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How to Create the Polaroid ‘Look’ – A Glossary and Guide to Instant Film Defects and Manipulation

By Dan Finnen

Type
Article
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free
Published
2017
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About this lesson

A glossary of over twenty instant-film defects and manipulations across Impossible Project, Fuji Instax and vintage Polaroid stock, explaining the chemistry behind each effect (like the opacifier fading during development) and how to trigger or avoid it on purpose.