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Theres Brown launches web site

Posted July 3, 2007 in Photographers + Pinhole

Therese Brown, whose Holga, pinhole, and Polaroid work I’ve been following on Flickr for the last two years or so, has just launched a web site of her photography as well as a blog. Check it out at thisiswhatisee.com!

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Interview with Robert Holmgren

Posted June 30, 2007 in Interviews

Check out this interview with Robert Holmgren by Chris Keeney. You can see Holmgren’s work at his Web site, robertholmgren.com.

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Interview with Steph Parke (EN, PT)

Posted June 5, 2007 in Interviews

Check out this interview with toy camera photographer Steph Parke by Mário Venda Nova. In both English and Portuguese.

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Holga focus test

Posted May 6, 2007 in Extra Geeky

Squarefrog, who has put together what I believe to now be the definitive Holga resource site, has done a focus test to see if the generally cites distances for each focussing icon are correct. He writes: I decided to dispell some Holga focus myths and actually test the focus distance for the 3 people, and [...]

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Holga exposure mystery not solved

Posted April 5, 2007 in Extra Geeky

The exposure math of the Holga has always been a mystery to me, because it seems to violate the reliable Sunny 16 Rule. The rule basically states that if you set your shutter speed to the ISO of your film and the aperture to f/16, you’ll get a solid exposure in direct sunlight. (For example, [...]

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"The World Through a Plastic Lens" toy camera photography show, NSW, AU

Posted April 5, 2007 in Exhibitions

Check it out, work by Alex Craig, Don Brice, Tim Gibbs, and Tim Hixson! The show runs through 24 April, 2007, at Blender Gallery, 16 Elizabeth St., Paddington, NSW, AU. (Here’s a larger, more legible version of the flyer.)

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DIY Diana flash trigger

Posted March 25, 2007 in Camera Hacking & DIY

Check out photographer Don Brice‘s excellent modification that allows you to use normal flash/strobe units on Diana toy cameras: I enjoy using the Diana in the studio and shooting portraits and still life lit with flash. I discovered long ago that by ripping off the usual connector on the end of the syncro cable, you [...]

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4th annual Holgamods "Celebration of Spring" photo contest

Posted March 17, 2007 in Calls for Entry

Holgamods are having a photo contest. No entry fee, you retain copyright, and other rare indications of sanity.

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"Lightleaks" toy camera photography show, Melbourne, AU

Posted February 21, 2007 in Exhibitions

Australian photographer/neuroscientist Hamish Innes-Brown writes: Me and 11 other people (some from this Flickr – fotojux, mikelefevre, artpunk, maybe others?) are in a show that opens this Thursday night called LIGHTLEAKS [not the magazine]. It is called this as all the images are shot on dodgey crappy cameras with useless lenses and hideous light leaks. [...]

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“Cheap Shots: The Silver Dreams of Plastic Cameras” show, MI, US

Posted February 16, 2007 in Exhibitions

“Cheap Shots is an exhibition of photographic art created with cheap, plastic cameras, old cameras, pinhole cameras, and Polaroids. In an age of expensive, hi-tech equipment, these simple cameras offer a refreshing, lo-tech view of the world in our time. The work in this show was created by seventeen artists from the Michigan area who [...]

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