Holga in Hand

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sanfrancisco, originally uploaded by barnali.

Back in the day-- I took a class at the ASUC art studio in Berkeley. We used a Holga--a plastic camera that we covered with black electrical tape to prevent light leakage. The film was medium format and appealed to my "square form" leanings.

The class description said that the photos would have a dreamlike quality. And they did. It was a joy to see the pictures (my first time developing them) have this ever so slight shakiness--so unlike the preciseness of today's digital photos.

This is one of my favorite ones taken with the Holga. The picture is of a scaffolding along a old San Francisco building caught behind the looming street light.

I retained the black borders that were part of the original print when I scanned it. Like scratches being put back into cds, this dissolving of the edges will probably soon return to the realm of photography.

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great pictures Miss B !!! :)

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