Have you ever accidentally pressed the eject button on your instant-back adapter before taking a photo? If so, you have likely been crushed thinking about what an incredible waste it is to have to discard these instant "blanks". Well you no longer have to let them go to waste. You can re-purpose these blanks to create cool photo collages.
Photo by mafiosa
Be sure to hold on to any “waste” or “blank” Instax film, as there are many possible uses for them in the future. I recently realized that I had a very large stack of blanks and wanted to do something creative with them. One of the best things about these blanks is that they are black and white, so I decided to apply the principle of using dark space to optimize double exposures.
Here is what I did:
I took my stack of Instax blanks…
and spread them out in a random pattern on top of a black background:
Next, I loaded some film into my camera, and captured this image on each frame. I altered the angle and distance for each shot so that they would all be slightly different. Then I rewound the film, reloaded it, and shot various images (i.e. portraits, landscapes, randoms, etc.). The results are almost exactly what I pictured in my head when I came up with this idea.
It’s a photo-collage without actually being a collage.
I hope you enjoy and experiment with this. I know I will certainly be repeating this technique, and hopefully building on it. <3
30 comments
neanderthalis
Cool save!
wuxiong
Very nice idea to use the waste instants.....^..^ Cool results and thanks for sharing...^..^
boredslacker
Fantastic technique! Will definitely try this on my blanks!
nubesdecolores
I love it!!
legfreak
guanatos
awesome idea, it's simple and effective!
134340
really cool tipster!! <3 <3
istionojr
very interesting tipster! do you shot the blank instax with or without flash?
adamo-75
Supercool idea!!
mapix
really nice idea, thanks!
mont0417
you are so creative ^^
cutebun
Awesome! I love the idea.
mafiosa
Thank you all for liking (and in some cases commenting on) this article!! <3 -
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mafiosa
thank you @lomographytaiwan for translating this tipster <3
mafiosa
Thank you very much @viihm @zoloto @xaviru @triky76 @bkspicture @missbug for liking this tipster. And thank you @shanti929 for translating it :)
viihm
@Mafiosa No problem :)
mafiosa
Thank you @imoomi @littlekoala @deprofundis @susielomovitz @guztanova and @nubesdecolores for liking this tipster :)
bluemie5
love it!
imoomi
great!
phoenix1206
That's so cool!
jeabzz
brilliant idea!
maria_vlachou
genious!
tamsoam
Nice!!!! Ive got some blanks too.........
freelancer
Cool trick! And you know what´s cool too! You can turn around "impossible project" insatnts for polaroid and do teh same magic.... with properly exposed polaroids. Use them twice in creative way. Thank you @mafiosa
freelancer
Sorry for the mistakes in my comment - I had 2 beers...
mafiosa
LOL - no worries @freelancer !! I need a couple of beers myself :)
jet
Nice tip! I should try it!
jet
Nice tip! I should try it!
stonerfairy
Should try this!!
raapstelenstamppot
Fantastic! I only wished I had blank Instax film...