There is a lot of ways to make panoramas, and some of them are pretty old. We’re not the first ones to try ! John R. Connon patented the cycloramic panoramic camera, in 1887. It was a camera in which the lens rotated at a speed equal to that of the film moving in the opposite direction. »
June was a great month for Holga photographs, we have spent a bit longer than usual collating them to bring you a great collection. They are in no order at all, I just get sent them from the writers after some discussion. If you appreciate any of the photographs, I suggest clicking through to that person’s »
For people on a limited budget thinking about getting a medium format “toy” camera there are a lot of options but for the most part they seem drawn to picking between the Holga 120N and the Diana F+. Both are popular on Flickr and there are many great examples of what each camera is capable of… which seems to make deciding »
This is our first article with super-duper-bonus-futuristic-mechanised-twitter-interactive-elements. The article was more experimental to see if the twitter community could get involved directly..it seemed to work ok! We should be experimenting in future with more twitter-interaction goodness. A fellow Holgablog writer, Derek, mentioned something interesting about the increasing popularity of the Polaroid. We all know that polaroid »
Forget Glastonbury, the Tour de France, or even your summer holiday , Light Leaks Magazine brings you the greatest summer event ever….Holgapalooza! A huge Holga contest, judged by some of the largest names in toy camera photography, and sponsored by a plethora of massive companies, the holgapalooza contest is going to be a fantastic competition. The best »
The Tour De France 2009 is upon us. “So what?” shouts most of our readership, but persevere and I hope you will be rewarded! The race, one of the hardest mental and physical tests on the planet, has been going strong for over 100 years (give or take a few unfortunate World War years). »
The Best Photos from Flickr June 2009
June was a great month for Holga photographs, we have spent a bit longer than usual collating them to bring you a great collection.
They are in no order at all, I just get sent them from the writers after some discussion. If you appreciate any of the photographs, I suggest clicking through to that person’s [...]
Holga Vs Diana+ Shoot Out!
For people on a limited budget thinking about getting a medium format “toy” camera there are a lot of options but for the most part they seem drawn to picking between the Holga 120N and the Diana F+. Both are popular on Flickr and there are many great examples of what each camera is capable of… which seems to make deciding [...]
Review: Holga 120 WPC
I was originally going to start this review of the 120 WPC off quite technically – what the WPC stood for, what features it had, what the f-stop was. That kind of thing. Then I realised I’d been sucked into what I actually try to avoid in photography: geekspeak. So while some of the specifics [...]
