How do I get this polaroid/vintage effect? Help! Pics Included.

[lover.mk]

- well, raise ISO (which gives you some "grain" effect). If you want it to look more like real grain (since increasing ISO also gives a lot of colour noise which looks different from grain), then use a grain filter in post processing.

- get the white balance wrong on purpose

- use a horrible on camera flash

- try not to compose the image too well


that would be my recipe

Thanks so much for your help (& patience because it's clear that you think these pictures are complete rubbish, but that's the effect I'm after!) Alex_B and ZaphodB .

Cheers for the 'recipe'! I'll be cooking up some dodgy photographs post haste

 

[selmerdave]

Also use cheap print film, maybe Gold 400 or 800.

Dave

 

[jon_k]

Thanks so much for your help (& patience because it's clear that you think these pictures are complete rubbish, but that's the effect I'm after!) Alex_B and ZaphodB .

Cheers for the 'recipe'! I'll be cooking up some dodgy photographs post haste

Cool stuff can be had post processing too. Get adobe photoshop and try Aly's Vintage and Professional Retro actions.

 

[Mike_E]

You could try the alien skin plug-in called exposure also.

The real question is where you get that chair!

Mike

 

[Aquarium Dreams]

Recently I saw some advertisements shot in this style in a fashion magazine. Grainy, on-camera flash, washed out skin tones, and weird white balance--on purpose. Very low-fi chic.

 

[selmerdave]

American Apparel?

 

[Aquarium Dreams]

American Apparel does it too! I love their ads. The one I was thinking of was something more girly-girl, I just can't remember what it was. Now it's going to drive me crazy.

 

[lover.mk]

Recently I saw some advertisements shot in this style in a fashion magazine. Grainy, on-camera flash, washed out skin tones, and weird white balance--on purpose. Very low-fi chic.

That's the plan Aquarium Dreams!

Magazines with slightly more avant garde fashion themes like Nylon, Cream, Russh, Oyster..etc could very likely be the mag that you're thinking of!