Even More Holga Stuff

Scenes from my office

More Holga 35mm Goodness

One of these is not like the others.

All were shot with the TLR a while ago. I like the shapes in the bench shot. The two doors are different treatments of the same scan. Which do you like better?

Here are some photos I've been meaning to Scan and post. All were done medium format film, either on my old school TLR or with my Holga cameras.
Peaches, shot with the Yashica in the back yard




These two were taken with the Holga, in Black and white. Split toning was used in Lightroom to do some stuff with the colors.



I forgot I scanned this dive board shot. I'm pretty sure I did it with the TLR. I can't decide if I like it with the split toning or not. I kind of like the shapes pure black and white.

Mary took this of me

Up to my knees in snow, after feeding the birds, before shaving! There is supposed to be another foot or snow coming after this photo

Holga Double Exposure, with Split Toning

So, I'm just getting around to doing some scanning and posting of the Holga images I've been getting. Here is my first ever attempt at doing a double exposure. Took the two photos one on top of the other outside the Movie Theatre before going inside. I tried some split toning in Light Room too. Let me know what you think!

More from the Holga 35mm experiment

One of my favorites. As much because I've been looking at this office skylight for the last several years, thinking there has to be a shot in this. I finally won!


Cool photo here I like the way the feet are leading away, along with the tire tracks


Should I do a write up, showing the set up for what I did to the camera?

Holga 35mm first shots and scans

I got a pair of Holga cameras for Christmas that I've been messing with. They are cheap plastic cameras made in China. They are widely loved in the artsy crowd for their many idiosyncracies:

• The plastic lens gives soft images around the edges, and sorta sharp images in the middle
• They take medium format film, which makes for big honkin negatives
• they frequently leak light, giving some interesting effects, whether you want them or not
• there is no real control of the aperture, despite having 2 apparently different settings, which it turns out are meaningless!
• the shutter speed is not adjustable, it's in the 1/100th of a second range, more or less
• The focus has 4 differnet settings, but you can't preview what you are actually focusing on. Technically this is a rangefinder camera. Technically
• They are incredibly low priced, mess with them if you want. If you really, really mess up, you haven't lost a lot

All this stuff means the camera is fun, and part of the process. Really, all you can do is be in the right place, see something interesting and take the shot! See what happens. You're embracing pseudo randomness!

In that spirit, some folks have figured out that you can use 35mm film in the camera by using foam to wedge the cannister where the regular film is supposed to fit. They also figured out your photo could include the sprockets if you wanted. Of course you want to, this is a Holga! Here are some images I did yesterday.
It was funny, the clerk at Scam's club apologized because they all came out wrong. Technically there are a bunch of "issues", but, this ain't Kansas anymore! Here are 2 of many images to come. I need to figure out how to use the scanner software better, and faster!



Way up top is a close up of Peaches in the snow. I love the part of the image that's in the sprocket area! That square reddish thing is the film counter window that wasn't sealed enough with some gaffer tape. Next time I'll add some aluminum foil under the tape to make sure this much light doesn't get through.


The bird feeder in the back yard. You can see the film details here, this is Kodak 400 speed film.

17 of my favorite shots today.

I spent a lot of time driving around today, first in Downtown Dover, then after lunch with Loretta and the gang, ($5 Mari Monte Pizza!!) out again to shoot whatever I came across. I was heading towards Smyrna, but didn't make it past anold barn and outbuildings.





The first two were at the barn. I processed them Holga style, to see how the Holga shots compare to these.


That fix a leak might not take care of all the leaks...


A little surreality never hurt anyone!


Stairs to no where!



The sofa is tagged as free!



These photos of the chair are some of my favorites from the day!




Utilities

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Two versions of the same scene. I like the way the curb is echoed by the wires in the first one, and the symmetry in the second version.


Cool Post downtown



I did some other photos of this fence, just around the corner, a while back.


Just liked the shapes

Scenes from Route 9, Delaware, last Monday

I had the photo bug bad the other day. Decided to get up at the crack of dawn and go shooting. I was hoping for some cool red skys, but that didn't happen. I started at Port Mahon, then rode up Rt9, to see what I could get into. I was looking for the Deakyne House, well, really the water tower on the property and eventually found it. The water tower is a cool shape, and actually looks like some kind of lighthouse or something. The photos I did of the tower are just ok, so I didn't post any of them. It's a shame about the house and outbuildings though. The house has been there a long time, but it's now boarded up, mostly. It seems vandals rip off a door or window plywood as soon as they're up and go in and mess stuff up. About a hundred yards from the front door, there is an old family plot. I'll post pics of some of the stones later. The plot is in very nice shape. Too bad they can't keep the house and water tower maintained. After leaving the Deakyne property, I saw this cool looking tree in the woods. About the only one with leaves on it, or so it looked. I had to take some photos of it too.



This tree had a movie set feel to it.


Some kind of ag equipment in a shed that's falling down


Behind one of the farm buildings at the Deakyne Home

Building falling in on itself


Cool pump in the pump house, natural light. I liked the shapes and textures

This pump has an anthropomorphic feel to it.


Cool details...



A different abandoned home near the Cedar Swamp Refuge

These shrines are fascinating to me on so many levels. The beer bottle behind this one made me mad!


Egg casing on the beach, exactly as I found it



Stumps in the water, they looked like they were part of a dock or something at one time. The photo right above this was shot hand held, very slow shutter speed, and gives it a dreamy feel.

Recent photos close to my house, or in the studio. 3 Treatments of the roadside memorial. There are many ways to do the memorial.