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Holga Ports

10/1/2015

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A friend of mine recently asked me, “Do you shoot people?”  My first thought as I answered, “yes,” was that I’ve been shooting too many landscapes, and that my people pictures are being overlooked.  So I’ve decided to create a new portfolio of people.  As I look back I’m sure that a few of my posts probably read as being precise.  What might come across as being meticulous with my Holga is in fact my preference for using a tripod with it.  The Holga is plastic thus light weight and handheld pictures will be a challenge. 
  
I find people pictures a challenge in general so I surprised myself with how quickly I came up with my technique.  I have not seen it done in a while, and rarely with a Holga.  This question also brought back what I felt was a challenge by another friend who said that the Holga cannot do street photography.  I disagreed with this although I have taken out the 135bc tlr and frankly, I have not liked any of the images well enough to post.  I have not cracked it but I have not given up on cracking it.  I think that the Holga is capable of street photography and eventually I will have images that will prove it.  I hope.

The “how” for my new people portfolio came easily to me, but the street photography is still in the “what can I add to the mix?” phase.   I am not into the obvious.  I can feel my comfort zone slipping away which as an artist is the way it should be?

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