As I was about to go pick up our Holga film, I was finishing up some emails and thinking about how excited I am to see our photography on film….actual film! After the Holga class we did for Mile High Photographers last week, we dropped off our film rolls and we have had to patiently wait to see the results until today. Part of the class that day was to decorate our cameras; because the Holga is a less expensive plastic camera it is easy to custom design it with stickers, jewels, lettering and colored tape. It was fun to watch everyone do this and transform their camera into it’s own piece of art. We even had a vote to see whose camera design was the best!
We spent the class in Idaho Springs and thanks to the Tommy Knocker Brewery we had our own private room to hang out in between walking around the town taking pictures. I had to laugh at one point when some of the class ran out of film so they had moved on to their digital cameras and iphones. We had a good group of people that day and we are so excited to see what beautiful images they captured! We are having a gallery opening to display the work of the students in the class next week, which will be a new thing for us and I can’t wait!
All MHP members, family and friends are invited!
Friday, May 21, 2010
7:30 PM
Eliot Street Collective
2460 Eliot Street
Denver, CO 80021 US
Proceeds sold from the images will be donated to “The Advocates for Human Rights” whom is a non-profit dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights both in the US and abroad.
Since Colorado weather can be so unpredictable and can still snow in April I thought I would share a few pictures to cheer everyone up. Last night was interesting with snow, hail, thunder and lighting all at the same time. Angie and I went out last week to take faith our jack russel on a walk. These were shot with my holgaroid and I shot them with 669. Hopefully spring will be back soon here in colorado because we miss you.
What is a holga?
For those of you that dont know what a holga is it is a 30.00 dollar chinese toy camera. For these shots though, a polaroid back was used, instead of 120 medium format film. It was made to provide a cheap camera in the 80′s that would make it easy for the masses to take pictures of events and people. Since then it has been marketed around the world and is often used as a creative camera. The camera is very easy to use with only a few settings to learn, which adds to its appeal. You get to spend more time thinking and composing your shots then worrying about settings. Many of the characteristics of the camera including the heavy vignette and light leaks add to the creative “happy mistakes”.
Collodion Wet Plate for me is such a labor of love. Using a 140 year old process that takes so much craftsmanship really is inspiring for angie and I. Here is the first portrait we have posted on the blog so far. Please enjoy. If you have not seen the process you can watch our video demoing it. Wet Plate Collodion Demo
Andy & I almost always bring our camera every where we go and especially the holidays we spend with our family! Today we took our mom’s to beautiful Arrowhead Golf Course for Mother’s Day brunch and had a great time! The food and the weather were both great and of course the photography session there was fun! We bought our mom’s giant cards, because…..well….if you were in the store with us and saw them, you would understand! Just thought we would share a couple of photos of the moms we love!
Happy Mother’s Day!