my first holga experience
earlier this month, my dear friend Janis informed me of her newest, exciting little toy from hong kong.
a holga. 'dear holga' to be exact.
i had heard about holgas and seen photos taken with the plastic toy but had never had the chance to hold one, never mind take a photo with it!
so during a ridiculous and unexpected warm spell in the middle of january, we headed to the worlds longest outdoor skating rink to laugh at each others skating skills, count points for near falls and play around with dear holga!
as expected, a great time was had! multiple exposures, high fives and leg shots (a crowd favourite) were taken. the creativity was flowing!!
now, this is where the story gets sad.
the following week we picked up the prints, extremely excited and nervous at the same time and headed to Stella's for the unveiling! with fast beating hearts we opened the package and just about cried.
out of a full roll of 120 colour and half a roll of 120 b&w, we had a mere 4 decent shots of our night of skating. how depressing!
here are two of my favourites :
BUT! as sad and discouraging as this was, we decided that we wouldn't give up!
i think a good characteristic to have during the learning process of film photography and in life in general is to be optimistic even in the hardest, most frustrating times.
with that said, here's to our next holga shoot! this time with some real light and just a bit of experience. looking forward to it!
7 comments:
LOVE that one of j's legs.
good job!
ooookay, the vignetting is pretty nice in the leg shot...
yes! optimism! i can't wait to do another quintuple exposure - but in broad daylight!
michael,
dear holga has been producing some rad shots lately, so glad it has improved for you guys and the experimenting!!
and dear janis, is, well, as you've discovered:
bloody smart and way-too-hilarious and just so pretty it hurts.
and i love her.
so happy you guys met!
janis' friend,
dani.
i enjoy your blog.
have you ever seen the documentary - other people's pictures? fantastic.
http://dlobeis.blogspot.com/
Hey, just stumbled upon your blog. It's amazing! Where are all the rest of the posts!?
mike, you would think being in such an exotic locale would persuade you to update your blog!
Enjoyed your article Mike!
We took to disposables with us to India. and got three photos we liked more than with our good camera. I think i just need to do a better job adjusting the style to the camera.
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