Lomography is the art of analog (film) photography on toy cameras! The photos on this blog are all taken by me! All pictures are taken on FILM with toy cameras with the following process:
1. Take pictures with lomo camera
2. Bring it to a photolab for processing of films
3. Scan the films (this is the ONLY digital part of the process, the rest are manual)
A bit more about my methods.
Cameras
The lomo cameras I use are:
1. Holga 120N (the basic edition)
About 65mm focal length with f11/f13 aperture. Its a medium format camera meant for loading 120mm square films. After dabbling in medium format for a few rolls, I've since upgraded this with a Superheadz 35mm adaptor that allows loading of 35mm films...to awesome effect as will be shown in my blog soon.
2. White Slim Angel
About 22mm focal length...essentially a vivitar remake. I like this camera as its easy to carry around and very handy! The downside is the 'Wide Angle Trap' which users of this camera need to beware of haha
3. Waterproof 35mm Camera
Got this as a present from my good friend! I have yet to try this out yet but it looks like a cool camera to bring out...with that submarine plastic casing haha.
Films
In digital photography, the camera costs more than storage. A good DSLR costs thousands of dollars but SD cards cost tens to hundreds of dollars. Its the opposite in film photography. A lomography camera can be super cheap. Holga 120N can be bought from eBay below $50. But each canister of film would average about $10. Add in processing and scanning (roughly $15) and you could almost buy another Holga in no time at all.
There are too many films to choose from, with different effects after processing. But its important to keep trying out different types of films for the fun of it lol. In general, there are two main types of film. Negatives and Positives. Negatives are called 'negatives' because the image you see on the film after processing are in 'negative' mode. In other words, bright colours would appear darker on the film and vice versa. The colours are also in 'negative' mode. Positive images on the other hand would appear as they would in the real world. The usual thing to do would be to frame the positives (transparencies).
Films offer very high 'resolution' in digital terms. A 35mm film has the equivalent of 25 megapixels and a medium format film has the equivalent of over 50 megapixels! Its also hard for camera sensors to beat films when it comes to colour. The very big downside is that you can't 're-shoot' badly taken photos, and there is no way to 'preview' the image you just took on film.
Its important to plan ahead before embarking on any film project!
This is getting to be a very long introductory post. Shall continue next time. Meanwhile I will upload LOMO PICTURES!!! BEHOLD THE WONDER!
1. Take pictures with lomo camera
2. Bring it to a photolab for processing of films
3. Scan the films (this is the ONLY digital part of the process, the rest are manual)
A bit more about my methods.
Cameras
The lomo cameras I use are:
About 65mm focal length with f11/f13 aperture. Its a medium format camera meant for loading 120mm square films. After dabbling in medium format for a few rolls, I've since upgraded this with a Superheadz 35mm adaptor that allows loading of 35mm films...to awesome effect as will be shown in my blog soon.
2. White Slim Angel
About 22mm focal length...essentially a vivitar remake. I like this camera as its easy to carry around and very handy! The downside is the 'Wide Angle Trap' which users of this camera need to beware of haha
3. Waterproof 35mm Camera
Got this as a present from my good friend! I have yet to try this out yet but it looks like a cool camera to bring out...with that submarine plastic casing haha.
Films
In digital photography, the camera costs more than storage. A good DSLR costs thousands of dollars but SD cards cost tens to hundreds of dollars. Its the opposite in film photography. A lomography camera can be super cheap. Holga 120N can be bought from eBay below $50. But each canister of film would average about $10. Add in processing and scanning (roughly $15) and you could almost buy another Holga in no time at all.
There are too many films to choose from, with different effects after processing. But its important to keep trying out different types of films for the fun of it lol. In general, there are two main types of film. Negatives and Positives. Negatives are called 'negatives' because the image you see on the film after processing are in 'negative' mode. In other words, bright colours would appear darker on the film and vice versa. The colours are also in 'negative' mode. Positive images on the other hand would appear as they would in the real world. The usual thing to do would be to frame the positives (transparencies).
Films offer very high 'resolution' in digital terms. A 35mm film has the equivalent of 25 megapixels and a medium format film has the equivalent of over 50 megapixels! Its also hard for camera sensors to beat films when it comes to colour. The very big downside is that you can't 're-shoot' badly taken photos, and there is no way to 'preview' the image you just took on film.
Its important to plan ahead before embarking on any film project!
This is getting to be a very long introductory post. Shall continue next time. Meanwhile I will upload LOMO PICTURES!!! BEHOLD THE WONDER!
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