For those of you who have tried this wonderful photographic form, I know I am preaching to the choir. For those of you who have not… What are you waiting for?
Editorials
An Open Apology
I am sorry. So very sorry. As some of you know, I have recently returned from a trip to the Galapagos with my wife. The place is surreal. Walking on active volcanoes, going face to face with sea lions and iguanas and watching a hawk munch on a heron…it all adds up to a very unique »
Impressionism meets the Holga
Over the last few years, toy and vintage cameras have slowly helped me to “see the light”, so to speak. What can we learn from Impressionism?
The Impossible Backlash
Now that the dust has settled after a frenzy of excitement over the launch of The Impossible Project’s (TIP) new film the PX 100 Silver Shade, people are starting to wonder if it will live up to the hype. In this modern-age of twittering press conferences line-by-line and avid fan-boys drooling over prototypes, the Impossible Project »
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.
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 »
How to Make Good Pictures pt 2
In part one of this article I included some photography basics. This second part will have more tips on how to make good pictures. Good and better pictures To help you figure out what makes a good picture, the book gives examples of good and better pictures for all sorts of scenarios. What are the subtle elements of »
How to Make Good Pictures pt 1
From 1912 to 1995, Kodak published many versions of a book called How to Make Good Pictures: A guide for the amateur photographer (the title was changed to How to Take Good Pictures in 1974). I found a copy of this book (29th ed. from 1952) in an antique store in Des Moines, IA. I’d only »
Derek’s Rant… on buying a new digital camera…
My disclaimer: The great thing about opinions is that you don’t need credentials to have one. The bad thing is that they’re like * (refer to Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s Breakfast of Champions if you don’t know what I mean by the asterisk). So there you have it, I’m just an * with zero credentials and an »
