So here goes an explanation of how i got into this:
- discovered lomography at flickr a few months ago, has been hooked by it and has been taking pics with my iphone using toycamera app.
- my canon 40d has been kept in the dry box since that discovery.
- i wondered for a long time about which toy camera to start with (took me weeks!) and decided to go for a holga 120cfn, because of its square format and strong vignetting (dark corners).
- why lomo? because i wanted my photography to have a more organic and unpredictable feeling. i was tired of the sterility of digital pictures.
- i also don’t like post-processing my pictures using photoshop or similar to give them the effect i want.
- this new hobby implied buying my first scanner ever and going back to the basics of film and of course spending money on film rolls and development.
- ‘learn to look before you take photographs’ – holga—the world through a plastic lens.
- being patient: i will never see the pictures soon after shooting.
- i’m still learning.
mitaka station
and now the real lomo taken with a holga. no editing, no post-processing:
new york buildings at tobu world square
nikko in a sunny day
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Your photography is exquisite.