Sometimes using the exposure compensation dial on your camera just isn't enough to get a properly exposed Polaroid. In these cases, you have to resort to tricking your camera into thinking it's darker than it actually is. How do you do this? If you can come up with a piece of a neutral density gel, it's really easy! Just cut out a piece that will fit inside of the light sensor on your camera (or tape it over the top) and you're done! I used a 1-stop gel, so now my camera exposes one stop more than it needs to. It doesn't always give me perfect exposures and I find I still need to turn the exposure compensation dial to the "lighten" side, but it sure helps!
Here you can see the gel next to the sensor and then inside of the sensor.
I decided to play around a little over the weekend and take a few photos. I took these photos with the gel in place and the dial all the way to it's lightest setting. I haven't done much to these scans, so the actual photos look better in person. I tried to adjust the last photo to represent what the actual prints look like.
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| This was taken on expired Polaroid Sepia film. |
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