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

[moodlover]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Use flash with a pink gel.

 

[moodlover]

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]

Cast your bread upon the waters...

 

[Gerald C Koch]

Use old and abused film.

 

[Jeff Bradford]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[vdonovan]

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]

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]

Microwave

Toaster oven?

 

[Sirius Glass]

Toaster oven?

That would do it.

 

[TSSPro]

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]

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]

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]

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