Viva las Holgas - the book!

Viva Las Holgas

vegas through a pla...

By geoff waugh

Book Preview

Yep, my small but perfectly formed collection of Holga images has been collated in between softback covers and is now for sale on Blurb. Take a look at the preview. I have to admit they did a good job of the printing. It's a nice little keepsake.

Viva Las Holgas!

Got some scanned at last. Here's a small slideshow of the plastic fantastic in full effect. I love em. Just wish I had had more time to shoot this kind of material since the Holga is at its best in bright sunshine. I have made a square format book with these images and more called 'Viva las Holgas' and I can't wait to see it. I may sell some if it's up to scratch. Well Christmas is just around the corner afterall...

Holga does the seaside shuffle

Holga Seaside Shuffle - Images by Geoff Waugh


I love my Holga. Did I say that before? Well there's a thing. These shots were taken on a family outing to the beach at Aldeburgh in Suffolk, a lovely place that time has almost (you can get online) forgotten. And they like it that way. On a bluebird day the Holga really shines. I put a roll of EPP through and x-processed it for full saturated colours effect. We had three kites that day. Two disintegrated in the high winds and the one pictured soared like the best kites should. And the twine gave me a lovely burn on my shooting finger. It was so bad I had to go to the Galleon fish and chip shop and eat an Admiral portion of cod and chips, followed by steam pudding and custard. Amazing healing qualities, but I needed a walk in the bracing sea air afterwards. Burp!

I heart Holgas

Heart because I'm not savvy enough to make a little heart symbol. But nevermind eh? Worse things 'appen at sea as Nelson once said when his arm was lopped off. I do like Holgas if only because they make me feel like a snapper again. Once you make a business out of taking photos some of the joy must be filtered out. It's inevitable. But since discovering the world of coloured plastic that is a Holga (or a Diana for that matter) I feel like I am starting on a little adventure again. I never know what I am going to get. Apart from the chuckles at processing lab when they see the results! A toy camera does have it advantages though. On last year's Tour of Belgium bike race I could approach the riders before the start with my camera around my neck with no fear of being intrusive. In fact even better, they laughed! They were at their ease without any help! None of my crap jokes required. Holgas are nothing new of course, although I haven't owned one for that long. I have had a Lomo for longer. And I can understand why people love them and the pictures they produce.



Here's my youngest saying hi to my Holga. An aged looking shot taken only a few months ago!
Alas, my Holga CFN has had a flash malfunction and no longer works. I cannot explain why since I treat the thing with mucho love. There are plenty of modification sites on the web but I don't want to go bending slivers of metal inside the body. I will retire it into a world of available light and get myself replacement. I was up for a different colour anyway ;-) I'm certain people will take me seriously with this sucker.....