Perfectly Polaroid- The rest of the test

Polaroid film test- film 1
By Jo Howell 2011

I was fairly pleased with the results from the first round of film testing, (by first round I mean only round I can afford before the workshop with Arcadea next week). I tried the film in a number of different light situations to see the different effects.

I found that the flash on the top of the camera was not really powerful enough for indoor shooting so I will take along a couple of flash units and an umbrella to the workshop, once set to slave function the flashes will go off simultaneously to the camera enabling me to have more control of the light.

Polaroid Test 4- Ben taking Photo's
By Jo Howell 2011

I really like this test shot of my friend Ben playing with the camera he got last christmas, it has a genuine 70's feel in the flat light of an overcast day. I also think I managed to keep the camera more steady for this image so it's a lot sharper than some of the others.

Polaroid Test 5- Polaroid of a Polaroid
By Jo Howell 2011

This image is shot sitting next to the window in the pub, upon Ben's suggestion we paid homage to the front cover DVD design of Memento. 

Polaroid Test 7- Sunset over wall
By Jo Howell 2011

I thought I would show you this test shot that was taken at sunset to show the polaroid's surprising ability of capturing the colour. 

The workshop will be next week and I will be using the polaroids as a way for the participants to engage with Human Rights issues that effect them. Hopefully we can create some interesting set-up images, and get some interesting text or marks (perhaps portions of the Human Rights Act) written upon the polaroids themselves.

Come back soon to find out how the Silvertone film works, and how the project goes.

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