First Holga Film

Gosh, its very different from what I was expecting. I have the camera set on "16" in the back window which means that it should take 6x4.5 cm negatives, but when I got them developed they recognised them as 6x6.

A few things I've noticed. One is that the picture quality is amazingly sharp (when I don't have the shakes as in the picture below when Clo and I are on a gondola) and the medium format film is very cool in this respect. The other thing is that with the multiple exposures, I need to account for the increase in light being thrown onto the negative. Some of my pictures look a bit washed out. So, for future reference, a tripod and multiple exposure with dark and light situations (rather than just light) would be good.

And so begins the tour of my first Holga photos.

Clo and me wearing the Boston look -- beanies with plaits on each side.


Lowell Common. With good light, and no shake this is one of the photos that is an example of the fine quality of the medium format over 35mm film.



This is my best multiple exposure, taken in the picturesque Lowell.



Me on a beach in Cape Cod. I thought I had taken a multiple exposure on this one: the first photo with four of my friends in the photo; the second with me standing there. Its obviously not the case -- I'm not sure what happened to the first photo.



The top part of this photo is a good example of how the really dark works well with light in a multiple exposure.


The Old Burying Ground.


Jenn, who gifted Holga to me, in Lowell Common.