Ok so my second featured photo is a Holga shot again! Well that is probably because the Holga takes pretty good shots!

I met Joel at the Lomography Gallery Store New York. We started chatting and he showed me this pick on his phone. I fell in love with the shot instantly!

Joel Lee AKA Ceasebreath tells me: “I was recently asked to take photos for my good friends the Styrofoam Ones, who are low-fi band from toronto, ontario.
The entire idea was to create a bit of mystery but also convey something that had a low-fi analog feeling to it. Josh McGuirk (singer/bassist), thought it would be a cool idea to shoot something near the go train, so we decided to set up at the desired location.

“During the shoot I framed them more than once in a similar position, without applying any double exposures. After a few shots I had to add a new roll of film and without them knowing, decided to grab the microkorg that was in their tour van and shot it down-flat near the train tracks returning to double expose their original position.”

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Photo by orri (analog)

I love Iceland, music and most things analogue. Therefore by default I love Skakkamanage! (I have no idea how to pronounce their name)

The four band members from Reykjavík record analogue. Why?

“They like the warmth of the sound you get if you record analogue. To take it all the way through the whole procedure of making an album is a challenge and all challenges are wholesome for an artist.” Says Balli @ Kimi records

Check them out yourself!

Maria Ruban AKA mariczka is a graphic designer who lives in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
I’ve been a fan of her shots for a while, not just because they are analogue but because they are simple snaps of normal situations; well framed and honest.

Top favorite cameras: Canon Canonet Original, Praktica L and Lubitel 166B

Top favorite films: BW Hungarian film, unfortunately the plant is closed now, svema film and fuji reala.

I had to ask her why she shoots herself so often:
“Because it’s a better way to test the camera’s features (I’m the most obedient model for me and I agree to pose anytime I want sometimes I forget which camera I used, but there are always one (or more) self’s on the film, where I can see the camera I used. And of course I like to leave image of me on the film (it is very sexy and sensual for me)”

Why Analogue?

“Analogue is interesting because it has no digital back and you barely know what’s going to happen. Plus I can’t shoot digital somehow; I feel a huge responsibility and the image should be perfect. And also I shoot analogue because people present me their old cameras and I want them to live and be alive. So they are like homeless cats for me or used bikes or guitars… there spirit dies if not in use btw they also very stylish! I like how they look like in my hand.”

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Photo By Hörður Sveinsson

Benni Hemm Hemm vary from 4 to 14 band members with Scottish and Icelandic roots.
Balli at Kimi records Informed me that they record analogue.
The reason I was given was because analogue is the only way! That’s enough of a reason for me…

Check out their bigband folk, indie pop music!

I stumbled on Sander Meisner, 30, in our Flickr Group and fell in love quickly with his 6X6 Mamiya C33 shots. I love many styles of photography and lately I’m really into quiet, well-framed simple shots with great depth and lines.
I get the feeling that Federico will also be into these shots.

In Saner’s words:

“I photograph the urban contemporary landscape around me at night. I like the empty, overlooked spaces in
the urban landscape. I try to find mundaine places and objects that speak to me somehow and photograph them. I want to capture the eerie, lonely atmosphere certain places in our cities have at night. The places that are full of live during the day, turn into melancholic, sad, empty and sometimes eerie places at night.”

Why shoot on film?
I shoot film for the look it gives my work. Film looks less plastic, has got more depth to it, looks
more alive and seems to generate more emotion and feeling in a shot compared to digital.
I also like the fact that (especially when shooting with my Mamiya C33) it makes me work for a shot, I don’t like to waste frames so I really think before setting up a shot and since I can’t check the result straight away I do this very patiently and precise, often moving my tripod around a certain part of a scene inch by inch after I have determined the area I want to take the shot in.

Three favourite analogue cameras?
Mamiya C33, Nikon FE and the Lubitel-2

Three favourite analogue films?
Fujifilm PRO 160s, Kodak 160NC and Fujifilm RTP T64.

What makes the Mamya C33 so good?
It is completely mechanical, so not many things can break (this also makes me think more about my shots.) It is build like a tank, made completely out of iron and is very heavy, which I like, it makes me more confident when setting up a shot and doing a long exposure when there is a lot of wind. I really like TLR’s and this is one of two (the other being the Koni-Omega 6×7) that has interchangable lenses. The interchangable lenses are a pretty unique feature amongst TLR’s and this makes this camera very nice to work with for
me. The lenses are very nice, sharp lenses with very close focussing when needed. I put my body in my backpack, my three lenses, some film and a cable release. Take my tripod and cycle around Amsterdam’s industry and office areas in the middle of the night looking for places to shoot. I love it.

Check out more from Sander:
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Dial Shhh for Shower Scene

I thought this would be a great shot to start the featured photo section!
Rob shows us how far a Holga can be pushed with his macro shots

Check out his flickr

If you’re ever walking through Soho and have a spare minute you have to go to Sendean Cameras
Not only will they be able to repair any of your analogue cameras but they also sell second hand cameras fully repaired and with a warranty. Yes the prices are a little high but you can see what you’re getting and know that the camera will actually work!

Go and marvel at their camera selection! The shop is in St Anne’s Court squashed between Dean Street and Wardour Street.