I’ll get it out of the way first: I love film. There, I said it. I feel better. Hi, my name is Jim and I am a toy camera junkie. I have taken them apart, remade them, made new ones and even (gasp!) attached a holga lens to my digital SLR. Film is my first photographic »
Not your mother’s brew. It didn’t take me long to decide to convert you all to developing with coffee! I know what you may be thinking – ok that’s a lie – but suppose I can imagine it’s something along the lines of, “Huh?” …And finally, the highlight of it all: the end result with your negatives stained a lovely sepia tone.
i’m starting this out with a disclaimer: i am very new at this whole film thing and this is by no means the ideal way to develop film. it’s simply an explanation of how i do it, and perhaps can serve as a rough guide of how to get started from zero. that said, if »
Capt’n Derek emailed me last night from somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic, with details of a new challenge on Flickr: The back story is that a thread on Holga started by someone asking if people ever shot a whole roll to tell or story, or that had a theme rather then 12 »
as far as i can tell, i’m the newbie of this group. of course, i did a lot of point-and-shoot with 35mms growing up (and polaroids for a copule of years). i always enjoyed it and thought i took better pictures than my parents, but i wouldn’t say i was really *into* it. my awesome »
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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 [...]
