Considering negatives were A4-size, exposure times were at least 30 seconds (in bright sunshine) and film had to be concocted and processed in small tents that the photographer carried with them, there are some gems of images…
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Another new Holga: The Holga Half Frame (Holga 135TIM)
Another new holga, this time a half frame/stereo/smileyface bizarro camera!
The Best Photos from Flickr November/December 2009
Due to christmas, we are running a bit behind with the monthly bests. Here’s our attempt to catch up with a bumper combined November/December batch. Snowy pics ahoy!
In Review: the Gakkenflex 135mm TLR
The hottest thing in toy cameras right now may be the Gakkenflex Twin Lens Reflex that’s available as a DIY kit From Gakken Mook (magazine, book) in Vol 25. The best part (or worst if you’re not into this sort of thing) is that you must assemble using instructions in Japanese. There’s already a small cult following on flickr.
The Polaroid 20×24
Holgablog pays tribute to the most spectacular instant camera ever created, looking at it’s features, how it works, and into the future for this amazing feat of engineering.
Lady GaGa + Polaroid=??
That’s Lady Gaga above, if you didn’t realise! Polaroid have announced they have teamed up with Lady Gaga to release some Gagapolaroid products. Out of all the creative team ups over the years, that is one I didn’t see coming. As per usual with this type of news, the interwebs is up in arms, with the »
Holga theme for Firefox Personas
According to some crazy philosopher, it’s better to give than to receive – and apparently Christmas is the time to do so. With that in mind, I went into the little shed at the end of my garden, and knocked together a little Holga 120 WPC skin for you Firefox users – oh, and you’ll »
Welcome our new sponsor…Photoworks SF (and an exclusive offer!)
We always thought we had a missing sponsor in Holgablog: we had a camera manufacturer in Holga Inspire ,a seller of camera equipment, film, and accessories in Freestyle Photo, but we didn’t have a sponsor to complete the photo cycle of developing and printing. But fear not! We welcome Photoworks SF on board as another »
New Exhibition: Holga Inspire
In association with Umbrella Arts, Holga Inspire is hosting a fantastic exhibition in NYC beginning December 9th. The exhibition includes pretty much all the famous holga photographers you have seen before! The exhibition opens with a party on the 9th Decemeber at 18:00, and you are all invited! Get yourself onto the facebook event page to »
