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05/22/2005 08:24:21 AM · #1 |
Does anyone own the polaroid daylab that works with 4x6 prints?
I am thinking about buying it as I have always wanted to do transfers but didnt want to have to make my digital pics into slides.
I figure this is a much easier method as it uses prints which can be made for 17 cents a piece.
If anyone has any tips etc.. I'd love to hear.
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05/22/2005 09:54:37 AM · #2 |
I own it!
I find that the resulting pictures aren't as vivid as the ones that come from the slide daylab, but it does its job pretty well. I'm a big fan of the emulsion lift. The transfers are cool, as well, but I feel like I have a lot more control over the lifts. Here are a couple:
 
It's hard to get a sense for the three-dimensionality of a lift from a very two-dimensional scan, but I adore "Liftoff". It's the best lift I've ever done.
Message edited by author 2005-05-22 10:01:27. |
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05/22/2005 11:23:53 AM · #3 |
those are very cool.
I think I will order the daylab today.
Are the emulsion lifts hard to master?
What else do I need to have to do them?
Do you place them on watercolor paper?
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05/22/2005 11:49:30 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by waterlilies:
I own it!
I find that the resulting pictures aren't as vivid as the ones that come from the slide daylab, but it does its job pretty well. I'm a big fan of the emulsion lift. The transfers are cool, as well, but I feel like I have a lot more control over the lifts. Here are a couple:
It's hard to get a sense for the three-dimensionality of a lift from a very two-dimensional scan, but I adore "Liftoff". It's the best lift I've ever done. |
How did you do this? Those images are amazing. What is a polaroid daylab? |
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05/22/2005 12:21:02 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by TerryGee:
those are very cool.
I think I will order the daylab today.
Are the emulsion lifts hard to master?
What else do I need to have to do them?
Do you place them on watercolor paper? |
I've been reccommended to use hot-pressed water color paper (at least 140 lb) when doing those kinnds of prints. |
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05/22/2005 02:45:14 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by TerryGee:
those are very cool.
I think I will order the daylab today.
Are the emulsion lifts hard to master?
What else do I need to have to do them?
Do you place them on watercolor paper? |
I use watercolor paper, when I have it. The sturdiness of the paper is helpful because you have to wet the paper to make the emulsion stick, and thinner paper tends to warp. I find the emulsion lifts pretty simple to do, though they take patience. I bought a little saucepan at Goodwill to cook the prints in, then when they're ready, I dip them in a dish of cold water and roll them carefully off the paper back. I took a class on alt photographic processing, and we had a pyrex dish for the cold water, and a square of clear plexiglass, about 5"x5", for transferring the emulsion itself. I don't have those yet, but definitely want to pick them up at some point. |
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05/22/2005 02:49:24 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by nfessel:
How did you do this? Those images are amazing. What is a polaroid daylab? |
The daylab is sort of like a copy machine. You place a print (or any kind of flat art) on the copy surface, and it's transferred to a special kind of Polaroid film. (I use 669, but there are a few other types that work for transfers and lifts, as well. The making of the images isn't terribly complicated, but it's hard to explain. This is a fairly good link for explaining how it works. Every final image is unique. |
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