A little while ago, I bought myself a toy camera. I wasn't getting bored as such with my current equipment, but I was enjoying viewing toy camera photography, and I wanted to have a go at it.
I suppose it's not necessarily classed as a "toy" camera as such, but my Holga 120N is so cheap, nasty and crappy, that it's really not far off. It feels so odd around my neck because it's almost totally made of plastic. Even the lens is plastic. It uses 120 film (medium format) which is about the only part of the camera that can be taken seriously. I wonder what other people think when they see me put my Nikon D100 or Mamiya 645 away and drag this shabby little POS out!
We went for a drive on the weekend down to the Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide. I brought the Holga along so I could have a play with it. As I was sitting on the beach at Rapid Bay, I tried a few pictures of the pebbles. I've only run one roll of film through it so far, and haven't bothered to get it developed as I know I didn't wind each frame on enough! When I do get it developed, it could almost look quite funny.
There's one thing I keep forgetting about when I think about what the images will look like. That's any light leaks within the camera. These vary from Holga to Holga, and can be small or large. I used about half a roll on the weekend, so I want to finish it off and get it developed. If the frames are ok, I may even get prints made, for a laugh.
But I've been getting visions in my mind of different shots I want to take with it, including one which could look awesome blown up and maybe even printed onto a frameless canvas. Hmmm. If the camera's up for it, let's have some fun.
I have two weeks of holidays coming up in October, and I've started planning what I want to do while I'm off. I really want to get out and get some photography under my belt. All day trips into the hills are on my list, as are some scouting journeys to Pt. Adelaide. I love wandering the old streets of the Port area, looking at the old buildings and capturing their old-world charms. All the time I'm out shooting though, I'll have my Holga ready. It's really quite funny how such a shitty little plastic box can capture my imagination the way it has. $56 well spent I think.
I suppose it's not necessarily classed as a "toy" camera as such, but my Holga 120N is so cheap, nasty and crappy, that it's really not far off. It feels so odd around my neck because it's almost totally made of plastic. Even the lens is plastic. It uses 120 film (medium format) which is about the only part of the camera that can be taken seriously. I wonder what other people think when they see me put my Nikon D100 or Mamiya 645 away and drag this shabby little POS out!
We went for a drive on the weekend down to the Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide. I brought the Holga along so I could have a play with it. As I was sitting on the beach at Rapid Bay, I tried a few pictures of the pebbles. I've only run one roll of film through it so far, and haven't bothered to get it developed as I know I didn't wind each frame on enough! When I do get it developed, it could almost look quite funny.
There's one thing I keep forgetting about when I think about what the images will look like. That's any light leaks within the camera. These vary from Holga to Holga, and can be small or large. I used about half a roll on the weekend, so I want to finish it off and get it developed. If the frames are ok, I may even get prints made, for a laugh.
But I've been getting visions in my mind of different shots I want to take with it, including one which could look awesome blown up and maybe even printed onto a frameless canvas. Hmmm. If the camera's up for it, let's have some fun.
I have two weeks of holidays coming up in October, and I've started planning what I want to do while I'm off. I really want to get out and get some photography under my belt. All day trips into the hills are on my list, as are some scouting journeys to Pt. Adelaide. I love wandering the old streets of the Port area, looking at the old buildings and capturing their old-world charms. All the time I'm out shooting though, I'll have my Holga ready. It's really quite funny how such a shitty little plastic box can capture my imagination the way it has. $56 well spent I think.
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