I was reading Leigh Miller's photography blog, looking at her gorgeous pictures taken with a Holga camera and then I did something so quickly that I barely even had time to realize I was doing it: I went on Amazon and bought my own Holga. I've been reading about Holgas and wanting one for years.
Luckily, my impetuousness won't hurt too much; these cameras are pretty inexpensive. They use big 120 film (so your negative is larger than regular 35 mm film) and the cameras are supposed to actually have light leaks and allow strange vignetting and blur. I love blurriness but light leaks sound more than a little scary to me; I still remember ruining deeply anticipated rolls of film in high school and college, when they accidently got exposed to light for a second (a second is all it takes really) and so I might put black tape on my holga camera if the light leaks seem to be too much---I have read that people do that.
I can't wait for it to come in the mail along with some color and B&W 120 film I ordered. I'll be checking the mailbox like crazy 'til my cool little camera arrives and then I cannot wait to see what dream-like images I can make from it. I can picture loving it so much I'll want to print my own negatives.....I wish I knew of some place that had open photo labs....
