The start of a beautiful friendship...

For Christmas I recieved a Holga camera, and I love it.

Swan; Wallington Hall.

The Holga, for those of you who don't know, is a camera first made in 1982 as a cheap-o, mass-market camera, with a plastic lens and medium format (120) film, and is today part of Lomography. A celebration of the experimental, the personal, the crazy, the spontaneous, the lo-fi, the accidental, the dreamy, the square, and the 10 Golden Rules.

Wallington Hall.

So, these are from my first film. It was really exciting to have to wait to see how these came out, recieving a small green packet over the counter, filled with negatives, prints, and a CD, instead of the instant "Oh yeah, that's good" or "Shit, delete that..." digital photography that we've all become used to.

The reason they are a little dark is that the days I were shooting were pretty dull, and I unfortunately was restricted to using the only film I had at the time, Fuji Superior 100, which is really only good for sunny days. For overcast days you really need a 400 speed film, or more.

Tree through a gap; Wallington Hall.

Having said that, I'm really quite pleased with how they came out, and I'm geekily excited about finding out just what I can do with this camera. Expect more!

Melanie; Valley Park.