Have you ever heard the famous words of Dr Johnson “When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.”? Maybe you have or maybe you haven’t, or maybe you have never worried about stereotypes. Well, whatever the case may be, on one splendid day in June at Burghley House, Lincolnshire, UK there were »
One pound, one-ten film. One-handed shooting. One trip through memory lane.
I love all things do-it-yourself especially with photography so I was really looking forward to getting started with the DIY ‘all included’ camera kit I got given! It was apparently very cheap so I wasn’t expecting miracles but knew I would enjoy the process nonetheless! After reading through the manual and setting up the wooden »
Well, this is a fun little Holga. OK, maybe little isn’t the right word, but it sure is fun! There really isn’t anything hard about this camera. What makes it different is the fact that it has 2 lenses, 2 pinholes and takes 2 images of the subject on 2 frames. The idea behind the »
The New Year is upon us! 2010 is yesterday’s snow and 2011 is innocent, bright and beautiful. A story that keeps repeating itself every 365 days or so. Hooray for celebrations and a Happy New Year to all! However, those kind of celebrations are quite often overshadowed by this nagging feeling of New-Year-Resolutions and critical-thinking »
I think it is only fitting to kick off the Pinhole Month extravaganza here on Holgablog by introducing one of the greatest photography reference books I have seen in a very long time. It is entitled Pinhole Photography: From Historic Technique to Digital Application by Eric Renner (Fourth edition). Published in 2009 by Focal Press, »
I love my Diana. I love every moment, every experiment, every light-leak’y and blurry image, every dark cornered and soft-focused picture, every perfect and imperfect photograph that the awesome box has taken so far- I simply love my Diana. And I love medium format film. I am not sure whether it is the backing paper, »
After seeing some very grainy, black and white images taken with a Fisher Price toy camera I was inspired and consequently headed straight for eBay. A few days later my new (well, used), very funky looking toy camera arrived. With a stash of 35mm films, I took it to a friend’s house to test it »
Going for a Pinhole Walk
Not just any old photowalk – something a little different, more interesting. One sunny Sunday morning in November we set off to the local park to go on a lensless wander.
Gifts for the Camera Lover
Our selection of some of the finest hand-made items to please every camera fan.
New Panoramic Holga camera
The Holga 120 PAN – a double-width, panoramic beast in the same vein as the pinhole-based 120 WPC, but with a 90mm lens propped proudly on the front.
