Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Faux Holga


The Holga is a plastic toy camera, it uses 120 film and has a simple uncorrected lens. It's become something of a cult classic now, it's images recognised by heavy vignetting, over bright saturation, and blurring and colour aberrations, especially at the edges.

When launched in 1982 (in Hong Kong) it cost a few pounds, now changing hands for up to £50 or so, a fair profit for someone.

Here I have used a digital camera to fake the Holga look with the aid of Photoshop, then added a medium format border to complete the illusion.

Enjoy. Wayne

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