I shall call her... Holga.
The person currently playing the part of the Alpha Lurker&trade will be happy to know that I've come up with a solution to my camera issues. Bless you for all your help.
You see, I realized I was going about this all wrong - I wanted to be all digital and focused all my energy on trying to make that happen. But... I have a kick ass film camera complete with kick ass lenses sitting in my closet. MULTIPLE LENSES! How lucky am I? Granted, the film thing can get expensive but come on! How many pictures do I *really* take when I have an event? Mmm hmmm. That's what I thought too.
The irony here is that I wanted to go digital to "get back in to the art" of photography. So after lots of careful mental sorting and weighing, I realized that I can probably achieve what I'm trying to achieve BETTER with a film camera. HELLO!
That, and well, I've wanted one of these for about a year and a half. It's called the Holga, it costs about $25.00, and it is BOSS. If you're interested in seeing some photos, there are some on the Holga site. You can also check out here and here for some other nice samples. To sum up in one sentence the beauty that is this camera, it's meant to be a piece of junk. Throw it around, bang it up, cut and glue stuff on it. Or all of the above. The photos are meant to be intentionally distorted. It all adds to the charm.
Twenty-five bucks. Seriously, it might be the best $25 I've ever spent.
(In the meantime, if you'd like to find me, I will be held up in Scrooge McDuck's compound silently watching my growing savings account in stomach-flip anticipation for the glorious digital camera I will One Day own. Oh yes, it will be mine.)
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It's kinda skinny to be known as Holga. When I hear that name I think of East German woman who are 6' 4" and the size of NFL linebackers. Women who shave twice a day kind.
Actually, I'm willing to bet that women named Holga are the No-shave per day kind.
I'm just sayin'....