**Skip to bottom if you just want the source code and instructions**! As the festive season approaches, everyone in Britain looks forward to an advent calendar. Actually correction. Everyone looks forward to eating the chocolate from their advent calendar. At work, I got asked to … Read More →
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Instant Photo a day
During July, I figured I better use some of the polaroid film I’ve been stockpiling and decided to do an instant photo a day. It was incredibly difficult even for just a month with shoots being hampered by weather and time restraints. Here’s some of … Read More →
Large Format Paris
Last year, I travelled for 10 hours by train in order for me to take my large format camera with me to Paris. I only took about 10 photos, but I really enjoyed using it in the home of photography. Random strangers wanting to chat … Read More →
Paddy’s Market RIP
On the 15th May 2009, Paddys Market was finally closed by Glagow City Council. Long seen a ‘blight’ by the community, the market, housed in railway arches, sold junk for over 200 years. Originally set up by the immigrant Irish fleeing from the famine in … Read More →
Flickr API Fun: Flickr Theme Searcher
I’ve made another wee Flickr App. This time you can search groups for keyword, between certain dates. It will then return the photos that have those keywords in the title,description or tags. You then get the choice to either click on the the photo to … Read More →
The (not real) HOLGA D
Indian industrial designer Saikat Biswas has come up with a novel and frankly, fantastic looking digital Holga. He calls it the Holga D. Saikat has managed to merge the key elements of the Holga and combine them with a digital sensor. We would love to … Read More →
Review: Impossible Project PX100 Silver Shade/First Flush
Last week I tried hard to be impartial while writing our brief article outlining the current problems surrounding the first film from The Impossible Project’s (TIP) factory and the backlash surrounding it. Personally I was torn about the new film: I was incredibly happy that … Read More →
The Impossible Backlash
Now that the dust has settled after a frenzy of excitement over the launch of The Impossible Project’s (TIP) new film the PX 100 Silver Shade, people are starting to wonder if it will live up to the hype. In this modern-age of twittering press … Read More →
Found Films
People have been taking photographs for over 150 years and finding negatives and films from this long history of photography can be exciting and fascinating. However, this can be a minefield leading to copyright and taste issues. Hopefully, this article will help to keep you … Read More →
The Polaroid 20×24
Holgablog pays tribute to the most spectacular instant camera ever created, looking at it's features, how it works, and into the future for this amazing feat of engineering.
The Massive Guide to TLR cameras Part 5: In Depth Reviews
Our final part to this series is a bit different to normal Holgablog articles. We have been lucky enough to have been granted permission by Pierre Luminet to translate his brilliant in depth reviews and comparisons of some of the most popular TLR's ever made.
Wedding
As some of you know, I’ve been neglecting the blog due to work committments plus getting married last month. I’ve been sorting through the photos from our marriage in New York, all taken by me or my dad! Still got a lot of rolls of … Read More →