Hippie meets Holga
For those that care – I work in Provo, Utah for my day job. And it is the most conservative county in the United States. These people bleed Republican red – even though they bleed blue for BYU. So it was a bit strange when some traveling hippies wanted to dance and spread their blessing on the park in the heart of Provo.
I grabbed my Nikon D90 and my Canon SX200 to go take some photos. And I decided on this photograph – and I also decided to make the photograph look like it was taken with a Holga/Plastic camera. There is an underground cult that love to photograph with old plastic film cameras. I have been tempted to join them – I have never really shot film. So at times I am tempted to see what it is all about. There is this whole war of film vs. digital photography.
Film lends a lot of character to a photograph. Film and prints have color and texture and grain that make photographs look unique. Digital can be so “pure” in the photograph that they lose charm and appeal that film would offer. However, with digital you can imitate film. Is it perfect no. But you have a lot more control.
Maybe someday I will buy a holga camera or maybe even a large format camera. Or maybe just buy a Polaroid camera. In the meantime I will work my special effects to make the digital look like film.
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