hello friends! it’s nicolle again from sacred lotus bringing you a glimpse into the wonderful world of polaroid photography. there are many reasons why i love polaroids and one of them is the fun artistic things you can do after the photo is taken with different types of film. today i’m going to share with you just one of the many techniques for transforming your images into little works of art.

the process is called image manipulation. to get started with this technique you will need a polaroid sx-70 or one-step camera, time zero or artistic tz film, and any object with a blunt tip. start off with taking a colorful photo, then right after it comes out of the camera start drawing on it with the blunt tip of a pen cap or a knitting needle (different objects give different effects) moving around the emulsion ink. the finished product leaves you with a polaroid that looks like a painting!

the amazing polaroids in this post are from flickr photographer silveroxide. heather has a wonderful collection of sx-70 manipulations. stop by her flickr stream to get inspired! see you back here next tuesday for more polaroid love!

[ thanks to tuesday's regular guest blogger nicolle from sacred lotus. you can visit nicolle's shop here. ]