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145 Perfect Polaroid Captions for Instagram

There is nothing like a classic polaroid photo to capture the moment in a special way. Once you do, we have gathered all the best polaroid captions for Instagram for your next post. We have also included the best polaroid quotes for Instagram for when someone else has said it best first and funny polaroid captions to make them smile.

Now scroll through to find your favorite caption.

Polaroid Captions for Instagram

  • I picked up a polaroid camera, and never looked back.
  • Forever chasing good light.
  • Polaroids are pure magic.
  • I’m learning photography, so you could say I’m developing a new hobby.
  • Creating polaroids that will last forever, one photo at a time.
  • See life through a polaroid.
  • Every heart has a story waiting to be told.
  • How can we honestly forget this?
Picture with polaroid captions
  • If only we could turn back time.
  • Photography is a lifelong love affair.
  • Life looks better in black and white.
  • Taking polaroids is my favorite form of therapy.
  • Every moment is an opportunity to take a memory.
  • A photograph is the pause button of life.
  • Cheers to unforgettable nights in Polaroid.
  • A Polaroid is worth a thousand words.
  • These are the moments I want to keep forever.
  • Look for the magic in every moment.
Family with making memories captions
  • This moment will always hold a special place in my heart.
  • This moment was like a dream come true.
  • Sleepless nights and flashing lights.
  • Today’s aesthetic: black and white.
  • Collect moments, not things.
  • Photography is the memory of our lives.
  • Travel far, take polaroids, and never look back.
  • Making sure these moments last forever.
  • Found inner peace in this Polaroid.
  • Live for the little moments.
Friends with funny friend captions
  • Memories made together, last forever.
  • Honestly, you wish you were there with us.
  • Just me, my camera, and I.
  • Wild and free: exactly how life should be.
  • Go where you feel most alive.
  • The best memories are captured in Polaroid.
  • Endless adventures captured forever.
  • Can’t wait to do this again.
  • I’m addicted to photography, and I don’t want to be cured.
Sunrise and clever captions about travel
  • Memories make life more beautiful.
  • Oh, this time and this place.
  • Feels like this was taken ages ago.
  • Little moments, big memories.
  • The unexpected moment is always sweeter.
  • If you were looking for a sign, here it is.

If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Happy New Year Quotes, Happy New Year Captions, Blurry Picture Captions, Funny Captions and Disco Captions.

Funny Polaroid Captions

  • If you don’t know how your polaroid camera works, you really just need to look into it.
  • You’re classic, just like a Polaroid.
  • A polaroid never changes, even when the people in it do.
  • Let’s take polaroids that will take us laugh until we cry.
  • Life is better when you’re laughing.
  • Low quality pic, but high quality people.
  • In the end, it’s the polaroids that matter.
  • Something really clicked today.
  • Baby, you’re like lightning in a bottle.
Picture with funny polaroid captions
  • I want to shoot you, frame you, and hang you on my wall.
  • New polaroid camera, who dis?
  • When in doubt, shake it out.
  • Another day, another Polaroid.
  • Life is better in Polaroid.
  • Nothing shines brighter than a heart of gold.
  • Shutter up, this Polaroid is amazing.
  • Left me speechless.
  • Life is too short to not make memories.
  • Life without my camera? I shutter to think about it.
  • Taking a Polaroid of my coffee makes a great mug shot.
Friends dancing with funny friend Instagram captions
  • In my Polaroid element.
  • Call me a Polaroid, because I can picture us together.
  • Falling in love with you was like a Polaroid: instant.
  • I keep having flashbacks.
  • I’m classic, just like black and white.
  • All that glitters in Polaroid.
Person with funny flack and white photo captions
  • Guess where I am?
  • This is me, in all my glory.
  • Adjust your focus when life gets blurry.
  • My camera is my passport.
  • If we could only turn back time.
  • Life is too short to not take polaroids.

Short Polaroid Instagram Captions

  • From small beginnings come great polaroids.
  • Polaroids made together last a lifetime.
  • A black and white postcard.
  • Memories are the glue that binds our hearts together.
  • This moment is a polaroid in the taking.
  • Sunny rays and polaroid days.
  • Somewhere only we know.
  • Collect polaroids, not things.
  • The best polaroids come from unexpected adventures.
  • So grateful for this moment.
Picture with polaroid Instagram captions
  • Get out there and live a little.
  • Good times in black and white.
  • Happiness is taking polaroids with those you love.
  • We take photographs as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.
  • Undeniably, this is my happy place.
  • It’s less what the eye sees, and more what the soul feels.
  • So, this happened today.
  • A throwback to better times and even better memories.
  • Taking polaroids that will last a lifetime.
  • I’ll be gone in a flash.
Friends with memories captions for Instagram
  • I could get used to this view.
  • Take only photos, leave only footprints.
  • Oh snap, we’re having a good time.
  • A Polaroid a day keeps the worries away.
  • Get out there and make more memories.
  • Photography is a story I can’t put into words.
  • Let’s take polaroids that will light up our hearts forever.
  • A Polaroid postcard.
  • Keep taking polaroids and chasing your dreams.
  • Nothing compares to the memories we create together.
Friends with funny memories captions
  • Forever grateful for those amazing times.
  • Together we make the perfect polaroid.
  • Just doing this for the exposure.
  • Creating memories that will last forever, one photo at a time.
  • Your smile can change the world.
  • I’ll always cherish this moment and the memories we’ve made.
  • Taking polaroids with you is my favorite thing to do.
  • The eyes are the windows to the soul.
  • Slow down and enjoy the view.
  • Why so serious?
  • Polaroid dreaming.
  • Picture this.
  • Currently…
  • A Polaroid love affair.
  • Normal is boring.
  • Can’t dull my sparkle.
  • Captured true love today.
  • Pursuing my purpose.
Picture with short captions about polaroids
  • Hello, sunshine.
  • Once upon a time…
  • Living for the details.
  • Shadows vs. light.
  • Oh, shoot.
  • I woke up like this.
  • Feeling golden.
  • Oh, hey there.
  • Click with love.
  • Capturing dreams.
Friends with short captions about memories
  • Do it for the Polaroid.
  • Today’s mood.
  • Meanwhile…
  • Pretty as a postcard.
  • Just the two of us.
  • In my element.
  • Living our best life.
Heart in sand with captions for family love
  • Say cheese.
  • Shoot your shot.
  • Today’s aesthetic.
  • Life in a Polaroid.
  • Remember this?
  • Seek beauty every day.
  • I guess I call the shots.

Short Polaroid Quotes for Instagram

“Shake it like a Polaroid picture.” — Outkast

“If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.” — Linda McCartney

“Photography helps people to see.” – Berenice Abbott

“A photograph is an opportunity to keep a moment forever.” – Destin Sparks

Short polaroid quotes for Instagram by Outkast

“I don’t trust words. I trust pictures.” – Gilles Peress

“Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor.” — Taylor Swift, “New Year’s Day”

“Why does it take two days for a polaroid of John Major to appear?” – Barry Cryer

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams

“A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” — Eudora Welty

Family iwth short making memories quotes for Instagram by Pavese

“I love Polaroids and I have a Polaroid camera collection from the ’50s.” – Jennifer Jason Leigh

“Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.” – Ambrose Bierce

“Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” – Diane Arbus

“And I’m stuck in this intense relationship with Polaroid.” – Jonathan Lethem

“I didn’t invent the word “selfie,” but I took tons of Polaroids of myself.” – Brigid Berlin

“Polaroid, you know, goes against everything that photography is now. You can’t make multiples. Only one exists. I love that.” – Laurel Nakadate

“Essentially what photography is is life lit up.” – Sam Abell

“[A Polaroid camera] places before you a thing that is more of the thing than the thing was.” – Edwin Land

“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” – Dorothea Lange

Inspirational polaroid Instagram quotes by Smith

“The days, months, and years eventually reveal, like a Polaroid, a clear picture of how significant events and decisions ultimately shape our lives.” – Hoda Kotb

“This is what I like about photographs. It’s proof that once, just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect.” – Jodi Picoult

“The first Polaroid I ever took of someone in my family was my son when he was about four years old.” – Errol Morris

“You’ve got to visualize where you’re headed and be very clear about it. Take a polaroid picture of where you’re going to be in a few years.” – Sara Blakely

“A picture is a poem without words.” – Horace

Friends with funny memories Instagram quotes by Suess

“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” – Photography Journals

“Hollywood has gone from Pola to Polaroid.” – Pola Negri

“Cupcakes, pop songs, Polaroids, and short stories. They all raise and answer questions in a short space.” – Laurel Nakadate

“Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world.” – Patti Smith

“Once I started working with the Polaroid, I would take a shot and if that shot was good, then I’d move the model and change the lighting or whatever… slowly sneaking up on what I wanted rather than having to predetermine what it was.” – Chuck Close

“I’m definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I’m really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid.” – Lady Gaga

Person hiking with short travel quotes about life by Helen Keller

“I’ve been taking pictures continuously since 1995 until the end of Polaroid film. I’m taking very few pictures nowadays because I have very little film left, most of it expired.” – Patti Smith

“I often take Polaroids of things that strike me as visually interesting, just to remember.” – Helena Christensen

“…not relying merely upon memory which fades like a Polaroid print where you see the memory fading before your eyes like time itself retreating.” – Joyce Carol Oates

“I still love taking pictures with Polaroid film. For me, it offers the most beautiful way of capturing reality and transferring it onto a flat piece of paper.” – Helena Christensen

So that is it for our list of captions and quotes. Hopefully you found the perfect one for you.

Now go share your polaroid photo!

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About the Author

Laynni Locke

I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.

And it doesn’t matter if you are travelling, celebrating a special occasion or just appreciating day-to-day life, when you take that perfect photo you are going to need the perfect caption or quote before you share it. Which is why we started Routinely Shares, providing comprehensive lists of quotes and captions to cover every occasion, adventure or loved one.

With extensive experience as a travel writer, social media specialist and grant writer, I have made it my mission to curate the best and easiest to use lists for your next post.

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