The wonderful world of Holga by El Andy
 The Chinese-made Holga is a crap camera. Really, it’s cheap, made of plastic with a plastic lens, and is pretty much guaranteed to have at least one light leak. I know, I used to have one. My Holga leaked light right from the first frame, and only got worse until it finally broke completely, just a couple of months later. But oh… the beauty it could capture. With all it’s imperfections it added something to the photos, a different, and almost magical, feel to them. Oh how I miss my Holga and the photos it took. I wish I could show you, but they were tragically lost in a move many years ago, thanks to some incredibly unimpressive organizational skills on my part. But yeah, I will absolutely buy myself another Holga. And so should you, if you are at all into photography. You will love it. Promise. [Los chinos crearon a Holga una cámara de mala calidad. Es barata, hecha de plástico con lentes de plástico y casi está garantizado que tendrá al menos una fuga de luz. Lo sé porque solía tener una. Mi Holga tenía una fuga de luz del lado derecho desde la primera toma, al final solo empeoro hasta que termino por descomponerse completamente, exactamente un par de meses después. Pero oh!.. La belleza que puede capturar. Con todas sus imperfecciones agrega algo a las fotos , algo diferente, se siente casi mágico. Oh como extraño a mi Holga y las fotos que tomaba. Desearía poder enseñarles, pero trágicamente las perdí cuando me mude algunos años atrás, gracias a mis increíbles e impresionantes habilidades organizacionales. Pero claro, definitivamente me compraría otra Holga. Y ustedes también deberían, si realmente les interesa la fotografía. La amaran, se los prometo.]  Matt Callow |
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Woooowwwww!!!! me encantan, que pasada de fotos.
Mi novio tiene a Holga y a Diana y son lo máximo!
ah, the Diana is cool too. does he have a flickr account or website or something where we can see his photos?
¿cámaras con nombre? ¿diana es cool? y yo que creia que mis aficiones eran el como de la tetez.
en serio bere. lo tuyo lo tuyo es la fotografia.
Pues el Andy y yo estamos enamorados de la fotografía
perooo ya basta, esta semana posteamos pura foto :s es que no lo podemos evitar, cuando te gusta algo, te gusta 
buen fiiiin!
colmo. quise decir colmo.
Que lindas fotos! La última está más que preciosa.
Muy buenas fotos, hay veces en que los errores o defectos son hermosos.
So cool! I need to buy a DSLR soon….they re the best!
oh siii! una Holga está en mi lista .. !!!!
Saluditos!
Guau, no sabia la historia detrás de esta camara. Y me parece interesante el lado positivo que le buscaste.
Creo que hasta de las peores cosas se puede sacar algo bueno
Y me han dado las ganas de tener una y probar por mi misma!!
Un beso
wow está genial eh! me encantaron las fotos
yo también conozco un amigo que tiene a Diana (ojalá fuera yo, pero no) shh no le digan xD
Y esta my cool! eso es lomografiar no?
jajajaja me da gracia que se llame así la cámara! xD
Sorry no lo puedo evitar!
Cada vez que leía “Holga” me acordaba de una amiga xD
Amee las pictures <3
Me encantan las fotografías ^^
Saluditos n_n
Hola¡¡¡
Con las fotos qe pones taan hermosas ya me quiero volver fotografa jajajaja.
eSTAN bien lindas las fotitos, me encantan ese aire que les daaan, espero q sigas poniendo mas fotitos de este tipo.
salu2¡¡ y FELIZ FINDE¡¡
Qué imágenes!
Buenísimas!
Sin palabras…
Me encantan sus post de fotos!!! Todas son una belleza. Son muy buenos fotografos. Que tengan lindo fin de semana.
Saluditos!!!
ahh i like holga too, and all of lomo camera
Me gustan tus fotos
kiss
Que sepas que llevo media hora con esa pagina de las miniaturas, menudo descubrimiento! muchas gracias
Ah, y por cierto, que no te habia dicho nada, no sabes la ilusion que me hizo tu ultimo comentario sobre eso de “lo mejor de shopaholic”
Un beso!
wowo, i own a green holga and looooove it! but i think diana f+ is better than holga
cada vez q entro a tu blog me dan ganas de salir a tomar muchas muchas fotos!