Little known ways to take a good Holga picture!

The unpredictability of the toy cameras makes taking pictures exciting. However, I wish the success rate is higher! The medium format nature and the film processing makes this quite expensive.

A tip on taking good pictures with the Holga is light, lots of light. A bright day outdoors is quite safe to get enough light. For indoor shots, use the flash!

Here are some other points you should look out for:
- Light leaks. If you do not tape your holga, you will get light leaks shown below. Although sometimes it may look quite nice.
- Avoid silly mistakes like forgetting to remove the cap. This may be common for SLR users who just look through the viewfinder and shoot!

Accessories and toy cameras are available at lomography.com

These are some shots taken in Thailand, OTW to Koh Phangan.

Here is a shot taken at the Koh Phangan beach. Part of the beauty of the holga is the natural vignetting effect

One shot that is not taken by me (obviously)

Tsujkii fish market, Japan

Malaysia, Truly Asia

A short trip to KL, Malaysia. Did not get enough time for shooting this time.
I have seen many nice airport photos from Flickr. So while waiting, why not look for some photo opportunities?

Tip: Look for patterns, usually airports have nice architecture. Or look for patterns outside the airport.
The weather was not too good that afternoon but it looked interesting enough for my shot!

flying on the edge, originally uploaded by Sean Yeo.

It was raining outside, so not really a chance to shoot the Twin Towers. There isn't anything that interest me inside the mall, so I decided to photograph people. I like overhead shots. This is a technique that I learnt from my instructor.
Note: Sometimes I think shots like this can be dangerous, I think there are couple of times either my camera or even myself could have fallen off the edge! So make sure your camera strap is hung across your neck and your feet is firm!

i finally bought my flickr pro account!

These are some of my earlier shots, in Little India, Singapore. They were taken during my basic photography course outdoor assignment. That probably kickoff my love for photography! Thanks to objectifs and their instructors :)







I eventually used this set for my showcase during the end of course exhibition.

a reason to start?

sigma50 test shot, originally uploaded by Sean Yeo.

I wanted to start blogging, seriously. Well, a good way to start is to buy the pro account for my Flickr site! Then I can start to post my photos! Right! Let see how it goes.

At least I have something to show, now that I have purchased a new lens! Sigma 50mm F1.4