I am beginning to get interested in lomography, and I was wondering if I could do it with a regular camera. (I have a digital slr, will that work?) All the photos of lomography I have seen seems as if they have extremely high contrast, and deepened depths of field. Is there a way to not buy a lomography camera and get the same results? Im getting back into photography after a long break and am really rusty! Thanks to anyone who answers!
Until today I never heard of lomography. So, since reading your question I did a little research. It appears that lomography, by definition, does not use digital cameras. Lomography is a photographic philosophy. Without even knowing it I was a participant back in the days when I was using my old, plastic, duct-taped Holga ($10). That thing helped me make some really interesting, and sometimes bazaar photos. While I have never cited a web site in any of my answers, in this case I suggest you start with lomography.com.
Jan
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Filed under: digital slr
For the depth of field, use a small aperture. Everything else can be done in photoshop.
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You could try pushing your film. You would shoot say 100 ISO film at say 400 ISO. You can change the film speed that your camera is set to and would do so to get the meter to read it as a faster film. This should result in high contrast images with more grain. You just have to tell the lab that you pushed the film, and how many stops, so they can adjust the processing for it.
Also, if you can get your hands on some expired film, you may see some color shift. Especially if the film was stored in a warmer environment or is far past its expiration date. Sometimes places like B&H and Adorama will sell expired film at a big discount.
The wide depth of field from lomography cameras results from the limited depth of field control. I think that most of those cameras have no controls, basically just point and shoot. But some, holgas and dianas perhaps, have a couple of aperture settings which are still relatively small. Just shoot your SLR with a small aperture. A good small aperture without getting too small would be about f/11 or f/16.
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Until today I never heard of lomography. So, since reading your question I did a little research. It appears that lomography, by definition, does not use digital cameras. Lomography is a photographic philosophy. Without even knowing it I was a participant back in the days when I was using my old, plastic, duct-taped Holga ($10). That thing helped me make some really interesting, and sometimes bazaar photos. While I have never cited a web site in any of my answers, in this case I suggest you start with lomography.com.
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