Category Archives: Holga

Photos I used a Holga camera to make the image

Holga and a Foggy Morning on Silver Lake, Dover: Made for each other!

It was pretty foggy one morning last week and I headed out to follow my nose and see what I could get into. I ended up at Silver Lake and parked in McGlynn’s Pub parking lot and found a few images I liked. McGlynn’s could be part of my Used to Be series as it used to be the location of The Blue Coat Inn, a restaurant that was there for many years. The owner of the restaurant apparently tried to put a hit on the owner of the building when the arrangement they had went south.

I’m loving my Holga images that I’m getting with the camera I got from Randy at Holgamods. He massages them to get the best performance possible. One of the things he did was to measure the focusing distance of the lens so I can have a better idea of exactly where to set the focus. For the images that follow, it’s really irrelevant, because they’re so far away, I can just use the infinity focus.

Sorry.

Too much camera geek talk.

Here are the photographs.

This first one reminds me of some of the Monet Bridge paintings. Not that I think I’m Monet with a toy camera!

Holga photo of Bridge over Silver LakeLakeside location of Zimmerman Building, Silver Lake, Dover Delaware

 

Maryland Eastern Shore Holga photos and Cinematicality

So, I made a new word up. I’m an artist I can do that. I think a lot of my photos, especially my Holga images are best when they hint at a movie that’s never been made or seen, except in our minds. When they have that cinematic feel, I connect with them on some level. This photo was done somewhere on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I’m not sure of exactly where it is because it was the result of me following my nose on a drive. This kind of reminds me of the movie “Psycho” or the TV show “the Adams Family”

I’m fascinated with the old places. This was someones pride and joy when built. I imagine many children playing in the yard. Now, it’s been abandoned to the elements. What happened? Was the only son killed in a war? Did the parents die and leave orphaned children to be sent off out of state?

What story does it bring to your mind?

 

Holgaliciousness In Alexandria and Dover Air Force Base Air Mobility Command Museum

Yep. I was rocking the Holga today too. I started a roll of film last week in Alexandria and DC and decided to go out shooting a few other cameras today. I finished the roll on the way to the museum and at the museum too.