From 1912 to 1995, Kodak published many versions of a book called How to Make Good Pictures: A guide for the amateur photographer (the title was changed to How to Take Good Pictures in 1974). I found a copy of this book (29th ed. from 1952) in an antique store in Des Moines, IA. I’d only »
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 »
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 [...]
