.polaroid-container{
    position:relative; /* for being able to use absolute positioning for the 'tape' images, explained below */
    float:left;        /* with a float we can a)embed the polaroid photo within text and have it wrap around and b) we don't need to specify a width/height */
    margin: 20px;      /* we want to put some space between the polaroid photo and the surrounding content */
}


.polaroid-shadow{
    background-color: #CCCCCC; /* a light gray color, for the pretend shadow */
    text-align: center;        /* aligns the text and image to the center */
}

.polaroid{
    background-color: #FDFDFD; /* a light gray background */
    border: 1px solid #999999; /* a thin border in darker gray */
    position: relative;        /* this allows us to move the the polaroid div without removing it from the flow of the page i.e. we can offset it and show the 'shadow' from below */
    left: -3px;                /* we move the polaroid to the left... */
    top: -3px;                 /* ...and up */
}

.polaroid-content-container{
    margin: 45px 45px 45px 45px; /* a little extra margin at the bottom */
}

.polaroid-pic{
    display: block;                  /* this prevents the caption from sliding in next to the image,
                                     since both are inline elements by default */
    border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;       /* give the image a thin, slightly gray border */
    border-top: 1px solid #999999;   /* then we override the border for the top and right... */
    border-right: 1px solid #999999; /* ...for a very subtle film-embedded-in-the-paper effect */
    margin-bottom: 15px;             /* we need some gap betwen the image and caption, which also serves to increase the bottom portion of the polaroid, adding to the effect */
}

.polaroid-caption{
    color: #777777;                  /* dark gray for the caption text... */
    font-size: 0.75em;               /* ...which will be 75% of the enclosing container's font... */
    font-style: italic;              /* ...and will be italicised */
}