"Did you think your eyes were open?"the holga is a cheap, plastic medium format camera (it uses film that is about 2 1/4" wide) - and it only costs about 30 bones.
"I'm afraid to say that until this very moment they have been closed. The unassuming Holga is here to save you from a future of digital pixels and images shared on small screens on cameras or phones. We have all become numbed with photography, there is no denying it, but a chunky camera made almost entirely of plastic has been put on this Earth to save us. It will reawaken your vision, fill you with joy, make you see beauty when you thought it had disappeared forever, and bring out sunshine on a cloudy day."
- www.lomography.com/holga/
the beauty of this camera is that it really makes you rethink the way you take photographs. the process is as follows: after estimating the focus of the camera, choosing one of the two aperture options, pointing it in the direction of the subject (the squinty viewfinder is only somewhat effective in framing the shot), and tripping the single-speed shutter you hope that the picture turns out alright. in the end you will be amazed by what this camera can accomplish given it's extremely rudimentary design.
i took the following photographs with my holga when we lived in cambridge massachusetts last summer.
central square, cambridge massachusetts
harvard square t station
2 comments:
you make it sound so easy, but we all know it also takes an artistic mind like yours. love your stuff!
Jeffrey, your new camera blog is awesome! I'm excited to see all your cool photography. Thanks for showing your cool cameras to me!
Eric
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