The unique Polaroid images that adorn the Opuses were captured using a Polaroid 20 x 24 Studio camera. This huge camera stands 5ft high and weighs 235lb and produces superbly detailed 20 x 24in (50 x 60cm) images. Originally developed to enable the accurate reproduction of works of art, photographers soon started to use it as a creative tool.

The nature of the Studio camera creates genuinely unique one-off images. The distinctive patterning around the edge of each image is a result of the developing chemicals used in the process.

The camera uses a continuous roll of film as opposed to the single sheets often associated with Polaroid images. Three types of film can be employed in the camera, colour, black and white, and a sepia coloured film affectionately referred to as chocolate.