This post is in follow up to my previous article “10 Tips for Better Holga Self Portraits” that I wrote just over a month ago. I was hoping to challenge the readers and toy camera shooters out there to try something different, go out of comfort zones and boxes and express themselves. Self portraits are not about »
It’s been a long summer at holgablog, trying to get some new things off the ground ,sponsoring Holgapalooza (still time to enter!), wlecoming new writers, reviewing new products, and having a few competitions. Our summer competition was a celebration of sun, sea, sand, blue skies, and lots of other things I don’t see very often in »
Over the last few months we have ran a competition where you could win one of two lovely Smena/Cosmic Symbol cameras. The competition closed on the 1st September (the end of summer), and we have been overwhelmed with the quantity, and more importantly, the quality of the entries! It’s taken us a few weeks to go through »
Another holgablog competition is upon us! It’s summertime, we are feeling generous so we are giving you the chance to win one of two near MINT Smena/Cosmic Symbol cameras, along with faux leather cases. We have written about the Symbol before, and we loved it! Paired with cheap film, the colours and tones it produces »
Each year from July to September, photographers from around the world are encouraged to participate in an international contest featuring Holga photography hosted by Light Leaks Magazine and Toycamera.com. Holgablog.com is sponsoring a category….get involved!
It’s been a long time coming, but the votes have been counted, Holga consulted, and we are ready to announce our winner! Before that, we just thought we would congratulate everyone on the incredibly high quality of the entries. We would feel proud to put each and every one on the website. The remaining »
A Small reminder. This competition ENDS ON SUNDAY. so get your entries in now There’s a great prize available: Any Holga camera you want!!!
Holgablog, in association with Holga Inspire brings you an exciting new competition! You have the chance to win ANY holga camera in the entire holga catalogue (you can see »
Thanks for everyone who entered the competition to win a commie camera. We were genuinely humbled by the response we got. We felt a bit sorry for the Vilia, nobody really wanted it apart from a few, so it looks like it will be staying in my cupboard for a bit longer! The judging process was a »
To continue our celebrations of ICCD09 on May 1st, we are giving away one of two well respected Commie Cameras, along with a roll of expired film. You have the chance to win either a Zenit-E SLR camera with a 3/30mm lens, OR a Belomo Vilia Auto camera (with a slightly sticky shutter, probably just needs »
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Flickr Friday
This is a new series that we are starting, and hope that it will continue weekly.
Each week, we will search the Holga Flickr group for photos added during that week and will post a few of our favorites, based on a theme.
Our first theme for the week of February 10 – 17, 2010 is The [...]
Holga Wide and Tele Lens test shots
Here are a few test shots I took in my back yard a couple of weeks ago using the new Holga Wide and Tele lenses. For comparison, I stood in the same spot and took them all from the same angle (as best I could!).
I will keep trying out the lenses in some more different [...]
Review: Holga 120 WPC
I was originally going to start this review of the 120 WPC off quite technically – what the WPC stood for, what features it had, what the f-stop was. That kind of thing. Then I realised I’d been sucked into what I actually try to avoid in photography: geekspeak. So while some of the specifics [...]
