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Holga Handout Response

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I have never used a Holga or any other plastic camera before, so I’m a little nervous. This reading gave a good overview of what to expect as far as operating the Holga and some of the unpredictable distortions we may experience. I am excited to try it out and see what kind of images I can get. I liked the diagram outlining the parts of a Holga, because some parts of it are fairly different from my 35mm. I am also interested in learning how to do double exposures and hopefully finding out how to avoid doing them by accident. Another note to anyone reading this, my last blog post had a link to a Holga/plastic camera article that I thought was pretty interesting and helpful.

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The handout was a helpful start (I can finally take my Holga out of it’s box and feel like I know something!) however I am still looking forward to today’s class. The handout was very basic and was not helpful to techniques but rather just to take your very first shot. I’m excited to play with long exposures with the Holga and to finally play with a camera I don’t have to be too careful with seeing as the SLR I was using was actually my sisters. I’m curious if it’s possible to wind the film as you have the shutter open… or if that would be a terrible idea and a waste of film. It might make for some interesting night shots with glow sticks or some flash lights.

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After researching about Michella Bates and reading the handout, it seems that the holga would be a interesting camera to use. Though it seems that there is a lot of imperfections with a holga camera, it still has a lot of good qualities. I would like to fully understand more about it with the talk tomorrow and be able to handle a holga first hand. I want to understand how a plastic camera can be so popular and why people would rather use it then a SLR camera. Though I am afraid of the light leakage, I hope that it will turn out good like those pictures taken by Michelle Bates.

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Between this reading and doing the artist presentation on Michelle Bates, a Holga photographer, I am really excited to start experimenting with the Holga. I have never used one before and was not really trusting in it for awhile since it became so popular, but I am excited to start exploring. I think the Holga really helps bring an artist back down the basics and allows them to start from scratch almost by being able to view the world through a less complicated piece of equipment. It is less intimidating and more about play and being spontaneous. Also, I’m interested in learning all the different ways to modify the camera and manipulating shoots more manually.