Thanks, Vincent! They turned out better than I was expecting, at the time I thought they were going to be overexposed and blown-out. They were just blurry :D
The Holga bulb photos were dreamy, more so than your others simply because of the exposure process. The ripples, as a whole in the frame, can be the subject without having any point of interest. Shooting wide open just gives you a restricted band to draw the eye, and in the middle or about 2/5 up from the bottom probably works best. The difference between f4 and f8 was probably due to vignetting effects, not any significant exposure setting.
Give me bad weather any day I find myself not wanting to shoot on blue sky days unless I can't avoid it. Your shots were fantastic and the holga shots were very mysterious and moody well done. I also liked what you tried to do with the sand ripples, it's good to try and be different.
Thanks, Mick! I totally agree, sunny days and clear skies are rather boring. I just like to complain in the videos :) The photos were much better with that weather than they'd be with blue skies. Thanks for your comment!
HI, I feel your pain. I was stationed on the coast of Oregon when I was in the Coast Guard. Lots of rain, but incredible landscapes. I love your shots.
It does rain a lot, doesn't it? But that's the reason why it's so beautiful out there! I like to complain but I actually prefer some bad weather over sunny and clear skies :) Where were you based on the coast?
Don't feel sad about those affected images, some of them you showed in the vid actually work pretty well, realy moody and sombre. Also totaly agree with the depth of field you were explaining with those patterns in the sand photo's. The one focussed in the middle with f4 works the best. I am going to use filters more too. Just bought a few second hand ones on the Photography show here in the UK. This is an annual photogtaphy exibition in Birmingham. I bought a red, orange and yellow filter. I'm interested to see the result of combinations of these filters, if they have a similar result as a normal ND filter. Obviously I can only use them with b&w film. But that is no bother as I mostly shoot on HP5.
Nice! I wish I had an exhibition like that around here, sounds fun! ND filters block all visible light whereas the color filters only block some colors. They work in a similar way but if you are shooting outdoors you are going to get more contrast than you would using just ND filters. Sometimes I use both, ND and color filter. Hope you have fun trying those out! Remember that you can always use your digital camera and/or phone to get an idea of the effect they'll have on your images. It won't be exactly the same but pretty close. Let me know how it goes!
The images with your Bronica are very good. As far as the Holga ...Not sure why you always shoot with this plastic camera when you own a Rolleiflex.? The Rollei with the Zeiss Tessar 7.5cm lens would give you 100% better quality images then the cheap plastic Holga ...
Thanks, Gino! About the Holga, that's a very good question. The Rolleiflex can produce much, much better images than the plastic Holga (even my Rolleiflex with a completely scratched lens), no doubt about it. But that's not why I shoot the Holga. I actually recorded a video about it a couple days ago that I'll upload later this week and hopefully, that one explains why I use it. Sometimes you don't want to just take what you have in front of you and make it look the way you see it. That's why I shoot black and white, and also why I like long exposures. The Holga serves a creative purpose. It's hard to predict how a photo is going to turn out, but you can certainly have an image in mind and try to create it. I find it a very fun camera to use. But as I said, I'll try to explain this in that video later this week. Thanks for your comment!
Hey.. I totally get what your saying. Being a published photographer for 30 years I’ve always been so picky over sharpness and quality. But I do realize it’s not always about that and it’s more about composition , feeling and mood. So I totally see if the Holga is giving you a certain type of mood to your images.. I just knew you had a Rollei and wondered why you didn’t shoot with it. I do remember now you saying that your Rollei had a scratched taking lens. The lenses are interchangeable. I changed mine with a 7.5cm Zeiss Tessar lens I got on Ebay. If you change yours, remember there is a front element and rear element.
I totally agree :) I still use the Rolleiflex, but more as a backup for the Bronica since they can produce very similar results. I had to leave the Bronica behind on some trips where I went backpacking, I think the Rollei could be great for those situations. I brought to a camera store that repairs this kind of cameras and I was told it'd be really expensive to change. The photos look fair enough, it's just when it's too sunny or there's a bright light that it can produce very bad flare. I'm fine with that :) Thanks for the info though!
Really enjoyed the video. Gorgeous photographs. Oddly, I just taped my Holga Bulb switch a few hours ago!
Hey, I'm going to blame it on the Holga. Dumb camera! Lol
Another great Bronica video. Thanks.
I liked the bulb mode photos
Thanks! I didn't know what to expect, they turned out better than I thought. Still not intended :)
Hi, your "affected photos" are really nice. don't have regrets !!!
Thanks, Vincent! They turned out better than I was expecting, at the time I thought they were going to be overexposed and blown-out. They were just blurry :D
Magnífica lección con las fotos de la arena.JOD....con la Holga,la primera foto me encanta
Es una camara interesante. Nunca sabes como va a salir, pero lo pasas bien imaginandotelo :)
doesn t matter great pictures!
Thanks!
The Holga bulb photos were dreamy, more so than your others simply because of the exposure process. The ripples, as a whole in the frame, can be the subject without having any point of interest. Shooting wide open just gives you a restricted band to draw the eye, and in the middle or about 2/5 up from the bottom probably works best. The difference between f4 and f8 was probably due to vignetting effects, not any significant exposure setting.
Give me bad weather any day I find myself not wanting to shoot on blue sky days unless I can't avoid it. Your shots were fantastic and the holga shots were very mysterious and moody well done. I also liked what you tried to do with the sand ripples, it's good to try and be different.
Thanks, Mick! I totally agree, sunny days and clear skies are rather boring. I just like to complain in the videos :) The photos were much better with that weather than they'd be with blue skies. Thanks for your comment!
I kind of like the "bulb" mode photos :)
I like the first one of the tree, the other ones... i don't know what to think yet :D Thanks!
HI, I feel your pain. I was stationed on the coast of Oregon when I was in the Coast Guard. Lots of rain, but incredible landscapes.
I love your shots.
It does rain a lot, doesn't it? But that's the reason why it's so beautiful out there! I like to complain but I actually prefer some bad weather over sunny and clear skies :) Where were you based on the coast?
I lived in Coos Bay, but the Coast Guard air station is in Northbend.
Me quedo con la copla y si encuentro un margen de arena con esas ondulaciones ,haré esas pruebas
Don't feel sad about those affected images, some of them you showed in the vid actually work pretty well, realy moody and sombre. Also totaly agree with the depth of field you were explaining with those patterns in the sand photo's. The one focussed in the middle with f4 works the best.
I am going to use filters more too. Just bought a few second hand ones on the Photography show here in the UK. This is an annual photogtaphy exibition in Birmingham. I bought a red, orange and yellow filter.
I'm interested to see the result of combinations of these filters, if they have a similar result as a normal ND filter. Obviously I can only use them with b&w film. But that is no bother as I mostly shoot on HP5.
Nice! I wish I had an exhibition like that around here, sounds fun!
ND filters block all visible light whereas the color filters only block some colors. They work in a similar way but if you are shooting outdoors you are going to get more contrast than you would using just ND filters. Sometimes I use both, ND and color filter.
Hope you have fun trying those out! Remember that you can always use your digital camera and/or phone to get an idea of the effect they'll have on your images. It won't be exactly the same but pretty close. Let me know how it goes!
The images with your Bronica are very good.
As far as the Holga ...Not sure why you always shoot with this plastic camera when you own a Rolleiflex.? The Rollei with the Zeiss Tessar 7.5cm lens would give you 100% better quality images then the cheap plastic Holga ...
Thanks, Gino!
About the Holga, that's a very good question. The Rolleiflex can produce much, much better images than the plastic Holga (even my Rolleiflex with a completely scratched lens), no doubt about it. But that's not why I shoot the Holga. I actually recorded a video about it a couple days ago that I'll upload later this week and hopefully, that one explains why I use it.
Sometimes you don't want to just take what you have in front of you and make it look the way you see it. That's why I shoot black and white, and also why I like long exposures. The Holga serves a creative purpose. It's hard to predict how a photo is going to turn out, but you can certainly have an image in mind and try to create it. I find it a very fun camera to use. But as I said, I'll try to explain this in that video later this week.
Thanks for your comment!
Hey.. I totally get what your saying. Being a published photographer for 30 years I’ve always been so picky over sharpness and quality. But I do realize it’s not always about that and it’s more about composition , feeling and mood. So I totally see if the Holga is giving you a certain type of mood to your images.. I just knew you had a Rollei and wondered why you didn’t shoot with it.
I do remember now you saying that your Rollei had a scratched taking lens. The lenses are interchangeable. I changed mine with a 7.5cm Zeiss Tessar lens I got on Ebay. If you change yours, remember there is a front element and rear element.
I totally agree :)
I still use the Rolleiflex, but more as a backup for the Bronica since they can produce very similar results. I had to leave the Bronica behind on some trips where I went backpacking, I think the Rollei could be great for those situations.
I brought to a camera store that repairs this kind of cameras and I was told it'd be really expensive to change. The photos look fair enough, it's just when it's too sunny or there's a bright light that it can produce very bad flare. I'm fine with that :)
Thanks for the info though!