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. The result was a photograph that captured a very wide field of view. Panoramics photographs became particularly popular during the First World War when they were used to photograph large groups of soldiers (!)

Now, there are of course specific cameras, made for it : the Xpan, the Horizon, the Widelux, the Noblex, and many more…but these cameras are all incredibly expensive.
But worry not!, there are also many fun ways to make a panorama !

Here’s some I’ve tried:

Vivitar IC101

The Vivitar IC101 costs only a few bucks on eBay. It is a ‘fake’ panorama, meaning it crops out the top and bottom of the picture, but the results are quite good.

Manual Winding

ie. with cameras like the Holga or the Diana.
With the Diana for instance, you have to use the “Endless Panorama Mask”, whitch is a 4,65×4,65 mask, especially made for panoramas.
Don’t forget to change your Diana F+ to the small format by switching it on the back to shoot 16 photos. With these parameters, there is almost no space between each picture.
Of course, the toy camera’s random effect is very important, and you can try to turn the winding knob more or less .
It’s possible to use all the roll with only one panorama, here, i tried to make a long 360° picture, but my photo lab has cut them in 3 pictures

Digital

The last way I have tried is to use the power of your digital camera!

You have a funny method to do it on the Photojojo website: panographies.
I tried, but I’ve to say that it’s rather time consuming to do, because the result is good only if you have a looooooot of pictures to assemble.

And you, how do you make panoramas ? Want to share your favourite panorama shot?

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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 flickr page to leave a comment and check out the rest of their photos!

The Rules for inclusion..

Basically any photos taken with the holga that we think either stand out, are beautifully composed, or even push the boundaries of the holga. Or photos of cute animals. We like cute animals.

unicorn 001 by yein~

tu da me non avrai che l'assenza by Comets at Sunset

KEEP OFF THE GROYNE by mrs scatteredimage

Time waits for no one by absolutezer0

Tins' Jazz by .bullish

Grasslands Holga automatica by The 10 cent designer

- by i-stalker

by asleeponasunbeam

by GreenStPhotography

Arc de Triomphe by among the clouds (busy busy)

400 years old camphor tree by Ëyes

bored in Munich by by Godi

alone by by yu+ichiro

Bike-Blur-6 by tomdebiec

Budir Church by vegan kid

by /nathalia

Metropolis by ►Ben Martinez

flying into the darkness by microabi

2009. 그렇고 그런날 그런사진. by woo-kyung

bike by reskates

01 by Mi Zhou

by erban

by 管子很忙

Torino by Valt3r Rav3ra

not so lucky strike. by waspmeat.

by isadoradante*

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 that much harder.  So I present to you an unbiased 11 image shoot out taken with expired Kodak Ultra Color 400.

Can you tell which image was shot with which camera?

To view the whole series follow the link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vonevil/sets/72157621509374198/

For Part 1 of this article (the boring discussion part) please visit:

http://www.holgablog.com/2009/04/03/diana-vs-holga-round-one/

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 have ceased production of all types of films, so why has demand suddenly skyrocketed for old Polaroid cameras (especially the SX-70), and the interest in polaroids is the highest it’s been in recent memory? Is it the old ‘you want what you can’t have’ adage? Is it a case of fashion catching up? Is interest that high in the Impossible Project that people are buying cameras hoping for the best?

I think it’s a bit of all of them.

Fashion

An artists impression of the youth of today (yes, that's an upside-down polaroid in her hand)

There’s definitely a fashion trend building momentum.  Derek mentioned that he sees polaroid becoming the new ‘lomography’, with hipster kids bombarding flickr asking where to get integral film after paying well over the odds for an ugly 1986 plastic box on ebay. For Polaroid week 2009, I didn’t get a chance to take lots of pics, but went to a pub with a few mates armed with my Polaroid and was surprised by how many people were willing to pay me upwards of £5 ($10) for a single photograph – they were drunk student revellers and seem to represent this ‘lomography’ demographic. I wonder if this is part of the 80s retro trend returning Ray Ban Wayfarers, pink neon leggins and Frankie Says Relax slogan t-shirts to highstreets across the nation. Perhaps the Polaroid represents part of this look, and might fizzle out, but maybe if they get a taste for the instant joy they might appreciate the inimitable experience of taking Polaroids. The Polaroid is a social experience. Once you take the picture a group gathers in anticipation awaiting the emergence of the image. It is instant but with a tangibility and permanence that the digital click – erase lacks.

Now or Never

Before writing this piece, we had thought about the fact that people always want what they can’t have, it’s human nature and has been repeated endlessly across generations.  Even this week, stock of Kodachrome has been depleted at many stores at the announcement that Kodak are ceasing production.

The same thing happened with Polaroid.

There is another ’slant’ to this though, it’s not just about wanting what you can’t have.  When it was announced that Polaroid were shutting down, it wasn’t just the current polaroid users that stockpiled the film, it was new users who thought it was ‘now or never’ (plus about a million capitalists who saw eBay as their route to early retirement!). These ‘now or never’ users are as interwoven into the future of polaroid as ‘roid veterans.

Hope

Perhaps the popularity increase is a fashion trend but there is hope.  The Impossible Project is gaining momentum, and they are now taking giant strides in re-engineering integral film.  Their press coverage over the last six months has helped them gain many new supporters, and there is a real feeling that they can accomplish their goals by 2010.

If you want instant film right now (and can’t wait until 2010) do not despair. There are still many options out there. My favourite alternative is the Fuji peel apart pack film. Old Polaroid Land Cameras readily take this pack film (although the film can be a bit tight and the cameras have to be adapted to take AAA instead of the no longer available 4.5 volt batteries). I own a Polaroid Land 440 and it is a fantastic piece of equipment, and even after 40 years still works perfectly. There is something indescribably satisfying about taking photographs in this way.  Cock,click,pull,wait,peel. Smile.

There are other options, including the Diana Instant Back from LSI, which takes Fuji’s version of the integral film: Instax, or a polaroid packfilm back for a holga. PolaPremium also have a stockpile of film available.  You can always chance your arm on eBay too, although prices are starting to rise considerably.

Popularity=Good?

Is this increasing popularity a good thing or not? If the interest continues it might make the product economically viable for the impossible project to produce and keep producing instant film, even though such popularity seems problematic at the moment, driving up the price of film because demands is outstripping supply (on ebay a pack of 10 can go for £20 / $40).

There was recently an article in The New York Times about the Impossible Project and the amount of vehemently anti-Polaroid comments: that it has had its day and that digital was better etc, were dwarfed by the 1000 or so people who sent in scans of their Polaroids.  There is still a lot of polaroid love out there, and not just from the ”hardcore’ enthusiasts.

What say you? Do you use polaroid cameras? Can you still find film? Do you were jeggings? Is Polaroid part of your photography future?  Is it like any other trend: in a few years it will be the diehards remaining when everyone else has moved on to something else?

Some thoughts from our Twitter:

Look Further

• Polapremium.com : Reliable source for polaroid film (but slightly pricey)
• Flickr Polaroid Group
• Reliable Sellers of polaroid ’stuff’ on Flickr
• NYT Article on Impossible Project
• Great Polaroid FAQ by Option8
• The Land List: Polaroid cataloguing project.

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 thing is….we have our own category! Holgablog, as sponsors, will be judging a special category entitled ‘WTF’, or ‘The Holgablog award for strangest, most bizarre, and downright WTF photograph.’. If you enter your photographs in any of the main categories, you automatically get entered into the special categories. We will be looking for the weirdest photo submitted, with the photographer winning a Holga TLR…..woooooo!

The prizes for the main categories are astounding, and some of the best ever offered in a toy camera competition, including cash, holgas, film, and gift certificates! There is over $10,000 worth of prizes on offer.

Here’s the brief blurb from the website:

Each year from July to September, photographers from around the world are encouraged to participate in an international contest featuring Holga photography hosted by Light Leaks Magazine and Toycamera.com.

Categories will be presented and submissions will be reviewed by well-respected and internationally renowned judges who will determine winners in each of the categories. Winners will be rewarded with cash and prizes donated by our sponsors as well as have their photos published in Light Leaks magazine.

Holgapalooza will continue to be a champion web site for the Holga camera and all of the photographers around the world who embrace it.

So what you waiting for? Head over to www.holgapalooza.com and take a look at the categories and go and take some photographs! There is a small submission fee to enter, this isn’t for profit, but to cover the prize money, but the prizes are so amazing you will definitely want to enter!

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). Yes, you mention the TDF to people, and they immediately think ‘drugs’, it’s true, the sport has been tarnished in recent times, but it’s the passion and history that draws millions of people every year. Not only 20 million people in Europe tuned in for the final stage of the race, over 1/3rd of the french public head out to watch the race in person at some stage during the 3 weeks every year. They line the streets and wait for hours on end for a 30 second glimpse of their lycra-cladded heroes. Cycling is a big deal on mainland Europe.

Without a doubt, an incredible spectacle, the Tour has been documented since it’s inception with photographs. This article hopes to showcase some of the amazing photographs from the ‘glory’ years of the Tour (which still consisted of copious amounts of drugs and alcohol!).

Old School

a common site for the first 40 years of the tour, riders would stop at a local bar, before tackling a mighty climb. Brandy, wine, and beer were favourites, often with the riders taking a bottle with them.

Riders share a bottle of alcohol

It wasn't all just about booze and cigarettes. Shown aboce, racers on the Puy de Dome during the 1964 Tour de France, picture courtesy of www.deblauwe.org

There were no support vehicles, riders carried spare tyres on their backs.

Riders cross a bridge in Southern France

Riders stop at a drinking station

The Tour visits a French Port

Racers share a cigarette

The Finale in Paris

Photojournalism

LIFE Magazine recently scanned thousands of it’s old film, many of which have never seen the light of day. In this vast archive lies many fantastic shots from the Tour from 1947-1953, all available to the public domain (although not for commerical purposes). The beauty of these, mostly taken by Tony Linck and Frank Scherschel, is that, unlike most shots TDF shots, they concentrated on the supporters, the scene, the atmosphere, rather than the race itself.

These amazing photos were then echoed in 2008 by The Boston Globe, who gathered together a similar theme around the Tour, over 50 years later. As the photos are mainly from agencies so unavailable to use, so I’ll just link to them, they are well worth checking out though:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/07/2008_tour_de_france.html

Look Further

• Get up to speed on the official Tour De France website
• Graham Watson: Tour Photographer for the last 25 years
• 57,000 Tour De France photos on Flickr
• Holga Cycling photos by Tom Debiec

The winner, Danielle, was announced last week with her beautiful poem, equally matched by her gorgeous photographs.

The community reaction we received was amazing, ALL entries were of an incredible high standard, and we are proud to present the first of the other entries this week by Brandon., entitled ‘Beauty, decay, and the American dream’.

Take it away Brandon….

Beauty, decay, and the American dream

by Brandon Cordell

In early February of 2008, I was laid off from a cushy corporate IT position. It was my first position after (not) finishing my BS in Computer Science. The declining economy and its mirror, the job market, caused me to convince my land lord to mutually end the lease on my house. In retrospect it probably wasn’t the best idea getting my first house in this economy. I sold most of my gadgets and toys (including the Rebel XTi I bought only weeks earlier) to help my disappearing bank account while the cogs of the unemployment system worked their magic.

I left my house with my Volvo packed to the roof with most of my belongings and headed home to my parents, to stay for a few weeks. I was twenty-two and living back at home for the first time since I was seventeen. Needless to say it was a metaphorical “punch in the mouth.” I always knew that not finishing my degree would come back to bite my in the ass but I figured I had some time to get back into school for that could happen. The old adage, “foresight is 20/20”, never rang so true with me before.

I began staying with a family friend to help take care of their home. We nicknamed it ‘the farm’ because of all the animals. It was always the place I would go to get away from the daily grind and forget about all of my problems for awhile. Most importantly, it was the exact opposite of my life. Instead of spending my days slaving over a Logitech ergonomic keyboard (that I had to basically fight my corporate office to buy me) and filling out (metaphoric) TPS reports, I was shoeing horses and building fences. My nine-to-five turned into a six-to-six but I couldn’t be happier. Everyone in the house was employed, the father ill in bed most days. I did my work alone which didn’t really bother me too much. I would take short breaks several times during the day to get out of the hot Florida sun.  I would sit on the shaded porch and just stare at the property thinking about what it must have looked like when the land was first cleared and the house built. It must have been absolutely beautiful.

While cleaning out one of the cluttered rooms one day I found an old Canon SLR camera body. It was an EOS 650 made approximately around 1989 (I did a little research). I had only recently become interested in photography when I was given a great deal on my (now sold) Rebel XTi. I had never shot film before although I did take a photography class in high school it was only so I could have forty-five minutes of sleep in the middle of my school day. I immediately stopped what I was doing to run to CVS to pick up a few rolls of film.  I was glad that I picked up a few extras because I actually ruined a roll trying to figure out how to load it into the camera. I frantically searched for the lens that accompanied the body, but much to my chagrin I found nothing. After browsing Ebay for a few minutes I came upon a 28-80mm Canon EF lens for $1 with no reserve. It was listed for parts but after emailing the owner back and forth I was surprised to find that the only thing wrong with it was the auto focus. Since this was not mentioned in the auction, I quickly won the lens for $1 plus shipping.

Four days later my lens arrived in a small UPS package. I practically ran to the living room, UPS box in hand, to grab the camera. Aside from the broken AF in the lens, it looked basically new. I slapped the lens on the camera and ran straight outside to take pictures. That first day I went through fourteen rolls of film just walking around the yard. As time passed I was never without this camera, I brought it everywhere with me. I began to look at everything around me differently. I began to notice my environment more so than ever. I realized I was drawn to the property I was staying at for different reasons. Instead of imagining how great everything probably was, I finding beauty in the dead trees, and rusty farm equipment. The fences were falling down, and the grass was turning brown but this was what made me love this place so much. It wasn’t the fact that I could get away from everything anymore. Instead this lovely place was forcing me to think about all my problems and giving me courage to attempt to face it all.

Without that camera and my new (viewfinder) view of the world I don’t think I would be where I am today. I’ve since moved on from there but I won’t soon forget my memories.

I’ve been using my Holga 120 GCFN for over 3 years now. It has rubber bands around it and scraps of cardboard stuffed inside, and I love it. Why? Because it came along and made me think differently. Its limits were my challenges. Its flaws were my surprises. So when I first saw the 120 WPC, my curiosity instantly kicked in. I’d played with a home-made matchbox pinhole before as well as the pinhole on my Diana+, but this was different for some reason. With less than 200 members in the largest WPC Flickr group, this is definitely not (yet) a mainstream camera.

Left: The 120 WPC out of its box

Geekspeak

Was it the Holga branding luring me in? The sheer ludicrousness of this stretched-limo of a camera? Or just the very idea of what “WPC” meant? If you’re new to all this, then let’s get the technicals out of the way. Using a pinhole instead of a lens gives you an aperture of f/135 (compared to, say, f/3.5 on a wide-open standard SLR kit lens). This means a couple of important things: First, the fact that so little light is coming in means you need to keep the shutter open a lot longer – typically 4 or 5 seconds in good sunlight, and anything measured in minutes for indoor shots. Second, depth of focus is as good as infinite – in other words, everything will be in focus (assuming the pinhole is good, otherwise everything will be blurry…).

Left: Compared to the 120 GCFN

The other important thing to remember (if you can forget, with the camera shaped as it is) is the “W” factor – Wideangle. The WPC is set up with a viewing angle of 120 degrees, and to take negs 6cm high (like normal 120 film cams) and 12cm across – a 2:1 aspect ratio that starts to put you in the frame of mind (ho ho) of a film director. Or a postman. The WPC comes with a 6×9 mask as well, but let’s be honest – the Wideangle is the reason the WPC exists, and it’s where that “challenge” comes from.

Left: Reverse view, on a tripod. Difficult to make out the “V” on top here though…

There are a few modifications to a standard Holga case to assist you on your journey. A screwthread in the shutter button lets you attach a cable release for added stability (and if you need one – which you will – check around for a package that includes such a device, and maybe even a tripod too). A simple green bubble-based spirit level on top of the camera tells you if the shot is level (with gravity, at least). And a handy set of “V” lines next to that indicate what you’ve got in shot – horizontally, at least. As you’ve got no viewfinder, all of these help out immensely. Once you’ve got used to them.

Going for a spin

So I went out for a bright, if sea-misty, walk the first day I had the WPC. The first thing I noticed was how useful the “V”-shaped guide lines on top were, just because otherwise I really would have no idea what was supposed to be in shot.

The second thing I noticed was how much I had to use my legs to get the shot I wanted; it soon becomes apparent that it can be very difficult not to get things in shot, especially when you’re used to standing a few yards away and focusing on a typical group-sized scene. If you’ve ever been out wandering with a close-up macro lens, you’ll know how large the world can suddenly be when you’re looking at ants’ legs and the detail of grain in wooden doors. Conversely, the eye of the WPC makes the whole world suddenly extremely small – including, generally, whatever it is you want to actually capture. I found it essential to start getting closer to my intended target to cut out wayward trees, lamp-posts, gaggles of seagulls and random buildings that I really didn’t want. Half the time, this just meant standing in the road, rather than across it.

In trying to assess each shot, I noticed a curious battle between myself and my subject. Should I try to find subjects that lend themselves naturally to a wide-frame ratio, such as fences, repetitive pillars, horizons and so on? Or should I kick myself into getting into a more interesting position to start playing about with the panoramic format? How can you put the emphasis on a single object when everything is in focus and everything is in shot?

Similarly, I was plagued at first by the glowing green eye of the spirit level. Was that a guide, or a target? Who was to say the Bubble was God – was it really only horizontal lines that fitted the comedically stretched aspect ratio? Life would be intensely dull if square format cameras could only shoot square objects.

Getting perspective

After a while and a roll of film, I found you can escape these “traps” readily enough. One thing to remember is that perspective can be your ever-present friend – choose both your subject and your position carefully, and all the important lines will converge. Where and how they converge is always powerful in any photo, but the WPC gives you space to really play with the length of these lines, and to track their development from one corner of the frame to the other with renewed vigour. Get away from left to right, start seeing the edges of the frame rather than the length of it. With everything in focus, you can stop worrying over foreground and background and think about things more in terms of their shape, texture and colour in comparison to everything else. With low shots taken on a short tripod, the floor ahead can be just as much part of the photo as the clouds in the distance, all wedged into a single solid world view on your negative.

The second change I noticed in how I started approaching photos was the timing. Often, photography can be a deeply intense waiting period, followed by a sudden snap of activity as a bird reaches the right spot, a leg falls into place, or a water droplet starts its spin. But pinhole photography is the opposite of this, and the WPC is no exception.

A photograph is no longer a snapshot of frozen time, but can be built up, second by second, layer by layer, to compress an entire series of moments into a single glimpse. Where I had worried about people walking through shots or deliberately tried to include a blurry flock of starlings, figures now vanished like ash. Only the permanent remained, stubbornly ignoring my continuous assessment of the present, and I had to learn to see the world in the same way. In a way, pinhole photography speeds the world up so that instantaneous occurrences become obsolete. But when you’re taking the shot, it almost feels like you’re stopping time – and concentrating only on those things which have stopped along with you.

Carrying the WPC around is meditative. You cannot rush a shot. You cannot point-and-shoot. It requires time – remember to take a stopwatch. It requires focus. It is best used when you have nowhere in particular to be.

Results

If you’re expecting that classic Holga “dream” look but on a wideangle basis, think again. Without a lens, there can be no dream-like blur, no coalescing point of lucidity. There is some great vignetting to the WPC shots, although unlike square format, this obviously only really applies to the two sides, rather than a more rounded fade. Other than that, it’s quite difficult to draw parallels or comparisons between my GCFN and the WPC on anything more than the film and the shell, although the ability to confound passers-by with that shell – and to shock them as the back pops off – remains – hurrah!

I’ve been pretty pleased with my first two rolls to come back so far. My previous experience with pinholes seems to have stood me in good stead, and I’ve only had 1 or 2 frames (out of 12) that really didn’t come out, and that was because I was playing with filters. If you have a head for figures, you can probably get more accurate exposures using a light meter or a second camera, and multiplying by the right factor to determine the right exposure range. There’s a world of difference between a 15-second pinhole exposure and a 30-second one, so getting your steps right can often be far more important than when following a Mr Motivator work-out video. My advice for beginners would be to stick to bright days and fairly short exposures to start with, as it’s harder to get wrong. Then notice when you’re underexposing (which will generally be the case until you develop an understanding of Patience and Making-Tea-While-The-Shot-Takes).

If you’re looking for something different – and, as a HolgaBlog reader, I’d guess difference is something you thrive on – then the WPC is a great investment to get your photo-chops around. The main problems are likely to be technical: can you get the film developed, or prints made? Or is it worth getting hold of a film scanner to avoid such issues? (This, incidentally, is what I’ve done, which accounts for the Newton’s rings in some of the photos…) Or otherwise you might just not fancy the idea of spending over a pound per image.

But if the expensive eclectic is something that appeals to you, then the WPC is definitely something you should try to get hold of, try a few rolls in, and try to use creatively. Letting your eyes take a step back and seeing what fills them is liberating, and a great exercise for any kind of photography. Too often, we photo-fanatics spend too long with our pupils trying to cut everything out, trying to hold our fingers up and working what crop will be best. But when your natural field of vision is your crop, perhaps we’re forced to re-connect with our own sense of perception. Perhaps it does us some good to take a wider perspective.

Either way, the Holga WPC will remain a unique beast indeed.

Before that, we just thought we would congratulate everyone on the incredibly high quality of the entries. We would feel proud to put each and every one on the website. The remaining entries will appear once weekly over the next year.

Many thanks to the Holgablog writers for their time during the voting process, also a big ‘thankyou’ to Holga Inspire for their sponsorship of the competition, which wouldn’t have happened without their kind support.

So without further ado, we present the winner of our Holga Competition 2009:

Pieces of Me, Left for You

Danielle Hughson

I left pieces of myself for you,
proof that I had been there -
pink petals on a resting bench,
your first initial spelled out
in blossoms that had fallen like snow -
I knew you’d know.

I hid for a time in the corner
of the fountain where we kissed -
missed the hum of your words,
the things I’d heard while the water
coursed down like a curtain -
I’d been so very certain.

I let the ocean taste the salt
of my skin. And tears, of course -
they all married in the waves,
honeymooned in seashells.
I judged from what they heard -
I knew they’d pass the word.

I haunted all the places we had been
as the seasons slipped me by -
at a playground in the Spring,
I let the world spin me ’round,
I picked a pumpkin for you in the Fall -
then hid it in the vines that sprawled.

I told the golden field to whisper
in the wind when you passed -
I quoted lyrics to the grass
so that the right song
might spring into your mind -
among the others that I’d left behind.

I captured moments of my life on film,
in all the minutes ticking by -
the photons sticking firm in stories,
images to flirt with the rest of the world
but that began their lives, I always knew -
as hidden love letters to you.

So CONGRATULATIONS! to Danielle, you can choose ANY Holga camera you want as your prize, including the new snazzy Holga TLR.

The judges at Holga Ltd had the final decision, and their comments on Danielle’s work was:

The poem and pictures are successfully connected. The pictures echo the mood of the poem so beautifully. Most importantly, the pictures and poetry enigmatically provoke the viewer’s emotion. Viewers feel connected with the photographer/poet’s feelings. We can feel the beauty of the reminiscence of love.

On a photographic level, the pictures illustrate a dreamy romantic past. The soft focus and dreamy quality definitely highlight the heartfelt emotion.

In all, the stunning pictures with the beautiful poetry add great depth to the work.

We couldn’t agree more! Well done Danielle!
Stay tuned in coming months for further stories/essays from the competition. And thankyou to everyone who entered, ALL entries were great

Thousands of people loved Kodachrome for various reasons, including low grain, brilliant colour, and quite a bit of latitude.  Some of the most recognised colour photographs ever taken were with Kodachrome, including Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry back in 1984.  There have been signs over the last few years of Kodak slowly letting Kodachrome die, with Kodak scrapping all their processing machines, leaving only Dwayne’s Photography as the sole worldwide developer of the iconic film.

Here’s the official press release from Kodak:

So what’s your memory of Kodachrome?  Sad to see it go? Too much hassle to get it developed? What will you use instead?

Look Further:

• BusinessWire Press Release
• Kodachrome Tribute on Kodak’s own Blog
• Dwaynes Photo
• Ongoing discussion on Flickr
• Stock Available on 7dayshop