In honour of my Halo self portrait being selected as one of Holga Blog’s best Holga photos from Flickr July 2009, I decided that my first post here would be about taking self portraits with a Holga. I do a lot of these, and it seems to be an area that a lot of my »
The time has come to put these two plastic cameras both side by side and to do the review I was once looking for myself, but never found on the net. I will try to be technical and I will comment on flaws or features that I have noted in my personal experience.
Plastic or Glass, Plastic or Glass, it’s that age-old question. In fact, since we started holgablog I’ve been emailed 4 times about it(wow! a whole 4 times!), we got twittered about it last night, and there must have been at least 20 discussions about it on Flickr. It’s a burning question no doubt (although maybe not up there with “how do they make Maltesers?”. Really now…how do they make them?).
June was a great month for Holga photographs, we have spent a bit longer than usual collating them to bring you a great collection. They are in no order at all, I just get sent them from the writers after some discussion. If you appreciate any of the photographs, I suggest clicking through to that »
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 entries »
The long waited film swap project cooperation between Latvia and USA has become to an end. Final result 12:12 (meaning 12 exposed pictures on both frontiers). As the result is equal, probably we’ll need to run a second round ! My post is about a film swap that initiated around 2 months ago between Holgablog »
that’s right, holgablog is now on twitter! well, the holgablog authors are. follow holgablog on twitter for blog updates, upcoming stories, potentially film related links, rants in under 140 characters and more! comment with your twitter id so holgablog can follow you… not as creepy as it sounds, i promise! also, holgablog on twitter is »
At long last, here is the first holgablog collaborative double exposure, aka film swap. arne shot a roll of shanghai GP3 100 film in riga, latvia with his holga, then sent it to me all the way in minneapolis, minnesota, USA to double expose. each of these is a double exposure, although some are difficult »
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.
