Feedback about using new product/Daylab

[rich_deferrari1]

A friend of mine who owns Daylab has asked my opinion about a product

{last one I helped bring to market} and its possible interrest to pro

wedding photographers.I thought I would do a quick survey here.

Thanks in advance for your honest opinions. Daylab makes a copier

that will take 4x6" prints and makes a quick copy of them onto

Polaroid film {like T-669/T 664}. This is a 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 instant

film. This film costs about a $1 a sheet. You can then do a number

of creative things with these films. For B&W you can hand color

them ,for color you can do emulsion lifts or image transfers. For

examples of these go to Kathleen Carrs website or Daylabs website or

many,many others. I have seen "magic" with these processes. You may

also be able to do sx-70 manipulations also. So -my question. At appx

$100 - would anyone be interrested in a copier like this ? Do you

think you might use one? Anyone do any of the Polaroid Creative

processes{ie. image transfer,emulsion lifts, B&W handcoloring,sx-70

manipulations} and integrate them into your wedding work {rather than

just personal work}.This product will be shown at the big wedding

show in April also to gauge how it will be accepted. Sorry for the

long post -your honest assessment is appreciated. Thanks and best

regards -RichD

[stacy]

I love Polaroid transfers, but I haven't done any since college. For $100 I would buy one just for fun. I'm sure i would try some wedding photos...no idea what I would charge a client for something like that though.

 

What type of paper works best for polaroid transfers?

[rich_deferrari1]

Thank you for your response -I charge "custom" prices for doing image transfers of wedding/portraits to clients. I have a very high sucess rate with them and I {my clients too} think they come out beautiful They are truly "one of a kind" . For paper a safe bet is Arches 88 . Hot press papers work best -cold press don't typically work as well. Bienfang and hahnemuelle{sp?} also make some really nice papers. Of course you can "improve any paper by giving it a gelatin bath to make it smoother and give the dyes something to mordant{stick} to. Thanks again -RichD.

ps . would love some more feedback please.

[stacy]

See- now I want one of these. I was under the impression that the other daylab copiers used slides only- so this is a new one that will take 4x6 prints or am I wrong about the old ones?

[rich_deferrari1]

Correct ! The older Daylabs {some outputted to wet conventional chemistry_others to Polaroid 's} made prints only from slides/negs.This new copier was created to make copies from any type prints appx 4x5 or 4x6 onto Polaroid pack film -3 1/4 x 4 1/4 {ie T669/T664}. The intended market was either scrapbookers or image/emulsion transfer artists. People often say "I wish I could see this/that in a product or I wish a product existed that would..." Well folks -this is your chance to truly influence whether a product goes to market or not. So -please let me know if you think you might ever use one. Thanks and best regards -RichD

[streetlevel]

Interesting product Rich - I do use the assorted polaroid processes and their manipulation, but not in a daylab workflow, so it doesn't really fit into my work, but cool nontheless - I'm sure others will have a blast with it.

 

Post some images once you've had a chance to play. :)

[rich_deferrari1]

Thank you William! appreciate your input! best regards -RichD