Synopses & Reviews
Take a tour of the burgeoning world of plastic cameras and low-tech photography in this fun and funky guide to creating the most artistic pictures of your life Whether you're an experienced enthusiast or toy camera neophyte, you'll find this guide full of tantalizing tips, fun facts, and absolutely striking photographs taken with the lowest tech tools around.
You'll learn how to prep your plastic camera, their advantages and quirks, and what film to feed it. You'll also explore what makes a good subject, vignetting, multiple exposures, panoramas, close-ups, night photography, color, flash, problems and solutions, and so much more. Michelle Bates also takes you from a negative to either prints or pixels so that you can show off your photos and jump on the toy-camera revolution
Contributors include:
Michael Ackerman, Thomas Michael Alleman, Erin Antognoli, Jonathan Bailey, James Balog, Michelle Bates, Phil Bebbington, Gyorgy Beck, Susan Bowen, Laura Corley Burlton, David Burnett, Susan Burnstine, Nancy Burson, Perry Dilbeck, Jill Enfield, fotovitamina, Annette Elizabeth Fournet, Brigitte Grignet, Eric Havelock-Bailie, Christopher James, Michael Kenna, Wesley Kennedy, Teru Kuwayama, Louviere & Vanessa, Mary Ann Lynch, Anne Arden McDonald, Ted Orland, Sylvia Plachy, Dan Price, Becky Ramotowski, Nancy Rexroth, Francisco Mata Rosas, Richard Ross, Franco Salmoiraghi, Rosanna Salonia, Jennifer Shaw, Nancy Siesel, Mark Sink, Kurt Smith, Sandy Sorlien, Pauline St. Denis, Harvey Stein, Gordon Stettinius, Ryan Synovec, Rebecca Tolk, Marydorsey Wanless, Shannon Welles, Matthew Yates, Dan Zamudio
* Now including the latest and greatest cameras, from the Pinhole Wide Holga, the Stereo Holga, and the all-new Blackbird, Fly
*This edition expands on its fabulous lineup of artists by including well-known Christopher James and Michael Kenna
*Still the most informative, colorful, and inspiring Plastic Camera guide in existence
Review
“Following the success of the first edition, the second edition makes Plastic Cameras even more comprehensive and up to date. This book provides extensive how-to information to get you started and a new section on alternative processes for the advanced photographers. This ultimate guide is also packed with many inspiring photos by world renowned Holga artists such as Sylvia Plachy, Michael Kenna, Thomas Michael Alleman, Brigitte Grignet, Christopher James and many other additions.” -Holga Inspire Newsletter (Best Photography Books of 2010)
Synopsis
Take a tour of the burgeoning world of plastic cameras and low-tech photography in this fun and funky guide to creating the most artistic pictures of your life Whether you're an experienced enthusiast or toy camera neophyte, you'll find this guide full of tantalizing tips, fn facts, and absolutely striking photographs taken with the lowest tech tools around.
You'll learn how to prep your plastic camera, their advantages and quirks, and what film to feed your camera. You'll also explore what makes a good subject, vignetting, multiple expolsures, panoramas, close-ups, night photography, color, flash, problems and solutions, and so much more. Michelle Bates also takes you from a negative to either prints or pixels so that you can show off your photos and jump on the toy-camera revolution
*Endorsed by Tokina, the manufacturer of the Holga * Now including the latest and greatest cameras, from the Pinhole Wide Holga, the Stereo Holga, and the all-new Blackbird *This edition expands on its fabulous lineup of artists by including well-known Christoper James, Michael Kenna, and Chris Ranier *Still the most informative, colorful, and inspiring Plastic Camera guide in existence
Synopsis
Whether a reader is an experienced enthusiast or toy camera neophyte, they'll find this guide full of tantalizing tips and absolutely striking photographs taken with the lowest tech tools around.
About the Author
Michelle Bates has been playing with Holgas since 1991. Since then, she has used these plastic cameras for everything from fine-art to editorial to commercial photography. Her work has won several awards and been published on numerous web magazines, included in toy cameras exhibitions worldwide, and printed in many magazines. She has had solo shows in the Pacific Northwest, Los Angeles and Israel. Bates has been teaching toy camera workshops since 1998, and currently teaches at the Photographic Center Northwest, the Julia Dean Workshops in Los Angeles, and at the International Center of Photography in New York. She also guest lectures nationwide, and was a featured speaker at the Society for Photographic Education's NW regional conference in 2005. Currently, Michelle Bates is a member of the Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals of Freestyle Photographic Supply. With her history of creating toy camera imagery and activity in the national and international toy camera communities for well over a decade, Michelle Bates is a well-known and respected name in the field.
Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals of Freestyle Photographic Supply, Photographic Center Northwest, Coupeville Arts Center, Cascades Academy of Photography, guest lecturer at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and ICP in New York
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: What are Plastic Cameras?
Chapter 2: Plastic Portfolios
Chapter 3: That’s So Cute! The Cameras
Chapter 4: Film Options
Chapter 5: Prepping and Shooting Your Holga
Chapter 6: Let’s Get Shooting!
Chapter 7: Techy Tips
Chapter 8: Holga Camera Modifications
Chapter 9: Film Handling and Processing
Chapter 10: Prints and Pixels
Chapter 11: Alternative Processes and Presentations
Resources
Index