Holga Vision
by Samantha ~ May 13th, 2009. Filed under: vision. 
The Easter Egg Adventure movie full I picked up my first rolls that I shot with my new Holga this afternoon! I love how chaotic and unexpected shooting with it is. The vignettes, random borders from advancing the film too far, and scratches are so great. It’s such a change shooting something and hoping it comes out wrecked.
One problem I encountered was the foam insert inside the camera that holds the film in place decided to advance along with the roll while shooting. I’m pretty sure that’s what caused the black spots on the landscape photo below. I took out the rest of the foam and replaced it with a folded up side of a pack of cigarettes, and put a another folded up bit of the pack under the spool reel to keep it in place. It’s worked fine since then, so eff you, foam fail.
These were all shot on Kodak 400VC 120mm color film. I have a roll of B&W in the camera now, some of which I’ll be shooting Heather Joy with on Friday. I also picked up a color filter set and an adapter this week, so I’ll let you know the results of that when I use it.
The new toy camera I’ve got my eye on is the Blackbird, Fly. Maybe the birthday fairy will bring me one next month!
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May 13th, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Those are pretty great. I love the black halo.
I had a Kodak 110 insta as a kid that could be pretty random, but since 110 is cartridge film there was no chance of things getting _too_ out of hand. Some interesting double exposures sometimes.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:59 AM
The last photo is just breathtaking. I could happily get sucked into this style of photography all day. Hurrah for distressed, sepia and imperfections!
May 14th, 2009 at 7:28 AM
“I took out the rest of the foam and replaced it with a folded up side of a pack of cigarettes…”
Holy film noir! How much more hard core can you get? Awesome pics, though. And another Heather Joy shoot? Nice.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:24 AM
Beth, you should definitely go get a Holga! They start at only about $30, although the film & processing does start adding up. I think it’s totally worth it, though.
@Dave – sadly, Heather & I had to postpone our shoot. Hopefully we can hook up sometime in the next week.
June 5th, 2009 at 7:26 AM
30 dollars? Bargain. Those kind of shots created with digital with photoshop just aren’t the same. I love the slight lack of control, as if it is the photographer and the camera as two seperate entities working together!
I am not a photographer myself, but perhaps this would be a great thing to learn from an ignorant perspective.