Sooner or later, you may find yourself looking for a cheap flash to use with your Holga. A quick search on eBay returns hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of flashes – from cheap plastic flashes, all the way up to full studio lighting. Retailing at £30, The Lomography Colorsplash flash is a fun little »
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.
A lot of people go on about Diana+ cameras as the definitive of this type of lo-fi photography. The problem is, a lot of of it is hype. The guys that created this lomography resurgence were extremely shrewd marketing students who back in the 90’s saw there was a market for the plastic lensed cameras »
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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 [...]
