Here is the continued story of the world as seen through plastic lenses…
Multiple exposures with the malfunctioning shutter of a Diana camera can render interesting results.
things get strange
More from the Diana camera…
floating venus
Vintage signage from Mankato, MN. Holga with Ilford Delta 3200…
BOWL
Diana camera shot of a mausoleum door in the cemetery next door to the Glensheen Mansion in Duluth, MN.
the unknown
Diana camera shots from South Shore of Lake Superior in Wisconsin…
earth times three
holding up half the sky
No gratuitous umbrella shots here… It was raining, and my daughter was carrying her Hello Kitty umbrella with her.
a girl with her umbrella
Holga, Ilford Delta 32oo, and blizzard…
last days
Finally, through January 6th, if you buy one regularly priced item from my Etsy Shop, you’ll receive a gift print. (This excludes the items in the New Year Specials section of my shop.)
Categories: Etsy · Photography · Toy Camera
Tagged: b/w photography, black and white portraiture, elinor scott-sutter, equivoque, Etsy, film photography, fine art photography, free print, garden of the ordinary, holga, lake superior, landscape, new year special, Photography, polaroid photography, portrait, portraiture, sale, Toy Camera, waterscape
While some photographers are dreaming of the next spec to be introduced to digital SLR technology, there are those who think the crappier the camera the better. While that might be a bit of an exaggeration, some of us do consider distortion, blur, light leaks, and vignetting to be features rather than qualities to be avoided in our photographs. We are the lovers of toy cameras.
the dream song
Toy cameras are inexpensive cameras made mostly from plastic, often including even the lens. The Diana camera has been around since the 1960s, whereas the Holga didn’t arrive on the scene until 1982. There are many, many more types of toy cameras, but the two with which I have worked most often are the Diana camera and the Holga. I actually prefer the Diana camera, and, among my Diana cameras, I even have my favorite, for each Diana camera is unique.
Though the name implies play, many artists are serious about low-fidelity photography. A good online resource for you, if you are interested in working with toy cameras, is toycamera.com, which is associated with Light Leaks Magazine. There is also an annual Krappy Kamera contest and show at the Soho Photo Gallery.
This collection of my own toy camera work emphasizes dream and memory. I made all of the photos with either the Diana camera or the Holga. It’s not the season of the year that is important in the set but the way in which the photos yield to the suggestion of dream.
The two following photographs are double exposures taken with a Diana camera of my children at Lake Superior.
daughter of the sea
spirit selves
Walking out over the ice of Lake Superior…
a poem for one voice
visual disturbances
Shooting into light and mist with a Diana camera…
from light and mist
Winter dunes of Lake Superior shot with Holga…
the dreams of a stranger
Finally, I’m currently having a sale in my Etsy Shop. The price for all the items in the sale items section have been reduced. At least one photograph in that section is a toy camera shot. If you don’t have an Etsy account for shopping, you can always contact me by email about purchases.
Elinor
elinor@equivoquephoto.com
The following 8″x12″ print on Kodak Endura professional paper is now listed 20 USD.
untitled portrait
Categories: Etsy · Photography · Toy Camera
Tagged: 35mm Film, b/w photography, diana camera, elinor scott-sutter, equivoque, Etsy, film photography, garden of the ordinary, holga, lake superior, landscape, Photography, poetry, Toy Camera, waterscape, waterscapes
