Metallic pens and bright permanent markers were used to outline, color, and add the text. To finalize some of the images, I peeled off the familiar Polaroid border in order to reveal the colorful edges
Tagged: Polaroid
Feb
06
The last of the Polaroids
Now that I have about 3 or 4 packs of Polaroid 600 film left (I think one of them is actually the manipulative SX-70 Time Zero film – though I can only wonder if it still holds its manipulative characteristics when it is so long expired), and just in case the Impossible Project turns out to be in fact impossible, then when I shoot a Polaroid, I feel like I have to make each picture count.
Yesterday, as another winter storm approached Southern California I decided to take a few rainy Polaroid pictures. I took these Polaroids using my Sun660 camera –
I like this camera because unlike the standard 600 camera it lets you shoot without firing the stupid flash.
[Most of the pictures were taken in beautiful downtown Culver City.]
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Jan
20
Transfer to Polaroid
Everybody knows what a Polaroid transfer is but what is a Transfer to Polaroid?
Ok, so this is what it’s all about:
A few days ago I realized I kept around a few Polaroids that didn’t turn out good; some of them didn’t even develop. Why I kept them is a whole different issue, but the fact is that I did and now I was looking at these Polaroids thinking “hmmmm.. there must be Something I can do with these nogoodniks… but what?”
And then, as it often happens, I had a marvelous idea; how about transferring an image onto the hopeless Polaroid, so the Polaroid acts as the receiving surface. What a brilliant idea! I thought to myself.
(As you see, I was quite impressed with myself.)
But anyway, now to the technical details:
1. In order to prepare the Polaroid to receive the image it is necessary to de-gloss the surface by lightly sanding it.
2. The next step in preparation is to coat the image area of the Polaroid with Gesso so the surface is unified.
3. After choosing the image to transfer it is important to trim it to the size of the Polaroid.
4. After covering the image with Mod Podge or any other gel medium it is placed face down and pressed onto the Polaroid.
5. The transfer must be completely dry before spraying the back of the transfer with water and removing the access paper to reveal the transfer.
6. When spraying the final transfer Polaroid with clear protective spray it’s a good idea to use a gloss finish to restore the appearance of the Polaroid’s original shine.
The really cool thing about this transfer technique is that after it is done you end up holding an actual Polaroid in your hand.
{Let me know if anything is unclear as I don’t think you’ll find any information about this process anywhere else 
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Dec
19
Do you miss your Polaroid?
The other day, I came across this free little program that takes your digital pictures and turns them into cool Polaroid-like images. And even though I thought this is somewhat pointless, non-the-less I had to admit; this program was just too cute to pass up.
So this is how you use it: you download and install the program to your pc, you drag the photo of your choice and drop it on the Polaroid camera icon, you then wait for the picture to “develop” and you’ve got yourself a high res. digital Polaroid-like image.
Now go figure out what to do with it…
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Aug
02
why should you use a polaroid?
Last week I was reminded again (I’ll explain another time) that some people just forgot how to have fun with photography.
They are very serious about the camera they must use, and often they are concerned with different technical issues they’ve heard so much about. It varies from the type of film they need, to how much post processing is acceptable, to how photography SHOULD BE DONE. Occasionally it seems to me that their focus is on making their viewers happy…. (This is always a major mistake!)
Now, that’s not to say that it is wrong to take yourself seriously, but just make sure you don’t forget along the way why you went into photography in the first place (hint: fun).
My immediate cure to such an illness is to prescribe one session of Polaroid photography.
Why? Because Polaroid can instantly(!) free you from the rules of the conventional, humorless, and tired world of photography.
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