David Miller Photoworks wrote:
Ariel purse

I've seen this befroe, I really like it She's great. *points at my avatar*

Rich Burroughs wrote:

I've seen this befroe, I really like it She's great. *points at my avatar*

Probably my favorite!  My avi too!

LeBrone Wade wrote:
You've inspired me. I think I may just break out my Holga today, go for a drive.....I miss it......

As do I, but since I let my darkroom gather so much dust, I don't shoot the Holga anymore.

When are they going to release the Digital Holga?

Rich Burroughs wrote:
I really like it and I like the look I get. A couple of things to keep in mind:

But there are a lot of cool things you can do. I shoot a lot of times without the mask and sometimes the film bows a bit, it's' not always taught at the film plane.

I have two Holga's, one with the hot shoe and one with the built-in flash.  Each has it's own problem, the hot shoe fires the flash both on the down stroke of the shutter release and again on the upstroke when you let go of the button which gives you too much light and a issue of a double exposure.  I have to cover the lens with my hand before I let go of the shutter button.  And the one with the built in flash, the flash is only good for a couple of feet.

Has any one seen a difference in the sharpness between using the 6x6 format vs the 645 format ? The opening of the 645 is smaller and gives more of surface for the film to flatten against so the film should be flatter and thus sharper.  Also that would use the more central part of the lens.

Of course going for a sharper Holga image may fly in the face of using the Holga to begin with, although at it's sharpest it's still probably pretty soft.

David Miller Photoworks wrote:
Probably my favorite!  My avi too!

Brilliant. Nice work.

Sometimes it's funny how some people will rant and rave about their killer $ 40,000 camera and a few clicks later I see something like this your work....

Rich Burroughs wrote:
I've been shooting Holgas with models for a little over a year now. There are a couple of rows of that work in my port. The next issue of Light Leaks magazine will have a feature/interview about that series, and shooting Holga nudes. It's issue #19, I think it's at least a few weeks away from going to press.

I really like it and I like the look I get. A couple of things to keep in mind:

Most of those cameras have middle/small apertures, they don't open up very wide. So you need a decent amount of light. I can shoot my Hasselblad at f/2.8, but the Holga's more like f/8. That's a huge difference. Even shooting ISO 400 film I often don't have enough light to shoot indoors except for the summer, without pushing the film.

Also, it's a slower process in some ways to me. You spend so much time winding the damn camera lol. One crank on my Hasselblad and it's on to the next frame, but the Holga takes a while. And it's much slower than digital.

But there are a lot of cool things you can do. I shoot a lot of times without the mask and sometimes the film bows a bit, it's' not always taught at the film plane. That gives some interesting effects at times. I also sometimes shoot overlapping frames or double exposures. Sometimes even on accident.

Since you can't do too much with apertures or shutter speeds, the biggest decision you have exposure wise is what speed of film to use. I usually take an incident reading with my handheld light meter. I do a reading at f/8 and see how close the shutter speed is to 1/100 for the ISO film I think I want to use.

Very interesting! thanks for the info!

Andrea Cronshaw wrote:
Lovely photos everyone I know alot of people have bad things to say about lomography but I can't help loving it.

I post most of mine on my blog http://polaroidsandfilm.tumblr.com/ I have rolls just sitting in my cupboard though because I can't afford to develop them and they are colour so I can't do it myself

In roll in a photo class at your local city college if you have the time. You'll get free access to the lab+ dark room (im pretty sure).