Marc

• Marc Leest

• Sep 12, 2004

Sorry, this doesn't work for me.
Is a Holga camera an excuse to bring technically poor pictures ? harvey, you have made better pictures than this one.

 

• Leon

• Sep 12, 2004

light leaks do not a great photo make.

 

• hwallbanger

• Sep 12, 2004

No, you both are right about excuses and toy cameras. Keep in mind his face. That's what I love about this photo. And this image would be there Holga or not.

 

• erikjohnson

• Sep 13, 2004

the excuse to bring technically poor pictures is that they otherwise work. i think the light leaks make a kind of curtain that protects the viewer from the arresting look of the guy in the picture. great balance.

i was bound by the technical but now i'm free.

 

• sparx

• Sep 13, 2004

Perhaps a case of right subject, wrong tool?

 

• hwallbanger

• Sep 13, 2004

eh, say what you will...i love my tool.

 

• hwallbanger

• Sep 19, 2004

leon, i checked out your website. love thought that the images in the Lift project were nice. great idea. great images.

 

• kathleen fonseca

• Sep 19, 2004

i saw the thumbnail and thought "i recognize that light leak!"..my Holga has virtually the same leak in the top right corner but the light doesn't burn a hole right through the film like it has here. I'm not a Holga expert by far (i wish!) but it seems this image has lost some of this toy camera's subtlety along the way. Your friend's expression is interesting, like a deer caught in the headlights of a car. kat~