On Saturday I got to spend the afternoon photographing two of the cutest twin babies, Antonio and Rosa. I particularly love this shot of Antonio taking a moment of quiet contemplation.
Monthly Archives: April 2010
I finally took my Holga 120 TLR out for a test drive this weekend and shot my first roll of 120 film. It was pretty strange jumping from the digital convenience of the Canon 5D with beautiful glass to the limitations of a toy film camera with a plastic lens. It’s not just the fact that…
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Kristense – It is a tricky little monster. You definitely want to make sure after your last shot to advance the film even more for awhile until the roll has completely been advanced onto one side of the camera. As you keep turning the knob to advance the film you’ll suddenly feel it become loose. Advance it a couple turns more to make sure. Then when you open the Holga, the film should be completely rolled to one side. Then it’s just a matter of jiggling the roll out. Make sure to keep the roll tight. I wrapped mine up in tinfoil to keep dust and light from it until I got to the lab.
These all look great!
So you were able to get the film out without ripping it in half? Well aren’t you fancy…
Soooooooooooo cool!!!
Last week I modified my Holga before taking it out for my first toy camera photo adventure! The purpose of this modification was to expand the image on the negative, increasing the vignette and fuzziness around the edges of my photographed image, and also increasing the amount of light leaks onto the image in order…
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It looks a bit complicated to me. Maybe because I don’t have a Holga camera. (LOL) But I know it’s a cool toy!
Thanks for sharing, AV!
[...] from the Bates’ book. If you’re curious, you can see a step by step Holga modification tutorial HERE on the blog. These changes were made to the camera in order to extend the image on the negative, [...]
Definitely a good idea. That back comes off so easily.
wow I like the velcro idea, never saw that before.
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Hi Albert and kim: Desde Panamá Felicidades mis sobrinos estan hermosos. Mañana le enseño las fotos a mi abuela y a mi tía.
OOOOH, how adorable! really wonderful Jonas! looking foward to more!
<3 I love my little brother!!! You are awesome Jonas! Thanks again!!