My dear girl Tina Carter (www.vraiphoto.com) introduced me to the Holga. I fell in love with the dream-like quality of one of her images that she made with her toy camera. I was completely baffled by it- the idea of making these magical images without having hardly any technical control at all. I started researching Holgas online, and I realized that I am on the end of a loooong train of Holga enthusiasts. People become obsessed. And now I can see why.
So, I told Mark that I hoped for one for Christmas. He came through, and my brother Ben and I went playing in the snow, and at the art museum, shooting pictures with my new little toy along the way. Today I got the first roll back that I shot with it. I really didn't even know if anything would be on the film. And- I was pleasantly surprised. Here is one that I love
Ben's hands
stay tuned for more Holga in the future
5 comments:
I love it, how lovely! I am a holga(& other toy cameras) fan too. I've got quite a few Brownies and Dianas, though it's been a few years since I played with them. you've inspired me to dig them out! the results are always so gorgeous & unexpected. :)
Have you tried some photoshop options? I don't like waiting for film development....http://makelightreal.com/index.php?s=holga
has some scripts to download....
Hey ... I've never heard of Holga cameras, but lookie at what I found tonight whilst surfing on Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8722899
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8575557
And here's the rest ... there were 393 matches that had something to do with Holga cameras!
http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title&search_query=holga
i was just introduced to holga's and I'm amazed by some of the shots you can "end up" with.
hope all is well!
-bs
LOVE IT!!!!
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