys shot my friend Matt’s wedding a few months back and I’ve been checking out your stuff since…I’d love a print of the tires. Thanks for feeling good after vacation and sharing these!
Jen
March 1st, 2010
so i was totally going to comment anyway (seriously) to say:
1) happy belated birthday! and
2) very cool of simon and
3) amazing shots (as usual). i really love your compositions.
since you’re giving something away, i love “2010_02_Mexico_blog_3.jpg”
if you want to pass over my comment though, that’s cool
March 2nd, 2010
Nice shots, I forget how good it is to see non-faked film photography.
And since you offered, I’d take the shot with the boats lined up on the shore (2010_02_Mexico_blog_9.jpg) if I could.
These would be fun as postcards too.
Thanks! Keep up the good work!
March 2nd, 2010
Thanks for sharing you photos with us…I actually love seeing your photos and find myself looking over them all the time.
I love the picture with the 3 boats in the water. I hope you had a great time on your vacation. Keep snapping those shots !
March 2nd, 2010
Beautiful work!
I would LOVE a copy of the 4th one to the left of the ocean at dusk as it appears to me. I think this image is very serene.. I just love it! I love ALL of these images.. there so interesting and full of great colors and atmosphere. It looks like you had a fantastic and relaxing trip! 
Thank you!!
Crystal
March 2nd, 2010
Hi Jake,
Simon’s Pastor here. I was all set to send you a comment AND THEN I read at the bottom of your amazing offer.
First off, I love your 3 point message: Let go, loosen up, and don’t take things to seriously. That’ll preach!!!
I was also going to tell you which photos were my favorite. The first one that caught my eye and the one I’d like a signed print of was the tires up against the building. Honorable mentions: the Curve Building and Boat under the palm trees.
Thank you sir!
Warren
Warren Matson
1028 S. 116th Street
West Allis, WI 53214
414-403-5083
wmatson@wi.rr.com
March 2nd, 2010
j-
as always, great job. i’ve been watching you develop your talents over the years and i’m always amazed at your ability to capture the ordinary and transform it to the extraordinary.
as far as which print, pick the one you like best.
keep it up.
-j
March 2nd, 2010
Jake – these are beautiful. Glad you guys had fun. I lOVE the blue building with the flowering tree in front!
Kirsten
March 2nd, 2010
I like the flowers on the house
. Thanks for sharing your work!
March 2nd, 2010
I would like the 22nd picture down please
March 2nd, 2010
I went to cancun 2 weeks ago and left my Instax at home!! I don’t know if you’re still giving away pictures, but I’m absolutely in love with your shot of the ocean+beach+mossy rock/coral!
Great pics, I’m uber jealousssss!
March 5th, 2010
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