Film Festival captured by a Holga!

[easyrider]

Canada's National Post story on shooting Tronto Film Festival with a Holga:

"We're used to seeing the Toronto International Film Festival through a certain lens: A Canon, usually, or sometimes a Nikon. The images that bring Toronto to the world each September look crisp and nearly flawless thanks to the fact that they're taken by professionals using professional equipment.

"The photos you see here, on the other hand, were taken with a Holga, a cheaply made plastic Chinese camera (even the lens is plastic) that takes photos on old-fashioned medium-format 120 film and sometimes comes with a multicolour flash. The Holga is prone to capturing colour in odd ways, leaking light like crazy through the seams (electrical tape helps, but doesn't solve the problem completely), and if you forget to advance the film — or forget on purpose – you end up with multiple exposures on the same frame . . " (see link to the whole story below)


http://network.nationalpost.com/np/...ough-a-cheap-plastic-holga-lens-part-one.aspx


Makes the point that it's the photog who matters, not the camera.

 

[dcsang]

I would say that it's not the photgrapher per se as much as the connections the photographer has to get him/her as close to the "action" as possible.

There are many photogs at TIFF - if you have access to the parties and "behind the scenes" stuff, then you could easily shoot with a Holga and make it interesting.

If you are stuck behind barriers and across the street some distance away from the action, you're not going to get much unless you are going to go "crop crazy" ;-)

Cheers,
Dave

 

[somecanuckchick]

I would say that it's not the photgrapher per se as much as the connections the photographer has to get him/her as close to the "action" as possible.

There are many photogs at TIFF - if you have access to the parties and "behind the scenes" stuff, then you could easily shoot with a Holga and make it interesting.

If you are stuck behind barriers and across the street some distance away from the action, you're not going to get much unless you are going to go "crop crazy" ;-)

Cheers,
Dave

It's all about who you know... 😱:bang:😎

 

[chikarin]

those pictures are pretty horrible... good concept but really, even holgas can take better pictures.

 

[easyrider]

It's all about who you know... 😱:bang:😎

Or how you look? or if you are female? 🙂)

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/article/696607

From the Toronto Star: (I must admit though she got the invite in the first place because of whom she knows.)


"Never underestimate the power of a pretty girl in a pretty dress.
Accessorized with a winning smile, even powerful movie stars will fall for her charm.
Case in point: Tuesday night's InStyle/Hollywood Foreign Press Association party at the Windsor Arms.
My invitation came with strict guidelines – no cameras allowed inside. . . ."


(It lasted until he gave his P+S to a hot chick.)

 

[nikon_sam]

What's with the goat in a t-shirt ???

 

[gho]

Poor goat! The images are not that bad. Interesting use of the color splash. Holga makes one relax. At least me 😀. With a Holga it is hard to go wrong! Beautiful Beast! But!

- Pressing the shutter button is not the end of the pipeline, a bit more diligence in scanning and post processing would help the pictures a great deal. As you may have guessed, that is a point I am myself struggling with.

- What about the hit miss ratio?

- Get closer!

 

[Pherdinand]

i agree with chikarin.
I've seen very goo dshots with holgas (not technically of course). These are just crappy...

Check a guy called something liu or kiu the "holga master" on photo.net
he can use them 🙂