Articles Tagged ‘Photography’

Pin-Holga: A Love Story

For those of you who have tried this wonderful photographic form, I know I am preaching to the choir. For those of you who have not… What are you waiting for?

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Why you should own at least 2 instant cameras

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. »

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Flickr Friday!

It’s that time again! TGIF!! Each week, we will search the Holga Flickr group for photos added during that week and will post a few of our favorites, based on a theme. Our theme for the week of March 3 – March 10, 2010 is Play. You know the saying, “All work and no play…” Well, Friday »

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Flickr Friday

This is a new series that we are starting, and hope that it will continue weekly. Each week, we will search the Holga Flickr group for photos added during that week and will post a few of our favorites, based on a theme. Our first theme for the week of February 10 – 17, 2010 is The »

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Thai New Year by Chad Cullin

Once weekly we will be presenting you with another superb entry from our recent competition. The basic premise was that you had to submit at least six photos, along with a piece of writing, whether fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. The writing could be anything you want, but had to relate to the photos in some »

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11 Photos you should take at least once (before you die!)

Contributions by Andrew, Edward, Veronica and Dave. Looking through flickr, there are photo trends, that is to say there are subjects that creep up all the time, especially in the field of toy camera photography. Some say have been done to death, most are clichéd, but that doesn’t matter, they are a requisite if you »

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Introducing… Veronica

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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Top Tip: ALWAYS read the label!

So there I was throwing a 120 film into my Holga, not really paying attention to what I was loading up (there’s about 10 different rolls sat in my bag). I chucked away the box and snapped away around dark, grey Stirling (me reckons even 400 is going to be too slow for a »

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Belomo Vilia Auto

I bought a Belomo Vilia Auto from t’bay for the pricely sum of £9 inc postage from Moscow. The Belomo Vilia was one of the most mass-produced cameras ever made, with over 2 million being churned out over 20 years.

The auto version is a wee bit rarer, with a light sensor on the front, »

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