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What is a Polaroid instant camera ?

An instant camera is a type of camera which uses self-developing film to create a chemically developed print shortly after taking the picture.

Brief history on the instant camera

The first easy to use instant camera are credited to American scientist Edwin Land, who unveiled the first commercial instant camera, the model 95 Land Camera, in 1948, a year after unveiling instant film in New York City.

However the earliest instant camera, which consisted of a camera and portable wet darkroom in a single compartment, was invented in 1923 by Samuel Shlafrock.

Since digital and phone cameras came out, instant cameras fell in popularity around 2003 but they have recently became very popular with millennials as they like the aestheticness of it and also like having an instant photo that they can hold and show off instead of it being locked into a digital device. In 2014, approximately 387 million units of instax cameras where sold, compared to 1,000 units in 2002.

There are many different types of instant cameras such as polaroid, instax and many

more.

There is also many types of instant films ranging from black and white, colour, designed edges and so much more- this makes it very appealing to all age types of both genders.

Another good thing about instant cameras is that the photos they produced are pretty much one offs because you will never have the exact same lighting or moment twice- so its hard to recreate an image.

To be extra creative you can use a variety of different techniques

such as polaroid lifting and transferring.

Polaroid Lifting

An emulsion lift (or emulsion transfer) is when the emulsion layer is removed from a sheet of instant film and then transferred to a different surface, also known as polaroid lifting.

Here is a step by step guide on how to do

polaroid lifting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4o0opQSdoE

Using polaroid lifting you can get some really cool results and all are unique, here are some examples.

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Before, our class went into the photographic studio