Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the explanation. It certainly leads to distinctive looks. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 8:30 AM Christopher Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > No. The only film that it ever worked on was the old Polaroid SX-70 that > was discontinued some time in the late 1990s. It never worked on Polaroid > 600 or Spectra, or on any of Fuji's instant films. Doesn't work on the new > Polaroid materials made today either. The old Polaroid materials allowed a > lot of experimental work. > > Something else that you could do with the old Polaroid materials was > emulsion lifts. This worked on the type 669 Peel-Apart film. The print > would be placed in a tray of hot water, then moved to a tray of cold water. > This softened the emulsion then broke it loose from the plastic backing. > You could then slide apiece of drawing paper under the floating emulsion. > The emulsion would be wrinkled and could be manipulated before it dried. > Once dry, it stuck to the new paper. Here's an example: > > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1816 > > Image Transfers were another thing that worked with the peel-apart films. > With this technique, you took a piece of drawing paper and soaked it in > water for a few minutes, then blotted it so it was damp but not wet on the > surface. You would take a picture with the peel apart film. Normally, you > pulled the film from the camera and waited 90 seconds to peel it apart. > When doing a transfer, you'd pull it apart immediately then quickly put the > 'negative' sheet face down on the damp drawing paper. A rubber roller was > used to push it flat on the paper. You then waited the 90 seconds before > peeling the negative sheet off. The image would be transferred to the > drawing paper. Because regular paper does not have the gelatin receiving > layer that the Polaroid print material has, the image would look soft, with > muted color. Here's one: > > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1835 > > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > https://crawfordphotoschool.com Learn From Me > > > > ?On 3/22/22, 10:11 PM, "LUG on behalf of Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG" > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > I like this. Never have used Polaroids. Can this be replicated on a > Fuji > Instax? > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 3:48 AM Christopher Crawford < > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > > Last night I scanned a bunch of experimental photographs that I made > on > > Polaroid film when I was an art student in the late 1990s. The old > Polaroid > > SX-70 film was soft when it first developed, and you could use a > blunt > > object to smear the image around. > > > > > > > > This photograph of a pair of butternut squash that my grandma had > picked > > in her garden was one of the first of these Polaroid Manipulations > that I > > did. Unfortunately, they can't be done anymore; the modern Polaroid > films > > harden too quickly. > > > > > > > > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=3606 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chris Crawford > > > > Fine Art Photography > > > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > > > 260-437-8990 > > > > > > > > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > > > > > > > https://crawfordphotoschool.com Learn From Me > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information