Archive for July, 2005

Holga Eventually

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

Holga 120GN
After being a proud owner of a Lomo LC-A for more than four years, I finally made up my mind and bought myself a £24.99 medium format Holga 120GN from The Photographers’ Gallery in London.

My first roll of medium format film proved to be chaotic - we didn’t know how far the film should wind on before I started shooting; when I was finished with the 16 shoots, we had to use a pitch dark room to remove the film.

Numerous people asked me what sort of camera I was using as it was plasticy and looked more like a toy than anything. I patiently introduced them to the amazing concept of toy cameras and the unexpected outcome of the photos taken with a lomo or holga.

I am still waiting for my first roll of holga medium format to be developed - it costs £8.99 for 16 shots and takes two weeks to develop! I would appreciate if anyone can let me know of a cheaper/faster place to develop medium format films in London than Jessops.

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Dungeness, Kent

Sunday, July 17th, 2005

Picture of Dungeness
The weather was too nice to stay indoors this weekend. We drove out of London for some fresh air and stayed away from the scary public transport. We both agreed that it was a wise choice. Brad watched a programme on telly praising the interesting beach at Dungeness and I wouldn’t give up any opportunities to go outside and be in the sun.

Dungeness is on the south coast of Kent and it was only a couple of hours by car. To be honest, I had never heard of Dungeness, but was surprised by the sparkling, silver beach. It was low-tibe when we arrived and the sea was actually about a kilometer away from the beach.

In between the sea and the shingle beach, there was a long walk of soft sand covered by water only up to my ankles. Regardless of the funny texture, it was cool to walk on the water in an hot, sunny afternoon.

Surprisingly, the beach wasn’t as busy as it should be and we had a quiet afternoon in the small town. It wouldn’t be complete going to the sea-side without having some fish & chips and we called it a day after spending half a day at the beach.

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