Lomograph The World!

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There are a lot of ways to photograph the things you love. For instance, there is the compact camera, the DSLR and, last but not least: the lomo-camera. A lomographer, as a person who uses this kind of camera is called, loves the vintage cameras, the vintage-looking photos and, above all, the analogue lifestyle.


The name Lomo is inspired by the so-called "LOMO LC-A" camera, an analogue camera created by the Russians. After discovering this camera, a group of Viennese students decided they wanted to form a society around this: de Lomografische AG. Nowadays, the Lomography Society is a huge community, with its own website and stores. One of these stores is in Amsterdam. Want to know where it is and what you can see and buy there? Check out this article on AiD.

There are many cameras with which you can perform the art of Lomographing. Always wanted to own a camera with its own name, such as a Sprocket Rocket, Diana, La Sardina, Fisheye or Colorsplash? This is the excellent opportunity for it. Each camera has its own special specifications and effects: the Fisheye for example has a lense that makes every picture look like it was seen from the eye of a fish: hence the name. A La Sardina is a camera with a wide angle lense, with which you can shoot multiple pictures on one frame. One thing all the cameras have in common: they shoot in the typical, somewhat "dreamy" lomography style, with instense colours and a softer focus. It's all analogue, and therefore really exciting: you have no idea what you're really doing (because there is no display that shows the pictures you've taken) and once your film is full, that's it for today.

Feel like you're into Lomography, but no idea where to start? Don't worry, as I said, there is a whole community ready to help you. Just take a look on their website I've posted earlier: all kinds of hints, tips and tricks are gathered there, just to get you going. And by all means, follow the ten golden rules of Lomography:

• Take your camera everywhere you go

• Use it any time – day or night

• Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it

• Try the shot from the hip

• Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible

• Don’t think (by William Firebrace)

• Be Fast

• You don’t have to know beforehand what you captured on film

• Afterwards either

• Don’t worry about any rules

PSSSST: I'm a Lomographer too! Check out my page right here.