First attempt at Lomo

12 years 10 months ago #107956 by photobod
Hi folks, found a technique called Lomo, so I have had a go and here is my very first attempt, I have used there download image not one of my own, that will be the 2nd attempt.
This is the link to the tutorial www.photozz.com/fizz/17447353.aspx




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12 years 10 months ago #107959 by Baydream
Interesting concept.

Shoot, learn and share. It will make you a better photographer.
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12 years 10 months ago #107967 by kyclover237
Time to play! Thanks for the post :thumbsup:

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12 years 10 months ago - 12 years 10 months ago #107981 by photobod
Heres number 2 from one of my own photos






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12 years 10 months ago #108046 by icepics
Looks like they tried to come up w/a digital version of this - www.lomography.com/about . I got interested in Lomography not too long ago, just starting to try it out. Had fun using the Pop 9. Would like to see your picture sometime.

Sharon
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12 years 10 months ago - 12 years 10 months ago #108064 by photobod




Well it looks like its my turn to have problems getting photos on here I have tried google chrome firefox internet explorer with no joy, will try tomorrow.

At last

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12 years 10 months ago #108099 by chasrich
I paid attention... I'm not sure this is a good idea though. It seems like a lot of work to catch a specific degradation of a photo. I'll allow the style to grow on me for a bit but at the moment I don't feel the attraction.

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12 years 10 months ago - 12 years 10 months ago #108133 by icepics
Lomography using film started with remakes of mass market plastic cameras made in Russia and Hong Kong - the Lomo, Diana, Holga. I think they were originally being made around the time that we had Kodak Instamatics etc. here in the US.

They refer to it 'lo-fi'. Seems to be used more for street photography, that sort of thing. I got a Sprocket Rocket which I haven't tried yet, it's basically a panoramic version of the old bakelite vest pocket cameras but takes 35mm instead of 127 film.

Couple of exhibitions - (and yes it's art so there are a couple of images that display some partial nudity) - lightbox-photographic.com/shows/10lofi or go to their show called Plastic Fantastic.

Shot this w/the Pop 9, $30 worth of plastic fun.

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12 years 10 months ago #108556 by photobod

chasrich wrote: I paid attention... I'm not sure this is a good idea though. It seems like a lot of work to catch a specific degradation of a photo. I'll allow the style to grow on me for a bit but at the moment I don't feel the attraction.


just a bit of fun Charles, the first one took me 20 minutes the 2nd one took me 5 minutes so I guess its like any technique practise makes perfect.

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12 years 10 months ago #108619 by Henry Peach
The "Lomo look" comes from two different things. One is cross-processed slide film. The other is the distortions and flaws caused by cheap plastic lenses, and in some cases light leaks.

The original Lomo camera was a cheap, Soviet, point-n-shoot that was probably ripped off from someone else's design. It had a relatively fast lens for a point-n-shoot, and would allow the auto-exposure to pick really long shutter speeds. Combined with a rear sync flash this apparently was a look folks were not familiar with. The Lomography guys coupled the cheap cameras with out-of-date E6 film, invented a story about secret Soviet optics and some genius scientist, and tripled the price. Since then they have reintroduced many old, cheap, wacky cameras. I encourage people to do a little research. It's often possible to find an original model for cheaper than the Lomo guys are charging. They are often better constructed than the newly manufactured cameras, although I guess some folks prefer a lemony camera.
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12 years 10 months ago #108674 by icepics
A lemony camera, that's one way to describe it!! What I liked about the Sprocket Rocket was that it's like a vest pocket but takes 35mm film (and I could it use to try panoramas). I found it somewhere that was closing out their stock so I got it maybe half price.

I think the current lomography movement was started by a guy and a girl rather than 'guys' and sure, there's a good bit of marketing involved. They have new ones now that have a flash that looks like a periscope but I don't think I'd spend the money on it. Although I'm fascinated by the one where you pull a string, if it mooed it'd be a See 'n Say.

A friend of mine has an original Holga that cost maybe 40 bucks and it is constructed better than the new ones (like the purple camera 'Formally known as Holga' so you can party like it's 1999 LOL). Obviously these are just for fun! - they're not exactly meant for serious photography. It's the shoot-from-the-hip style that I like.

Sharon
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12 years 10 months ago #109409 by Henry Peach

icepics wrote: It's the shoot-from-the-hip style that I like.


I like using old, weird, cheap, and even malfunctioning cameras. I just get sour when someone takes a $30 camera, packages it with a T-shirt, poster, and hipster attitude, and charges $200. It's a great business plan for them, but sucks for those of us who feel that an important part of using a cheap camera is that it was actually cheap. :) Before they started doing this Cosina CX-2 cameras (the camera the Soviets copied the Lomo LC-A from) were $30, Holgas were $15, and Action Samplers (the 4 shooter) were $9. But have hope! There are plenty of sweet, weird, cheap cameras out there that the Lomographers haven't discovered yet. Get them while you can!
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