The inverted version of the shots

Ever since everyone started getting their Lomo'Instants and someone figured out that very over exposed Instax film created what was almost a negative image, these have popped up everywhere here.

I discovered this when I first got my first Instax when trying to do super close up images but I never really tried much more with it.

So I thought, "I'll show that this technique works for any Instax camera!" and I had a little fun doing it.

The technique is pretty simple, you want to take a photo that is heavily over exposed. The more over exposed the better. For some reason, due to how the Instax film works, if it gets enough over exposure, it creates what is essentially a negative image of your subject.

The reason this works so well with the close up lenses is because when you are that close to your subject, the flash will be overbearing and over expose the shot.

It can be done easily with any Instax camera, doesn't matter which kind. As long as you have a powerful enough flash or light to approximate somewhere around 4-10 stops of over exposure.

The shots in this album were shot using a Neo Classic and a Holga CUL that focuses at around 4.7". I then scanned and inverted the images and viola!

I do think the ones the Lomo'Instant creates look cooler because they are using the fun plastic goodness for a lens. But the technique is fun from any Instax camera.

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  1. hervinsyah
    hervinsyah ·

    look like Bono U2

  2. alienmeatsack
    alienmeatsack ·

    @hervinsyah lol - I sure can't sing like he can that is for sure. And I have a beard. But he's famous and rich so he wins :D

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