I just found this interesting tutorial video on YouTube. It demonstrates how an old camera body can be merged with a Holga lens. It also shows examples of the pictures that he got and some other hacking ideas! I thought it was definitely worth sharing! I would love to try something like this in the future.
Film prices are expected to increase in the USA to help cover the cost of the raw materials being used. Silver and the photochemicals were specifically mentioned.
The changes are expected to occur in May and June, with Ilford and Fuji leading the pack. Kodak are expected to follow suit
Stock up now and get those films in your fridge!
I am starting a project for this website, and to complete it, I need your help. Yes you! the reader.
Basically, I want to compile an online gallery of Holga and Lomo self portraits.
The gallery will be a permanent feature of this website, and will be viewable via the ‘‘Projects’ page.
I wrote a tutorial a while ago on how to edit your photographs to make them look like they were taken with a Holga. This is a tutorial on how to make your Images look like they were taken with a Lomo camera. I assume its going for the LC-A look.
I found this guide on Flickr, and decided to try it out myself. You will need to use Photoshop.
1.File: Open: the picture you want
2.Image: Adjustments: Brightness/Contrast: increase contrast by 20
3.Image: Adjustments: Hue/Saturation: increase saturation by 20
4.Choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool (your basic selection tool)
5.Change feather amount to 1/12 the width of your picture (if your picture is 600px wide then you will set your feather to 50px)
6.Select your entire picture note: using select: all, will not work
7.Select: Inverse
8.Layer: New: Layer
9.Change your primary color to black. Fill the selection (on the new, blank layer).
10.Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay
11.Layer: Duplicate Layer
12.Now select your base layer (the one with the picture on it).
13.Layer: New: Layer
14.Change your fill tool to Gradient
15.Change your Gradient Type to Spherical
16.Change your Gradient Shading Style to “foreground to transparent” (I believe this is the default).
17.Change your primary color to white.
18.With the fill tool selected, click in the middle of the picture, and drag the line out to the farthest edge of your picture (if it’s a portrait, use top or bottom, if landscape, use left or right).
19.Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay
20.Change the Opacity of this layer to 80% (or whatever you see fit)
I know that many of you Holga users out there ditch the lens cap as soon as it comes out of the box, I for one did the same.
Interestingly though, I just discovered that my Pentax lens cap works perfectly, and its a little more substantial than the one that comes with the Holga. This is the cap for the 49mm lens.
I’ve noticed lately, that a lot of people are attempting to hack their digital cameras in order to accommodate the plastic Holga lens. I would like to point out that I am not a fan of this idea as I love film photography, but I could see that if you are the proud owner of a digital SLR, you would like to give it a go!
Here is a few photographs from the process of hacking the Holga lens onto your camera. You can click this link if you would like to see The full tutorial.
This is probably one of the most obsure hacks I have ever seen for a Holga. This is how to make your Holga into an MP3 player.
Personally I don’t see why you would want to ruin a great camera, and have the worlds biggest MP3 player to boot, but I don’t know, there is something kind of cool about it.
Some of the Holga users out there (including me) like to try and reduce light leaks as much as possible to go for the the more ‘high quality’ image rather than the more characteristic light leaked image.
One way that you can further prevent light leaks is to cover up the film advance window. Although it is already coloured red to help do this, it still might not completely stop light, especially if your camera is exposed to strong sunlight.
Velcro provides an easy way of being able to cover the window up when you choose, allowing you to still look in when you need to advance to the next frame.
Because of the cheap nature of the Holga and the lack of electronics, many people are willing to take the chance of using it underwater. If the bag splits you can just dry it out!
1.All you need to be able to use your holga underwater is a ’sealable’ freezer bag, a rubber band (or string), and some extra tape just for security.
I caught this video on youtube today and thought it offered some very interesting tips.
I’m glad that i stumbled across it, because with my recent lazyness and the cold I have picked up, I am all out of inspiration. This has helped me to get some of it back.
Here are a few extra tips that might help you.
