[fluffy_penguins]

December 31, 2007 at 1:21 am

Hi Tommy… check out http://strobist.blogspot.com and the flickr pool (gallery) associated…everything you’ll need for off-camera flash aka lighting on a budget! The site has tons of info to digest, but even better is the flickr pool where most people post both their photo as well as a great description or even diagram of their lighting setup. The portfolio you link to has a variety of lighting setups; you’ll get some ideas on how to deconstruct the light and then recreate in your own style.
Cath.

[fluffy_penguins]

December 5, 2007 at 8:55 pm

thx everyone… the holga likes to live dangerously… go out in all kinds of weather and wear all kinds of film… she’s like that… i’ll let you know how they come out.

:-)

cath

[fluffy_penguins]

October 30, 2007 at 9:08 am

bump!

help a girl out???

:-)

cath.

[fluffy_penguins]

October 26, 2007 at 8:46 am

bonjour from paris….

well… was taking the holga out of my bag yesterday and … gasp… my hand came out with the back of the holga only…

my tape has been getting less and less sticky… (and no rubber band) so the back just popped right off, and there was me with a roll of film inside.

sadness! i plopped the back right on again, but wont’ know till i get back to ireland and develop what can be salvaged.

talk about LIGHT LEAKS!

:-)

catherine

[fluffy_penguins]

October 19, 2007 at 7:34 pm

tick tock tick tock…. “world toy camera day” is almost here! i am SO excited!!!
the holga and i will be in paris… be back in a week with some awesome pix
*fingers crossed*

hooray!

cath.

[fluffy_penguins]

October 12, 2007 at 11:34 pm

I found the first one out of focus; second one out of focus and overexposed.

I think the third one is the strongest, maybe not flash? Just some light bouncing off a white wall or something back at the guy? Dunno, but yes, the light in his eyes brings the portrait alive.

:-)

Cath

[fluffy_penguins]

October 10, 2007 at 3:24 pm

Congrats! Great pix

[fluffy_penguins]

October 2, 2007 at 1:07 pm

oh oh oh… interested…

cath.

[fluffy_penguins]

October 2, 2007 at 8:51 am

If you’re not careful JPGs will degrade at each open and close. You’ll start to see artifacts (little blobs) if you zoom in. Shoot RAW and you’ll always have a “clean” negative to refer back to. Who knows what you want to do with the photos down the road … blow ’em up large, sell ’em as stock, and so on. Can’t do that if you’ve resaved your JPGs tons of times. I learned the hard way… used to shoot JPG to “save room” on my memory cards. Careless resaving and now have visible artifacts.

Cath.

[fluffy_penguins]

October 1, 2007 at 10:11 pm

The largest I’ve done with them was 9 x 12 inches, came out great. Very happy with the results.

Cath.

[fluffy_penguins]

September 25, 2007 at 7:27 am

Mamiya 645 and 645J

oh, and of course, a holga!

:-)

C.

[fluffy_penguins]

September 25, 2007 at 7:22 am

This site is really good:
http://mayang.com/textures/

C.

[fluffy_penguins]

September 25, 2007 at 7:22 am

http://mayang.com/textures/

[fluffy_penguins]

September 25, 2007 at 7:19 am

This is prob the software you tried, but I’ve had good luck with RescuePro:
http://www.lc-tech.co.uk/software/rescueprodetail.html

Can you connect without the card reader, ie cord direct from camera to computer?

Leave connected, and on, and reboot computer to recognize drive?

I dunno… that’s it for ideas

C.

[fluffy_penguins]

September 15, 2007 at 4:46 pm

Hint hint… first theme for POTY is …. weather! Let the toy cameras enter fighting!!!