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Reason #2654 why instant cameras are the coolest thing since sliced artisanal bread: portraits, baby!
Keep these tricks up your sleeve next time you’re photographing your friend/nanna/cat/batman figure to give your portraits a bit of POW!
Embrace instant and give your digital camera a rest, like, this instant.
Learn How To Take Awesome Instant Portraits
WHY IT’S COOL
Your portraits can not only be enjoyed instantly, they’ll have some serious attitude.
IDEA 1: EXPOSE LOOOOOOONGER
Long exposures are really fun to play with. You can paint with light, or capture movement. Or both.
Ask your subject to wave fairy lights in front of their face while keeping the shutter open to capture it all.
IDEA 2: BLUR, YES SIR
For a surreal look, throw out all the rules and set the focus to short distance when photographing from a long distance, or visa versa.
Because sometimes a hint at something is better than the real thing.
IDEA 3: EMBELLISH
Give your portraits a personal touch and another dimension by painting over it with nail polish or glitter glue.
Who says more isn’t more?
IDEA 4: DOUBLE UP
Give your portraits some texture by turning on your camera’s multiple exposure function, and take a photo of a pattern (graffiti, flowers or even wallpaper work really well) before taking a photo of your subject.
This technique takes a lot of experimentation and always give an interesting result!
GRAB YOURSELF AN INSTANT CAM!
Limited Edition Polaroid SX-70
Calling all nostalgia lovers! This guy is the original instant camera, made only up until 1977 and hand restored to perfect condition just for you.
Lomo Instant Camera
Lomography your thang? The Lomo Instant comes with three additional lenses (fisheye, portrait and close up) and gives you a bunch of creative controls including those sexy long exposures, multiple exposures, manual aperture and gel filters for color flash, if you please.
Instax Mini 8 Camera
Ahh simple pleasures. The classic does one thing: take instant photos. And it does it with a smile on it’s little camera face every time. Just load film, point, shoot and collect your credit card sized photo.
Instax 90 Neo Classic Instant Camera
The wiser, more distinguished sibling of the classic Instax Mini Cam, this sexy beast let’s you play with double exposures, long exposures, adjustable shooting modes and wait for it…a self timer. SELF PORTRAITS OMG!
Instax Wide 300
Instax Mini too…mini for you? Go wide! This is your guy if you want all the features of the classic Instax Mini, but think your mug deserves a larger canvas.
TAKING IT FURTHER
- Chances are that you will end up with a couple of dud shots but be sure to hang on to them. Just cut out the photos with a craft knife, leaving only the frame. Now hold it in front of your subject’s face for a meta touch.
- Or what about putting an actual instant photo within another? Then again and again. How deep can you go?
- Turn your camera upside down or tilt diagonally, get down low or shoot from right above.
© Erika for Photojojo, 2015. |
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