darcy john perkins

Doesn’t that look simply awesome? I want one.

For those who don’t know, HOLGA is an old camera brand famous for being pretty cheap and using plastic lenses, a practice which can lead to some quite unique and interesting effects for your photos. Intense colours, vigneting and more can be expected when using a HOLGA, and the CMY (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) colourscheme just makes it look downright cool. Who wouldn’t be proud to carry that around instead of a proffessional looking Canon D-SLR?

Of course, I want one of those Canon D-SLR’s as well (maybe a 40D), but the HOLGA is just so downright awesome, I’ve got to have one. The effects you can get from it will also help make my photographs more of an artwork, rather than simply a record of a moment in time. Here’s some lovely examples from flickr, after the jump…

I can’t wait to take this out on the road and get some nice shots of the world - bright lights, neon streets, tranquil hills and grand monuments will all look better through a plastic lense.