Category: Holga

A two dollar shot

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A $2 shot

This is another example of a surprisingly sharp Holga photo. To explain the title of this photograph, in order to be allowed to take this picture I had to pay the gentleman playing the guitar. I suppose I could have gotten away with stealth shooting him, but I never feel good about doing that sort of thing. I really wanted this to turn out well, so I decided to pay the money. It was worth it.

Morning Lion

Morning Lion

I know. I know. It’s well past time for me to write something on this photo blog. I’ve always intended it to be more than just a place to showcase my photos outside of Flickr. Writing something good and informative will take more time than I seem be able to spend on an entry here these days…

This is one of the stone lions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the photo was taken with a Holga CF 120.

I touch the earth

I touch leaves

“I know I am made from this earth, as my mother’s hands were made from this earth, as her dreams came from this earth and all that I know, I know in this earth…and I long to tell you, you who are earth too, and listen as we speak to each other of what we know: the light is in us.”

~ Susan Griffin

Flight

Pigeon flight

Taken on Broadway Avenue as I was waiting for the bus. I wanted to try capturing the pigeons in flight, which was hilarious to do with a holga.

Pink shoes

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I just happen to be wearing these on my feet today.

Ghostly feet in pink shoes

The above shot was flickr blogged yesterday, which is pretty neat. It’s not a photo I would have chosen to represent my work to a wider audience, because it’s underexposed, the scan was really dirty, and I have a bazillion other shots that are so much better. (That’ll teach me to be lazy about cleaning up my scans when posting to flickr…)

Holga portrait

Noriko

Taken with the Holga 120 CFN, using Lucky 400 ISO film.

I don’t usually take portraits with the Holga because it’s always seemed like a ridiculous thing to do. I can’t get close enough to my subjects in the way I like, and the camera distortion didn’t seem right for portraits. Now after getting this shot back, I’m not sure why I’ve shied away from photographing people with it. I obviously need to reconsider.