Holga Camera Peepshow

Here’s a very stunning Lomo picture showing Italy in all it’s beauty but this time done with a Lomo Fisheye camera.  The signature Lomo fisheye look transforms Rome, Venice, Capri, Pompeii, Pisa and Venice from their already amazing selves into something otherworldly spectacular. If you’ve never had the pleasure of firing off a few rolls with this awesomely fun camera then I suggest you go out and buy a Lomo Fisheye 35mm camera, like right now!

(4 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)

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Here’s a beautiful video of some very nice infrared Holga work done by Wallace Billingham from Pioneer Run, Pennsylvania.  A lot of soft and lush, long exposure black and white falling water shots.  I’m sure the video does not do the real prints justice.  Anyhow, we’re big fans of infrared Holga pictures around here so we’re looking forward to bring some more of that real soon.

(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

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Here is a video on how to load 35mm film into your Holga camera.  Personally, I’ve never felt compelled to use 35mm film in my Holga since it is a medium format camera but if you have a few extra rolls of the 35mm stuff laying around then what the hay.  This video will go over the basics; you’ll find that everyone mods, tapes, and loads their film a little differently but its nice to see alternative methods.  Basically, he mods the take up spool with some rubberbands to make sure 35mm film, with its smaller width, will be taken up.  He then places black electrical tape on the back red window to prevent light leaks.  Foam is introduced into the spool chamber; I’ve always just wedged a piece of the film box instead but this is a good idea. The 35mm film is then taped to the spool for obvious reasons and the rest of the casing is taped as well.  I’ve gotten fanatical with a couple of my Holgas and used black electrical tape pretty much anywhere I was paranoid to place it.  Something I do that is not shown, is to use wrap two fat rubberbands across the body of the Holga to prevent it from accidently opening in the event you drop it or you like to operate photographic equipment while drinking.  The rest of the video is just common sense stuff about unloading your film in the darkroom.  If you’ve done any kind of film work, this will be obvious.  Overall, a nice little video and worthy of inclusion here at the HPP.

(3 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

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Some nice Holga fisheye lens pics here from a trip to Hong Kong.  Good choice of color film over black and white to capture the neon essence (light pollution?) of Hong Kong.  Vacation pictures are always very powerful as they can sometimes shape or distort our very own memories of a time spent in a foreign place.  As if Hong Kong wasn’t wildly trippy enough, the fisheye pics are an exclamation point.  Music is ‘Sometimes’ by Les Rythmes Digitales.

(5 votes, average: 2.4 out of 5)

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Here’s a great montage of NYC videos done by Pauline from Vimeo.  I have to admit, I watched this one over and over a few times because it made me nostalgic for memories that weren’t my own…if that’s possible.  I guess that’s what Holga does to all of us.  Beirut’s “Scenic World” was perfect for this video.  I’m starting to realize that Holga users have good taste in music too!

(7 votes, average: 4.57 out of 5)

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