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. »
In association with Umbrella Arts, Holga Inspire is hosting a fantastic exhibition in NYC beginning December 9th. The exhibition includes pretty much all the famous holga photographers you have seen before! The exhibition opens with a party on the 9th Decemeber at 18:00, and you are all invited! Get yourself onto the facebook event page to »
It’s been a long time coming, but the votes have been counted, Holga consulted, and we are ready to announce our winner! Before that, we just thought we would congratulate everyone on the incredibly high quality of the entries. We would feel proud to put each and every one on the website. The remaining »
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 »
As reported a few weeks ago, the manufacturers of the Holga (Universal Electronics) have finally given themselves a public face, in the form of Holga Inspire. We have managed to grab an interview with Christine So, Public Relations Co-ordinator at Holga Inspire to find out the background to the new venture, and finally lift the mask »
I’ve always wondered how the holga can be so popular yet have very little web-coverage from the manufacturer. The cameras appear in little blue boxes from Hong Kong, with very little information apart from a small moneky logo and an anonymous instruction sheet(a bit different from the marketeers over at Lomographic Society International who »
Welcome to holgablog, a blog about the world of film photography (with a handful of digital thrown in every so often too!).
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 [...]
