Summary: A Polaroid lift is done by boiling an image in hot water. Learn how to do a Polaroid lift from a professional photographer in this free photography video.
Anthony Maddaloni is a professional photographer from Austin, Texas. A New York native, he moved to Austin 10 years ago after graduating from Purchase College in New York. He has...read more
"So, again what I was doing here today was this image became a Polaroid transfer. And, this image I made just a very quick collage from an old photograph and advertisement. And, so now what I'm going to do now that I have my transfer I'm going to do an image lift. Which means, that I'm going to boil this image essentially in hot water. I'm going to peel the image off here and then I'm going to put it on watercolor paper. So, that these two essentially this is called an emotion lift. This is difficult. This is not easy. And, you're dealing with some pretty hot water. So, if you have kids around definitely a fun project. But, adult supervision is necessary. And, this is this one will peel I think kind of nicely. So, you'll it will be interesting to see the versions of the two things that you can do."
eHow Article: Polaroid Photography Lift
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