Toy Camera Workshop August 7, 2009

Experience the fun of using a simple plastic camera to create unique, dreamlike images. In this class, you will use the Holga, a medium-format "toy" camera that liberates you from all things high-tech and automatic. These simple cameras, with only 3 aperture settings and 4 focus options, help you remember what it was you loved about photographing in the first place. These low-tech cameras offer unexpected results that render images that are less about literal documentation and are more like memories, or dreams half-remembered.

We'll look at work by photographers who rely on toy cameras for much of their photography. We'll learn how to exploit the eccentricities of toy cameras and how to best work in low-light situations. We'll also spend time the first day going out to photograph, and we'll have a chance to see and talk about our results on the second day.

This workshop is open to all levels of photographer (beginner, intermediate, master). For this class, you will be given a Holga to use. If you have your own toy cameras you'd like to bring, that's fine, too. All materials, a Holga camera and medium format film are included.

Schedule:

One-weekend workshop
Saturday & Sunday, 9am - 5pm
August 8 & 9

For more information on this workshop please visit our website link below.

Official Website: http://www.projectbasho.org/workshops/2009summer/toy-camera-workshop.html