This month we present Dave Salinas AKA Flickr’s the lowest fidelity. Dave is reknowned for his amazing skills with the Holgaroid! It all started when good friend and fellow band member Nicholas Noeding Jr. took a flight from ALB, NM into Houston in the summer of 2008 to rehearse and perform a show as Day Of »
For some time I wanted to experience and talk about it. And there’s no better time than the Polaroid week!. I already know some of the characteristics of highly expired film (gelatin silver BW film), but I felt very curious to know what can happen within those packs of Polaroid peel a part. For this article »
About a year and a half ago, I was sitting on my couch, much like I am right now. My Saint Bernard, Hugo, was snoring, much like he is now. While listening to Hugo snore, my brain needed to distract itself from the noise (no matter how hilarious it is to have a dog that »
What do you get when you leave a Holga and a pack Polaroid peel-apart film alone the night before PolaroidWeek? That’s right, a Holgaroid!
You may have noticed HolgaBlog looking a bit different this week! Polaroid Week 2010 is finally upon us (well it is in approx 12 hours!). If you haven’t participated in a ‘Roid Week before, never fear, we have the full story here.
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. »
…non.photography; a (free)form of self-expression without any special characteristics and principles. it cannot be labelled or classified. It is free of filters, stylish lenses and other expensive equipment. the non-photographer’s main tools are passion, an open mind and hopefully some creativity.
Now that the dust has settled after a frenzy of excitement over the launch of The Impossible Project’s (TIP) new film the PX 100 Silver Shade, people are starting to wonder if it will live up to the hype. In this modern-age of twittering press conferences line-by-line and avid fan-boys drooling over prototypes, the Impossible Project »
That’s Lady Gaga above, if you didn’t realise! Polaroid have announced they have teamed up with Lady Gaga to release some Gagapolaroid products. Out of all the creative team ups over the years, that is one I didn’t see coming. As per usual with this type of news, the interwebs is up in arms, with the »
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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 [...]
