Analogue Photography and why I love it
Today, 90% of all cameras sold are digital. They have millions of pixels, and m ore functions that you could possibly want.
Why then is my favourite camera at the minute a piece of plastic that looks like you should be giving it to your 6 year old?
Well, because it’s a Holga.
Holgas have developed somewhat of a cult following over the last 10 years, particularly since the Lomographic Society begun marketing them. They are a VERY cheaply made camera, with a simple plastic lens, and plastic construction that doesn’t even fit together all that well. What this gives you is light leaks galore, and some of the most wonderful vignetting and soft-focus pictures you could hope to come across. I bought mine last year, and only recently have I started to get into it. I scanned a couple of rolls into the computer last weekend, and the following are a couple of exaples of what you can do with a Holga:
The photo on the left is a double exposure shot, and the right hand picture shows both the vignetting and light leaks characteristic of the Holga.
I could get neither of those effects with a regular digital camera. THAT is why I will ALWAYS be a film photographer as well as digital!
