Lone Orchid

More from the Holga.

Another from the Holga files

I've got some pretty serious light leaks happening, though I'll probably be chasing that down over the next little while.

Bridge


I'm also trying to get a better grasp on both the way to shoot square and subject that are 'holga-appropriate'.

Have a good night.

Bjorn

Pete's going away party

I took the Holga to Peter's going away.

On the way, I stopped when I saw the interesting pattern of the posters.


Monica was happy with a digital camera ;)


The turnout was good and Pete seemed to be having a good time


That was the first time I'd ever used the flash on the holga. Some interesting results :)

Bjorn

An interlude - Happy Mistakes

I still need to post the last day of Michelle and my trip, but I've been developing film and scanning for a couple of days now, so I'm going to post some of the photos.

If you've ever spent time shooting with a $40 plastic camera, you know that 'precision' is not exactly what you get. Instead, you sometimes get the unexpected.

Which brings me to "Free Couch"



Not expected, and probably not repeatable, but certainly an interesting result :)

Bjorn

New West Holga

Last Saturday we had a little photowalk in New West organized from work. I went, despite the fact that it was raining.

Took my FM2n and my Holga.

Here are the Holga shots.

Old School


City Hall

I think this is an interesting photo because it shows just how warped the plastic lens is. It didn't turn out exactly as I'd hoped, I think part of that is due to the odd curvature visible on the stairs.

City Hall Tulips

I always say that I taking flower photos, I just never like looking at them. Partly true here. Still I thought I'd post it :)

Royal Westminster Regiment

I need to aim higher with the Holga. I consistently shoot a bit low, though in this case I wasn't expecting to get the first peak.

Moody Park


All in all, shooting a whole roll in one go helped me get a bit of a better handle on the 'plastic-fantastic'. Hopefully more interesting results in the future :)

Bjorn

Fenced Flowers

I really like the way this shot came out. The Holga does do a nice job with certain subjects :)



Have a great day.

Bjorn

Holga at Deer Lake

A little while ago I took the Holga along on a photowalk around deer lake (same time as I took a lot of the duck pictures, for those of you who are paying attention :) ).

Here are a couple of shot from the walk.

Path


The field


Both I adjusted slightly in post (contrast only).

More New Westminster Holga photos later today or tomorrow :)

Holga in Whistler

When Michelle and I went to Whistler a little while ago, I took the Holga along. Light and cheap, it seemed a good fit.

Unfortunately, one of the foam bits inside came loose and jammed inside the camera. The film shows signs of 'alteration', though, with a Holga, is that really bad? :)

At the lifts


Mountain


More Holga images soon :)

More Holga

I'm just about finished with scanning the first roll.

I must say there are a couple of interesting shots. Some are of the 'classic Holga' variety

Double exposure


What I meant to do was

Though I like both.

I find composing with the square format is different for me

And I'm not sure if I have it worked out quite yet.

One more that I like


Overall, I'm very pleased. Definitely worth having one and shooting with. :)

Holga first attempts

First off, I have not shot enough lately. More importantly, I have not finished what I started, i.e. I had a lot of partially shot rolls of film

I finally finished the roll of black and white film in my Holga and got to 'experience' developing it. It took me 20 minutes to get the film onto the development reel. In total darkness of course. (for those of you who have never developed film, I can do the same with a roll of 35mm in about 1 minute). Frankly, medium format film is so much tougher than 35mm, I wasn't quite prepared for it.

But, I persevered. And here are a few results, i.e. my first 3 scans :)

Kitsilano Garage


Minimalist Holga

By far my favourite shot of the three I managed to scan so far.

A yard.


Overall, I'm quite pleased and am looking forward to shooting more with it. It sure doesn't make photography 'easier' but it the 6x6cm negatives are impressive and I do like the idea of shooting a camera made entirely of plastic, lens and all. $40 well spent ... now if only the film was cheaper.