Two DIY Pinhole Cameras You Can Build Today!
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 6 Comments »I've had the luck of stumbling upon two different DIY pinhole camera making guides this week, and thought it was only fair to share them with my fellow film enthusiasts. The first pinhole is available to print out from an ...
How To Make A Cheap Fisheye Lens
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 4 Comments »All of you who read this blog regularly should be keen on saving money and making camera parts at home. How cast has an excellent video of how to make a fisheye lens using a peephole. Apparently it only takes 5 ...
An Introduction to Cross Processing Holga Photographs
Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 8 Comments »Cross processing is very popular in the Holgaring world because it adds even more interesting elements to the already characteristic pictures a Holga camera takes. Many of us though, feel a little left in the dark when it comes to actually ...
How To Stop Your Holga Back Falling Off
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 13 Comments »"Oh no, the back of my Holga just fell off. is my film ruined?" is a forum topic I have seen so many times. There are a number of different ways that you can keep the back of your Holga on, ...
Stop Wobbly Holga Photographs
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 6 Comments »I've noticed that a lot of new Holga users are puzzled by the fact that their Holga photographs seem to be coming out 'wobbly.' Don't worry, there is a very simple explanation for this that can be solved by just ...
Adding a Lens Hood To Your Holga
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 2 Comments »I found a great tutorial that explains how you can add a Lens hood to your holga, to help reduce flaring. Lens flaring occurs when you take a picture directly into the source of light, whether that be a studio light, ...
Top Tips For Holga Beginners: A Crash Course!
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 38 Comments »So you just have your Holga, directly from Hong Kong no doubt, but your a little nervous because you don't know how to use it, or your worried about things going wrong. I thought I would take the time to write ...
10 Tips For Successful Street Photography
Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 4 Comments »The lomography range are practically built for street photography. Most of the cameras (well excluding the 120 cameras) are small and can be slipped in to your pocket or bag with ease. Because of this great advantage I decided to compile ...
The Best Places To Buy Lomography Cameras on The Web
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 10 Comments »I often see people asking others where to buy holga and Lomography cameras from on forums and groups. I decided to make a list of the best places to get hold of them and why.
Use Your Holga CFN Flash To Increase Contrast
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | No Comments »If you are the owner of a Holga 120cfn, (Colour flash) then you may be interesting in knowing that your flash can be used to increase contrast in your black and white photographs. What the flash essentially does, when using black ...
Faking the Lomo Effect
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 4 Comments »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 ...
Loading 120 Film Into Your Holga in 10 steps
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 15 Comments »This is a very basic tutorial to explain how to load 120 film into your Holga camera. Many people find this quite daunting when they open a camera like the Holga for the first time because everything seems so different Here ...
Holga Light Leaks and How to Control Them
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 1 Comment »As you may well know, the Holga is known for its wild and characteristic light leaks. Many of us like them and many of us don't. There are a number of ways that you can control them to get your ...
The Cheapest ways To Use Filters With Your Holga
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 1 Comment »Filters can be used with your Holga in much the same way as any normal lens. The only difference is that there is no mount or thread on the front of the lens. there are options out there on the market ...
How to ‘Holgerize’ an image
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Tutorials | 2 Comments »This is a tutorial of how to turn a normal photograph in to a black and white photograph that looks like its been take by a Holga camera. For this tutorial I am going to use Photoshop CS3 but I ...
