{"id":53,"date":"2004-02-17T22:22:21","date_gmt":"2004-02-18T06:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.roberval.com.br\/?p=53"},"modified":"2011-03-26T16:41:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T19:41:57","slug":"should-i-really-shake-it-like-a-polaroid-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/2004\/02\/should-i-really-shake-it-like-a-polaroid-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I really &#8220;shake it like a Polaroid picture?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question<br \/>\nEver since the song &#8220;Hey Ya&#8221; by Andre 3000 of Outkast came out, everyone is shaking their Polaroid pictures. I have always been told that you should not shake a Polaroid picture, but I&#8217;m having a hard time convincing those around me that this is true. What is the answer?<br \/>\nAnswer<br \/>\nThe short answer is no, you don&#8217;t have to (and shouldn&#8217;t) &#8220;shake it like a Polaroid picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shaking or waving a Polaroid picture to help the development process originated in the early days of peel-apart film. After peeling the negative, the image needed to dry before it could be handled, so waving the photo helped it to dry more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>When using the integral films (600, Spectra, 500, SX-70\/Time-Zero, i-Zone) that are used in our most popular current camera models (Polaroid One, OneStep, JoyCam, etc.), the image develops and dries behind a clear plastic window and never touches the air, so shaking or waving has no effect.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, shaking or waving can actually damage the image. Rapid movement during development can cause portions of the film to separate prematurely, or can cause &#8220;blobs&#8221; in the picture.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to ensure a perfectly developed image is to simply lay the picture on a flat surface immediately after it exits the camera. Shield it from the wind and avoid bending, twisting, or otherwise disturbing it during development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question Ever since the song &#8220;Hey Ya&#8221; by Andre 3000 of Outkast came out, everyone is shaking their Polaroid pictures. I have always been told that you should not shake a Polaroid picture, but I&#8217;m having a hard time convincing those around me that this is true. What is the answer? Answer The short answer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1102,"href":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/1102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberval.com.br\/roberval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}