How to get funky color casts on fp-100c?

moodlover · Dec 17, 2016

Example:
Around 0:22 you can see some of her polaroids have this cool pink/purplish cast to them, I was wondering how artists achieve that? My polaroids are pretty straight-forward but I would like them to have funky colors. Do they have to expire for that?

Sirius Glass · Dec 17, 2016

Put the film in the trunk of a car and park it in the Sun for periods covering weeks, months, or years. That should bring out funky colors.

moodlover · Dec 17, 2016

Sirius Glass said:
Put the film in the trunk of a car and park it in the Sun for periods covering weeks, months, or years. That should bring out funky colors.

Yeaaaaah...I dont have a car or sun here, plus its winter so I don't know about that haha. Wondering if there's a fast way to do this?

Theo Sulphate · Dec 17, 2016

In my experience with the integral film (SX-70 and 600), as it gets older it becomes more yellow.

The photos you show look like peel-apart film, so I don't know what you have or how it would behave. I believe cooler temperatures produce an image with a blue cast.

Jeff Bradford · Dec 17, 2016

Use flash with a pink gel.

moodlover · Dec 17, 2016

Jeff Bradford said:
Use flash with a pink gel.

Did you check the video? Theres polaroids taken within seconds of each other and they each come out with a slightly different cast, some pink, some orange, some blue, some purple...I dont think its gels

chip j · Dec 17, 2016

Cast your bread upon the waters...

Gerald C Koch · Dec 18, 2016

Use old and abused film.

Jeff Bradford · Dec 18, 2016

moodlover said:
Did you check the video? Theres polaroids taken within seconds of each other and they each come out with a slightly different cast, some pink, some orange, some blue, some purple...I dont think its gels

Did you check the video? In the video, the subjects are illuminated with colored lights while being photographed.

MattKing · Dec 18, 2016

Jeff Bradford said:
Did you check the video? In the video, the subjects are illuminated with colored lights while being photographed.

That is a really good answer to the OP's question.

Theo Sulphate · Dec 18, 2016

Looking at it again, specifically the white balance, I think the color cast is in the lit backgrounds, not the film. The bottle of milk and dress are white, not tinted.

That said, temperature does affect the cast of SX-70 and type 600 film.

moodlover · Dec 18, 2016

Ive shot with gels before and it doesnt add funky colors to the entire polaroid

Here are direct links to the polaroid scans:

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http://www.emilysotoblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Melanie-Martinez-Emily-Soto-1.jpg

This cant be just gels...I would understand a color filter over the lens but not flash gels...

darcyjohnperkins · Dec 19, 2016

This is not FP-100C.

This is old Polaroid 669, etc. This off colouring is common with this film, particularly as it ages.

Look for some of this film expired on eBay, etc, if you want this exact look.

If you want to try to emulate this look with FP-100C then try waiting 5 or so years for it to age, or try excessive exposure to heat.

EdSawyer · Dec 19, 2016

WIll need more than 5 yrs for FP100c, and it doesn't age like this, it has other tendencies.

vdonovan · Dec 19, 2016

darcyjohnperkins said:
This is not FP-100C.

This is old Polaroid 669, etc. This off colouring is common with this film, particularly as it ages.

Look for some of this film expired on eBay, etc, if you want this exact look.

If you want to try to emulate this look with FP-100C then try waiting 5 or so years for it to age, or try excessive exposure to heat.

I agree, I think it's old Polaroid, not FP-100c. You can see the developer drip marks are dark brown, meaning it's old and oxidized. FP-100c is white.

cramej · Dec 19, 2016

moodlover said:
Yeaaaaah...I dont have a car or sun here, plus its winter so I don't know about that haha. Wondering if there's a fast way to do this?

Microwave

TSSPro · Dec 19, 2016

cramej said:
Microwave

Toaster oven?

Sirius Glass · Dec 19, 2016

TSSPro said:
Toaster oven?

That would do it.

TSSPro · Dec 19, 2016

FP-100C was supposed to full of super-goo that was much different than the polaroid versions. Self extinguishing, non caustic, organic? Free-range? (ok so I'm making up things....) That being said throw it in the mic, troaster oven, oven, etc and experiment and let us know how it turns out.

All the best!

EdSawyer · Dec 19, 2016

honestly, don't waste good Fp100c chasing this ho-hum effect. Buy some expired 669 or 690 if that is what you really want.

moodlover · Dec 19, 2016

Thanks for the real answers guys, I knew someone had to know it! A quick google search on polaroid 669 or 690 shows this exact effect, not gels so I will look to pick up some old polaroids.

Sirius Glass · Dec 19, 2016

See (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

How to get funky color casts on fp-100c?

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