HLing
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It seems that every time I turn around I find out something about film that fascinates me. This time it's about polaroid film:
Each time I find a new camera, I put film in it and see what comes out. The latest was the Polaroid OneStep Closeup. The camera was $1 but the Impossible film was $23. I took 6 shots indoors. I was at first disappointed at the muted colors and blurry image. Luckily someone there knew about polaroid film and shared his knowledge. As I was distraught over the flat and pale image of a face, he showed how with emulsion side in one palm, to rub the back of the picture with the other palm, producing heat, and gradually, the pale face came alive, details showed, even a little smile lines, and pale skin turned flesh color, and the mute blue in the background started to go from muddy to clear. In fact, it was going from blurred to focussed gradually.
Now, I don't know that the image would have changed so much on its own, but this was something that happened way past the initial 4 minutes of development time.
Not having the facility to wet print, this was fun along the same line in the hands-on way.
How many more things like this are there to find out? I was told about the beauty of Polaroid slides though I've not been able to find more info on it. In any case this is so much preferred over scanning negatives for me.
So, how do i find out more if I don't know what I don't know?
Each time I find a new camera, I put film in it and see what comes out. The latest was the Polaroid OneStep Closeup. The camera was $1 but the Impossible film was $23. I took 6 shots indoors. I was at first disappointed at the muted colors and blurry image. Luckily someone there knew about polaroid film and shared his knowledge. As I was distraught over the flat and pale image of a face, he showed how with emulsion side in one palm, to rub the back of the picture with the other palm, producing heat, and gradually, the pale face came alive, details showed, even a little smile lines, and pale skin turned flesh color, and the mute blue in the background started to go from muddy to clear. In fact, it was going from blurred to focussed gradually.
Now, I don't know that the image would have changed so much on its own, but this was something that happened way past the initial 4 minutes of development time.
Not having the facility to wet print, this was fun along the same line in the hands-on way.
How many more things like this are there to find out? I was told about the beauty of Polaroid slides though I've not been able to find more info on it. In any case this is so much preferred over scanning negatives for me.
So, how do i find out more if I don't know what I don't know?
