Bikes in New Orleans outside a cafe.

Bikes in an Alley in Alabama

Bike pile in Portland Oregon in the winter

Bikes outside a shop in Cuernavaca Mexico

Bike on a Porch in the French Quarter, New Orleans

All photos by: www.Lostkat.com

Taken with: Holga Camera on various films over several years of travel

Seaside Beach, Oregon Coast.

Photo by: Lost Kat Photo

Film and Camera: Holga N

Holga 120 TLR Medium Format Plastic Camera, Shoots 120 Film, Black/

Photo by: Lost Kat Photo

Film and Camera:

Holga 120 TLR Medium Format Plastic Camera, Shoots 120 Film, Black

Many of you might not even know what a 110 camera is, or 110 film in that case. It was a small little compact film and camera where the film was self contained in a little removable light safe canister which unrolled from one side into another with a space in between where the film gets exposed. As recently as a few years ago you could still buy the 110 Holga mini cameras but film was getting harder and harder to find till Fujifilm stopped manufacturing 110 in September 2009.

Even before they stopped making it, it was very hard to find as no one was really using the cameras anymore. I however, had 5 110 cameras, one of them being an actual SLR, the only 110 SLR ever made. As quickly as possible I ran to Ebay and bought 50 rolls of expired 110 film for about $30. It was a steal, at least I hoped, and it certainly was when I found out that each roll had 24 shots when I actually expected the more common 12 shots. I was up to my ears in film and to this day still have about 30 rolls left. The biggest negative about the film is the negative size. Because it’s so tiny and compact, making excellent spy cameras, it’s impossible to get a good print over 5×7. So it’s great that we live in a digital age. I have never got a print of a 110 photo but rather scanned my negatives and can do with them what I like on the web. I just got another 110 camera from a friends for my birthday so I better fish out my old rolls and get to work. It’s getting harder and harder to find someone to develop them but I’ll keep searching and stacking up rolls. Eventually I’ll have a cache of 110 film to be developed that will cost more than they will ever be worth as I don’t really consider them quality enough to sell or anything, but their worth to me is great and I’m happy to keep this classic film format and my cameras around for as long as I can.

Photos by Lost Kat

Roots and Trees

On a hike in Tennessee recently, we came across many overturned trees with roots sometimes as high as 15 feet – a wall of rocks, roots and earth overturned by the tragic death of some mighty tree. Every size of overturned tree roots was as spooky as the next though, and with the dense forest behind it, holding secrets and lies like only a forest can, I suspected that the tree had not died alone but among an ageless forest of peers who would one day suffer the same fate. The dead tree and roots however are an intricate part of the ecosystem, providing homes for countless insects and creatures. The cycle goes on, the forest keeps its secrets.

New Orleans, 2010. Beware of the Dog

We lived in New Orleans for about 4 months last Summer. It was hot, humid and awesome. Our neighbourhood wasn’t that interesting but when we walked around downtown or the east side of it. In the Marigny area of central New Orleans, there were great old Victorian houses that had stood the time and storms of the region. At one, was this great gate covered voodoo decor, a Hatian license plate and beware of the dog sign. Perhaps they wanted people to beware of more than their dog. Classic NOLA.

Taken with a holga on Kodak TMAX 400 film.

Nothing like taking your camera somewhere where it could be destroyed or lost in a second. I dropped my video camera in the river on this trip while trying to avoid some branches. I have only dropped my Holga once when it fell out of my backpack on a trip to Montana at the train station but it didn’t break. It smashed onto the tiles, back flew off, film went flying and the rest of the camera came into several parts but was luckily easy to put together. The film however was ruined sadly. Not this rollhttp://postling.com/images/button_publish.png!

Holga with pro 800Z film , Scanned without the scanner film holder, works wonders!

Holga with pro 800Z film , Winter Storm Blossoms,

Holga with Rolei Retro film and my stand alone pentax flash. Me roommate, the subject of allot of my photos, found this great parking garage so when bored one night around 2 am, the first night of snow, we went and played around with my holga. My roomate is holding my Regula Sprinty, one of my favorite cameras It takes photos very much like my Lomo Smena 8 but sadly the shutter speed is jammed and I’m stuck shooting at 125th. I may get another one on ebay just because its so fun.

You can use any flash that doesnt use a pc sync cord with a holga, but beware that you attach it well, My last nice flash went flying off my camera onto some concrete because it just wouldnt clamp into place and well, I was a little tipsy. I havent yet droped a camera from my hands so I concider myself lucky still. My new flash is better anyways and I can use it with every camera I have one way or another. I got a little hotshoe adaptor with a pc sync cord so I can use it with my lomo smena but sadly my sync input is broken off , looks like im going to ebay for a new smena as well.

Lomo, Holga, Polaroids and cheapo cameras:

Lo-fi cameras offer amazing aesthetic for a photo. Lomos are notorious for high contrast and high color images and Polaroids are well known for a retro spontaneity no other camera can mimic. If your goal is a perfect photo with exact color and proportion, then don’t use these cameras but if you’re all about fun then by all means GO LO-FI!

Digital Lomo? Yes!

Check out these turtorials:

Fake Lomo for digital photography

Fake Cross processed photo

holga with flash and also the night flash look – (Psychic Heart)

lomo fisheye – (boboniaa)

*I bought my lomo and holga at www.ilovelomo.com

Fun holga option: If you use a Holga get some foam and tape, and lets load the camera with 35mm film! To start, completely tape up the red window on the back panel with electrical tape or duct tape (gaffers tape). Put the foam (or paper, or whatever) on either side of the roll of film (left side of camera) and tape the beginning of the film to the spool on the other side. Make sure its more or less in the center, so the film goes across the middle of the camera. Close the camera, forward three full turns and start shooting! Every time you take a photo, forward the film 3 turns of the knob or for double exposures or panorama, less. Now here’s the tricky part. To unload the film, either take the CLOSED camera to a film lab who will definitely have a changing bag, and have them unload and rewind it for you. Or do what I do, and go into a closet, put a towel at the bottom of the door, and do it yourself (and quickly). I’ve done this with lots of cameras, tons of times and never ruined a roll, but there IS light in your closet that you cant see, so be fast.

The results!

We love Lomo, Holga, Regula, Duaflex and 110 cameras so we just had to make a site! Please be patient as we build up the content, theres lots to come!

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