World Toy Camera Day shots

[doobs]

Just got my lazy ass into the darkroom last night and developed these. I only got around to printing these few.

All were shot on a Holga 120N with Ilford HP5+ developed in Xtol 1:1 and pushed one stop. They were printed on Ilford Multigrade VC RC Pearl.

Toy camera fans, tell me what you think!

1. A friend of mine, double exposure.

2. Self portrait, double exposure.

3. No smoking dogs allowed! Double exposure.

4. Trees. Double exposure.

5. Some pipes, double exposure.

6. Patrick, Myself, and Misty. Finally, not a double exposure, lol.

I kinda went double exposure crazy.
I blame the scanner for crooked pictures.

 

[chris_arnet]

oh how i love my holga....

 

[nealjpage]

Not bad, Doobs, not bad. It still amazes me to think that these cheap cameras, ones the pros wouldn't have even laughed at a few years ago, have good artsy qualities. Maybe I should get one myself...

Does it make a 6x6 negative?

 

[doobs]

The newer 120N comes with a 6x6 mask and a 6x4.5 mask. The older ones come with a 6x4.5 mask only.

The pictures aren't really breathtaking or anything, but it's really fun to shoot toy cameras.

I picked one of these up for 30 bucks and I've loved it since.

EDIT: Now that I look at these shots, the blacks don't look so black and the pictures look a little dark. However it's probably this terrible computer screen. I'll check it on another screen later. How do the pictures look to you guys?

 

[nealjpage]

I don't see many dark blacks, either. From what I've seen of Holga shots, they're very light on the contrast. Is that a fair generalization?

 

[doobs]

I suppose, but I pushed the development and the prints came out very good. So I blame the scanner.

But that generalization seems fair. I have seen many Holga shots with out dark blacks.

EDIT: I am using an older CRT so I'm guessing that it looks even less black for you guys. Perhaps I'll hop on the other computer later and fix em up.