It's a Holga! Photo

Photographer’s Note

Finally I got one of these clumsy toy like cameras, and had my first two films delivered with it. This is one of my very first Holga shots. I don't now why and how theres this light on the left side (i entirely taped the camera), and the film was scratched too in the camera. Unfortunately I had to scan the negative with an old scanner without any photo negative support, therfore there's a lot of dust on the pic. You see this "digitalization" was absolutely low-fi. However somehow i like the result in his own special absurd way ;)
The next time I will sacrifice some Euros to get better images from a laboratory.

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morgue80 (78) 2007-05-12 7:52

I really like this, cant think of words to describe why?

atlantida (2323) 2007-05-12 8:55

I agree, I like it too, but not sure why. Maybe cause it's one of the worst photos I've seen here considering quality and it's so different from the others, it looks like it should look like this, so old. It is an artwork in a strange way.
Regards,
Gordana

solskinn (89) 2007-05-13 3:22

Thanks for sharing that holga shot! I've allways thought about getting one myself because I think results like that are absolutely magic! Maybe that's what we all need at the moment - somethink that is not perfect and that makes one dream! I think its no problem with all the noise and light on the picture! nice colours, too! congratulations! Lena

joaschmidt (561) 2007-05-14 16:35

Yes, this shot is magic. Thats the word. It's not just a photo. Keep doing that, Michi, I'd like to see more of it

mutti_wilson (3) 2007-09-07 11:25

I was about to ask what Post Process techniques you used to get that look. I think it looks awesome. If it were B/W it would be a perfect repro of an old picture.