Photo diary of my birthday using my Charmera

For my birthday, I documented the celebration with my new Kodak Charmera Digital Keychain camera. It was a gift from my childhood friend. My first impression of it was that it is tiny! The whole camera fits well within the palm of my hand. It is also definitely not built for taking quality photos.

Using the camera made me nostalgic. It was fun playing with the different filters and capturing the tiny moments of the day regardless of how ordinary they were. Knowing that the photos were going to be grainy and imperfect was somehow relieving. It reinforced the intention of the photos being used for documentation, rather than presentation. It was more important to capture authentically in the moment than ensuring they were carefully curated and polished.

Here are the photos displayed as contact sheets, formatted using 8storeytree's online tool.

This is one of my favourites from the day:

(Unfortunately the timestamps in the photos are wrong. I didn't set the date correctly. A lesson for next time!)