Added to your bagitems

    Time to experiment.

    Published on 
    Time to experiment.

    Here you’ll learn all about composition, avoiding alligators, self-timer mode, scanning your pictures, and double exposure mode.

    Composing your shot.

    First, adapt for parallax. The viewfinder doesn’t look through the lens, so to center your pictures move a little to the left (or look over the lens barrel). Second, wear pocketed shorts. They’re handy to store all your lens caps, developing pictures, new packs of film, tripods, albums, frames, protective UV glass, cables, stolen pens, fake mustaches, feather boas, and alligator jerky. Third, make sure your subject has a close background. But not too close.

    Composing your shot.

    Activating self-timer mode.

    If you have no friends, strap your camera to a selfie stick or set it down and activate self-timer mode (see user manual). You have up to nine seconds to get into position. Selfie stick and tape not included.

    Activating self-timer mode.

    Scan and share your photos.

    Keep the analog textures of your Polaroid pictures even when making them digital by scanning them in the Polaroid App.

    Scan and share your photos.

    Taking a double-exposure.

    Contemplate first how to compose your shot. The dark parts of your first shot are the parts that get re-exposed in the second shot. So, take your first photo with darker elements and your second with lighter ones. Your second shot fills the darker spaces. Put your camera into double exposure mode. For Now, double-press the self-timer button. For Now+, double press the + button or use the app. For Go, double press the flash button. For I-2, set multiple exposure modes and choose two.

    Your camera or mobile display flashes the number '1', signalling you to take your first picture. Frame your shot. Press the shutter button. If you like, turn off the camera and return to it later, or continue. If you continue the number '2' now flashes on your camera or mobile display. Make the necessary changes and take your final exposure.

    Taking a double-exposure.

    Related Posts

    View allArrow