Sunday, September 09, 2007

Meet Holga, my new toy

I'm a bad photographer. When I see something really beautiful I try to take a picture of it, and every shot I make looks dull. Holga1, my last chance to become a photographer, arrived in a bright box a month ago, and we headed straight to Black Sea (Crimea, Ukraine), 'cause it was a vacation time.

A 'toy' camera is very fun & exciting thing to use. It's like a bunch of presents under a Christmas tree: you never know what you get, even if you see the boxes with presents :) Light leaks, shadows of the battery, vignetting, oh my god, they all are so amazing! Send your perfect digital photos with dozens of photoshop effects to a trash bin. It's time to think analog!

I really like my new toy. You can find my vacation Holga photos here.

1Holga is a cheap plastic camera which uses professional medium format film.