more Holga Holidays!

Welcome to the Holga Holidays!

I’ll be posting photos I’ve dug out of my archives (1999-2003) and posting these throughout the holiday season.

The Holga is a plastic toy camera that takes 2 1/4 roll film and was a basic as you could get– essentially a glorified pinhole camera with a hotshoe mount.

I had a bunch of the original models that I ordered from California and modified myself. Eventually it found it’s way into the mainstream and the cameras you can now buy at Urban Outfitters have perks like bulb settings or even (gasp!) a glass lens.

Anyhow. I became addicted in the late nineties and rarely without one for a few years after that.

I loved the large negative, the vignetted corners and limited focus that fell off, and that fact it weighed nothing; and if I avoided water bottles and logos, the crappiness gave my photos a timeless feel I really admired. Of course, they’re so obviously Holga photos that this in itself places them within a certain time frame. Ultimately though, it’s about the final photo and not how it came about.

holga holiday’s back in a moment…

I was invited to shoot the Toronto Children’s Chorus at Roy Thompson hall on Saturday.

Teenagers girls are so easy to photograph. they smile on demand. love it.

Holga Holidays (more film from the past)

Welcome to the Holga Holidays!

I’ll be posting photos I’ve dug out of my archives (1999-2003) and posting these throughout the holiday season.

The Holga is a plastic toy camera that takes 2 1/4 roll film and was a basic as you could get– essentially a glorified pinhole camera with a hotshoe mount.

I had a bunch of the original models that I ordered from California and modified myself. Eventually it found it’s way into the mainstream and the cameras you can now buy at Urban Outfitters have perks like bulb settings or even (gasp!) a glass lens.

Anyhow. I became addicted in the late nineties and rarely without one for a few years after that.

I loved the large negative, the vignetted corners and limited focus that fell off, and that fact it weighed nothing; and if I avoided water bottles and logos, the crappiness gave my photos a timeless feel I really admired. Of course, they’re so obviously Holga photos that this in itself places them within a certain time frame. Ultimately though, it’s about the final photo and not how it came about.

I hope you enjoy the show!

film from the past

I’ve been digging through old cd’s of scans and thought it might be nice to share some of my forgotten photos with you over the holiday season.

Start off here with two 35mm frames from an olympus point&shoot contact sheet (these are circa 2001) I scanned for some reason.

Jeesh. Even my crap photos look good on film.

the supers’ very excellent hair

brontosaurus gets his holiday hat

keri driving a bowl home

40 years of clay on a cupboard knob

polka dotted slush

found ice. must break

awesome.

it looks unhealthy but isn’t!

amazing how direct flash can make something so good for you look so-oooooo unhealthy

my friday night dinner was:

one russet potato cut into strips

soak in water for 10 minutes to remove some of the starch

dry, then lightly toss in olive oil for flavour and so that a light sprinkle of salt sticks

bake on a parchment-lined baking sheet so they brown but don’t stick to the pan

fry one egg in a wee dab of butter and baste

(baste = when whites are mostly cooked, toss teaspoon of water into frypan and cover- the steam cooks the top)

Eat.

wondering what my new doo looked like?

it has been awhile since the big haircut. here it is in all it’s triangular glory

its herb’s 90th birthday today!

november isn’t so bad

dundas&yonge interesting? must be the shoes

now i feel like watching manhattan

outtake: jumping

it was the smash- it was the monitor smash

unhappy and expensive hallowe’en. tipped over my monitor while fishing around behind it and it landed on the keyboard and broke

signs

yes- i love a cuppa stolen tea myself now and then

what is it about sherborne subway station that makes one want to spit?

i lost my p&s camera. so into the archives I go

here are 2 ads from a few years back i really enjoyed for their lousy-ness.

harvest slideshow

SLIDESHOW: pretty hokey music but I hope you enjoy the photos from thanksgiving weekend at Norman Hardie’s Vineyard!

NORMAN HARDIE.COM: and here’s the link to his place in Prince Edward County

way up high on a forklift and what did i see?

a most picturesque view in Prince Edward County

thanksgiving weekend yum yums

Haircut for the Cure!

A very big thank you to all who came out to F’Coffee for the big haircut today! We raised another $110!

Sue and Patrick watched from Vancouver via Skype while it all came off right there in the front window of the shop over coffees, laughs and and beer! Many thanks to Shyama for finishing up my fabulous new doo, Rob for the space and Anthony for the great photos.

$2150.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a way to do good! We get 5 trees planted as well with all the contributions!

Run for the Cure donations Thursday night tally : $1868.00!

The haircut for the cure is coming up fast, only 30 hours left to make your online donation. Deadline is Friday midnight!

As of today, the total including cash donations is at $1868.00, and that’s not including the fund raising jar at the coffee shop!

$1700

this is my sister sue

Yup, that fancy do on Sue is because of her chemotherapy

The CIBC Run for the Cure is happening next Sunday and so far I’ve raised $1400 but more is better!

If you don’t know already, when I raise $2000 I’ll chop my lovely locks off to a bob, $3000 and I go super short, and at $4000 buzz it right off.

Now don’t you all want to see me bald?

Contribute here!

https://www.cibcrunforthecure.com/html/personal_page.asp?track=3588018&languageid=1

give!

give!

give!

oh, what a baguette can do!

detail of dahlia from yesterday’s shoot

toronto island campfire uke jam

Thursdays: Local Food Dinner Series at Gilead

i have a new itsybitsyteenyweeny waterproof camera!

so long, summer

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