Photography

Pin-Holga: A Love Story

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?

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Why you should own at least 2 instant cameras

The first thought I had about the reasons to own an instant camera was to do it as a list. Then I though that the only reasons I could come up with were “well, why not?” “You’d be silly not to get some” and “cause I said”.   So another idea popped into my head. »

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Holga at the Movies (Almost)

Amongst all the hubbub of the winners and losers on the big-screen this week, I decided to trawl the depths of on-line video caches to see how Holgas were making the jump into the murky world of film.

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The Indonesian Poverty: Through Holga Lens

Holgablog presents another entry from our previous competition. Sandy Wijaya takes us through the often harrowing poverty of Indonesia.

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Points of View: An Exhibition of 19th Century Photography

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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Kids of Burkino Faso by Stéphane Heinz

In our continuing effort to post up all entries from our holgablog summer compeitition (seems so long ago now!), here’s another cracker by Stéphane, who travelled to Burkino Faso and discovered an amazing country…

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World Toy Camera Day 17/10/2009

This Saturday, October 17, 2009 is World Toy Camera Day!

So load up all of your toys and get your trigger finger warmed up! Join toy camera shooters around the world in this day of photo-goodness. Join the World Toy Camera Day Group on Flickr I am also looking for any self portraits done on this day »

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To Mount Rushmore and back… with a Commie Camera

i took the bar exam this summer (to get my attorney license) and afterwards, thought i deserved a vacation.  i’d always wanted to go to mount rushmore and i had the urge to take my first solo road trip.  i took off one thursday afternoon with my dog, some kodak gold 200 and my blue »

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20 Amazing Diptychs

To celebrate release of the Diana Mini and it’s half-framey-ness we thought we’d delve into the Flickr vaults to bring you 20 of the best half-frame diptychs. In this digital age it’s easy to place two photos alongside each other, but with a half frame, or indeed any film camera, more thought must »

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How to make Cog-Pano’s on your Holga

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