Indian industrial designer Saikat Biswas has come up with a novel and frankly, fantastic looking digital Holga. He calls it the Holga D. Saikat has managed to merge the key elements of the Holga and combine them with a digital sensor. We would love to see Holga make something similar.
More information available on his site:
http://www.saikatbiswas.com/web/Projects/Holga_D.htm
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Holgapalooza is here again! We are sponsoring the competition this year again, and with simplier categories and larger prizes, there’s no reason not to enter!
Thomas Debiec from the Linkedin Holga Group is conducting a Holga survey, and your input is requested! If you have a few minutes, click here to go directly to the survey.
We will be sure to let you know the results when they are compiled!
You may have noticed HolgaBlog looking a bit different this week! Polaroid Week 2010 is finally upon us (well it is in approx 12 hours!). If you haven’t participated in a ‘Roid Week before, never fear, we have the full story here.
The Gallery at Hallmark is excited to announce the opening of “Holga Inspire”. This traveling exhibition is representative of the myriad images that can be created with the classic Holga camera. The show features 10 different very talented artists and their unique view of the world through the lens of their Holga. The opening will take place at The Gallery at Hallmark, on Friday, May 7, 2010.
Rejoice! It’s that time of year again. WPD2010 is on April 25th this year, so grab your porridge tin and starting snapping!
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As we continue to embrace more and more web technologies (but always trying to not spread ourselves too thinly) we have launched a Facebook fan page for Holgablog! We will be piloting Facebook as a means to embrace the community of photography fans and offer exclusive content, discussions, competitions, plus exclusive offers from our sponsors. As an »
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To add to the Instax party, Lomography.com have launched an Instax Back for the LC-A+ (and the original LC-A). Those of you with the similar Diana+ back will know how refreshing a change of film can be, and – goshdarnit – just how cute the Instax results are.
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Holgapalooza 2010 Deadline Approaches!
The deadline for www.holgapalooza.com is just around the corner! Here is a reminder of this year’s Summer Contest Festivus!
Fun in the Sun-Printing
Some time late last year (OK, Christmas), I got a present called “Sun-Print Paper”. This stuff is basically sold as a “toy” to parents who probably want their kids to get off their console, get out the house, and take in some Sunshine or else.
How to make Cog-Pano’s on your Holga
First things first. The image above was shot on my Holga, and I only manipulated digitally by way of turning it black & white and adding my copyright symbol. Otherwise, this is shown exactly as it was shot, with the image stretching its way across the film plain in a nice wide panoramic and covering [...]
