Hi,
I've been working on creating a holga effect with some digital photos recently, and wondered if anybody familiar with holga film photos could take a look and offer some constructive criticism if they have time please? I find that for each roll of medium format film I process in the UK I only ever get one, maybe two photos I'm happy with, which is frustrating; due to the cost of development I've been trying to get a similar look using digital for a while now, and some new toys I found to play with mean these are the closest I've got so far...
The gallery is here: http://www.pbase.com/stuegan/fake_plastic_photos. They were taken with a Nikon D80 and all the alterations have taken place in Photoshop.
I'm just looking for a little feedback on the effects - what does / doesn't look like it's been taken with a Holga camera...what works for you, what doesn't...does it look like too much noise is applied....how about the blur when it is used....etc. etc. Any opinions would be much appreciated. My own thoughts, judging from Holga film photos I've seen in the past, is that some of the photos in the gallery with strong contrast applied don't quite carry the effect off.
Cheers,
Stu