You’ve probably noticed the somewhat ’soviet’ theme going on this week at holgablog. We are celebrating International Commie Camera day on May 1st! In another commie article (and yet another list article! I promise we do have other stuff coming!), we have the top 10 commie cameras as voted by YOU (well, people on flickr »
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 »
You may have noticed the slightly different looking banner on our site! Here on Holgablog we are incredibly excited about International Commie Camera Day 2009. The date is set for May 1st, so drag out that FSU camera, take some photos, and post them on the ICCD09 Flickr Group. To celebrate ICCD09 (we’ve mentioned it »
It’s WORLD PINHOLE DAY 2009…yay! This guide is a bit late, but it may serve you well in future. I’ve taken one of my old (broken) Holgas and turned it into a pinhole. Here’s how to do it: What You Need 1.A Holga, preferably already broken! It does however need a working shutter. My holga’s lense snapped off, »
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 most of them in our recent holga guide). The writers@holgablog and staff@holgainspire have been agonizing and debating for weeks to decide the format of the »
In the runup to WPD2009, we are churning out pinhole articles! Our latest is a strange one. You all know you can create a pinhole camera pretty much out of anything you can get your hands on, from tin cans, through to wooden boxes. This article lists some of the strangest, most bizarre, funniest, or »
It’s that time of year again! It’s World Pinhole day on the 26th April. Once a year the fantastic people at http://www.pinholeday.org/ organise WPD. A day to celebrate, learn, and use pinhole cameras. If you check out their events page you will see there are many events be held around the world, ranging from exhibitions to »
So the other day I was given three Pentax ME Supers by a friend. He passed them on because they are all broken. This is both gratifying and annoying, because as much as I like free stuff, I dislike my weakness in accepting it knowing that I will spend the rest of my waking hours making futile attempts to repair it.
Among all my little experiments in the photography world, I have to say that pinhole is one of my favourite, for the fun and the immediate effect. How to make a pinhole with what is at hand? Necessary material > A box, rather in metal, lightproof (1) > Black adhesive tape (2) > Matte black paint, better in spray > A nail »
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Flickr Friday!
It’s that time again! TGIF!! Apologies on the absence of your Friday doses of Holga photos! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! Here is a no-theme post from some of my favorite shots the past few weeks.
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Holgapalooza Deadline Extension!
The deadline to get your entry submitted for Holgapalooza has been extended until Midnight September 12th, 2010!
CATEGORIES AND JUDGES:
1) “Roadside attractions” – Judge: Ted Orland
2) “Creatures” – Judge: Meg Birnbaum
3) “Nudes” – Judge: Francisco Mata Rosas
PRIZES:
Roadside Attractions
1st Place: $400 CASH, Lomography Perfect ($700 value)
2nd Place: $250 CASH, Polaroid 636 Paul Giambarda edition
3rd Place: $100 CASH, [...]
Photographer of the Month
This is a shout-out to anyone and everyone who shoots with a Holga – or any plastic/pinhole/makeshift/homemade/polaroid/holgaroid/shoebox camera for that matter!
We are looking for photographers from around the globe to be featured in our POTM section. Entering is simple, fast and easy. Simply find us on Twitter, follow us (if you aren’t already doing so), [...]
