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andrew.chambers [deleted] says:
I am new to the world of lomography
What makes a great lomography image and a great lomographer rather than a average one.
or that does not really matter?
Posted at 11:52PM, 8 November 2009 PDT
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10 Golden Rules of Lomography :)
1.Take your camera everywhere you go.
2.Use it any time – day and night.
3.Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it.
4.Try the shot from the hip.
5.Approach the objects of your Lomographic desire as close as possible.
6.Don’t think. (William Firebrace)
7.Be fast.
8.You don’t have to know beforehand what you captured on film.
9.Afterwards either.
10.Don’t worry about any rules.
Posted 31 months ago.
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It doesn't matter. Enjoy photography, that's the most important thing for me.
As for the 10 rules, the last one stands out and should probalby read, IMO, Forget the rules.
Posted 31 months ago.
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Yes. #10 is the most important! Just relax and enjoy shooting.
Posted 31 months ago.
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I think its nice to find your own way, have some happy accidents, and just be inspired whatever it may be, u can make rules or break rules, but the point for me is to try to take beautiful photos with it !
Posted 31 months ago.
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Lomography is best when shooting people. It lets is see a different side of them that we do not normally observe. However, it is not as effective when shooting everyday objects. Its low -fi effects don't really shed any new light on the everyday objects in the way that sharp focus photography does.
Posted 31 months ago.
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andrew.chambers [deleted] says:
BIG thank you for all your comments and showing me the way,
Posted 31 months ago.
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Totally disagree with Emma. I love shooting buildings, animals, landscapes, etc. with my Holga, Diana, Pop 9, etc. The lack of sharpness makes you notice all sorts of different and interesting patterns.
Like Teddy1 said, the best is to find your own way, take pictures of whatever interests you or catches your eye and get to know your camera(s).
Posted 29 months ago.
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I'm with mrkrypto in that a camera is just a tool, nothing more. Just as you use a hammer to drive a nail you use a camera to capture images. Use your "tools" for their dsired effect. Lomography is a mind set and style more than anything. If you want to see what lomography was born from look up minoxography. The most important thing to remember is to capture images of people, places and things that are dearest and or interest you. If someone else likes them great; if they don't, well that's fine too. In the end photography in general is as personal as your taste in food so just make sure to enjoy yours.
Posted 28 months ago.
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andyhl [deleted] says:
Choice of subject and composition, same as with non-lomo photographs. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that the camera will do all the work for you :)
Posted 28 months ago.
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I use it like I would a normal camera, except it has certain limitations a SLR would not, but this helps me be a better photographer. A good image is a good image, there is no such thing as a good lomographic image or a lomographer, you can only try be a good photographer.
Posted 26 months ago.
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After shooting with the Diana for a month (and then some), I've come to the conclusion that rule 4, 6 and 7 and bollox. A good photograph can be shot quickly and on the fly - but this whole "well, just kind of point the camera at the subject and click" is nonsense. You still need strong composition and some kind artistic control over what you're taking a picture of.
Once I put that hipster, "cool" lingo behind me and started treating the Diana like a real camera, my photographs with the rig increased a hundred percent.
Posted 26 months ago.
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Lomography can be defined in one of at least three ways:
• Using the Ten Golden Rules The guys at Lomography.com invented this word and use this definition. Agree with them or not, they thought about it first. They invented the term. They should have a say. If you use the ten golden rules, you're essentially doing spontaneous, candid, snapshot photography. The best cameras for this type of "lomography" are snapshot cameras with fast, wide-angle lenses to make composition easy (or unnecessary) under a variety of lighting conditions. Dianas and Holgas are not good for this type of lomography because they are too big and the standard versions have lenses that are too long and slow for spontaneous, uncomposed shooting under a wide variety of lighting conditions.
• Using "Lomographic" Cameras When the guys at Lomography.com invented the term "lomography" for their style of snapshot photography, they were referring to the fact that they were using the LOMO LC-A to do it. Since then they've acquired the right to use the name and they've branded many other unique film cameras such as the Lomography Fishey, Lomography Pop9, Lomography Actionsampler, This way of defining lomography is simple. If you take a picture with a camera designed and sold by The Lomographic Society International then you're doing "lomography". They own the brand name. They invented the word. Agree with them or not, they have a say in what lomography means. They probably even have legal rights to say what it means in some countries. That means that if you're using the Actionsampler, the Fisheye, or the Lomography Diana+, you're doing lomography. It doesn't matter whether you're following the Ten Golden Rules or not. Many people have decided to use classical photographic techniques of exposure and composition, but using Lomography.com cameras. Most people would still refer to this a lomography.
• "Lomographic" Results" Some people like to define lomography by the types of results obtained. Generally, this means strong vignetting, soft edges, rectilinear distortion, and unnatural colors. This is a carryover from the low-quality optics of the LC-A and some of the cameras to which early lomographers started to gravitate. Some people think that if you're pictures contain most of these qualities, you're doing lomography. This opens the door to the possibility of digital manipulation or even digital lomography such as with the VistaQuest VQ1500 and the Digital Harinezumi. The Diana, Holga, etc. are good for this type of lomography because of the types of pictures they produce.
What Lomography is Not
Lomography is not "toy camera photography". Before there was lomography, there was toy camera photography. Toy camera photography started as a sort of rebellion against a photographic "arms race" where wannabe photographers could buy their way into the society by purchasing sophisticated equipment that would make it easy for them to get good results. That arms race is still going on today with the latest digital auto-everything cameras that make it nearly impossible to take a "bad" picture. Toy camera photographers wanted to make the point that they could use ultra-cheap plastic cameras with plastic lenses and get results that were artistically excellent. They gravitated to medium format toy cameras - the Diana in particular - because of the large negative which allowed them to do very large prints. One of the features of the Diana (and Holga) that attracted early toy camera photographers was the vignetting, soft edges, and rectilinear distortion caused by the cheap plastic lenses. Lomographers latched onto these cameras because they produced results that looked similar to those from the LC-A.
Lomography is not "vintage camera photography". Vintage camera photography is just taking pictures using vintage cameras. What's a vintage camera? Good question. Most people would agree that a Kodak No. 2A Brownie is a vintage camera. People might argue over whether a Canonet G-III 17 is a vintage camera even though it's nearly forty years old. Many vintage cameras were designed to use film emulsions or sizes that are not available now. Vintage camera photographers often have to figure out how to load old cartridges, or cut sheet film to sizes and shapes that can be used in these cameras. Then, they have to figure out hot to get the film developed and scanned or printed. So a big part of the vintage camera hobby can be solving the technological problems that come being designed for film that is no longer available. Some vintage cameras can produce excellent non-"lomolike" results. Some vintage cameras like the Diana (which I would argue is both vintage and toy), produce very lomo-like results. For this reason, some people confuse lomography or toy camera photography with vintage camera photography.
Posted 26 months ago.
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Having fun!
Posted 26 months ago.
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