Recommended Reading

Online

If you enjoyed this site, there are a few websites and books I recommend you check out. They are all hand picked by myself and they are ones I visit often. I'm not affiliated with any of these sites.

Flickr Groups

• Squarefrography: a place to come and hang out with myself and all the froglets. The images you see on the right side of this site have been posted by members of this group. Why not join to get your images displayed here for all to see?
• Holgagraphy: the original Holga group.
• Holga: another great Holga group.
• Holga B&W: a group thats purely for black and white in a Holga.
• Toy Cameras: for users of any toy cameras; Holga, Diana, Fujipet, etc.
• Cross Processing: all about the cross processing technique.
• DIY Black & White: advice and tips for anyone developing black and white at home.

General Holga and Photography Links

• Holga Inspire: the official Holga website.
• Holga Blog: frequently updated news and information. I sometimes write articles for the site, so it's well worth a visit.
• The Holga Darkroom: personal site of Jennifer Henriksen. Full of pictures, articles and competitions.
• Holga Entry on Wikipedia.
• ToyCamera.com: a site dedicated to Toy Camera photography.
• Photojojo: Twice weekly newsletter with great tips for having fun with photography. Most of the tips are tailored for digital cameras, but that shouldn't stop you having fun.

Offline

I can also thoroughly recommend the following books and magazines:

Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity by Michelle Bates.
Take a tour of the burgeoning world of toy cameras and low-tech photography with Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity. Whether you're an experienced enthusiast or toy camera neophyte, you'll find Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity chock full of tantalizing tips, fun facts and, of course, absolutely striking photographs taken with the lowest tech and simplest tools around.
Buy the book at Amazon.com / Amazon.co.uk

Light Leaks Magazine
Light Leaks magazine is all about the low-fi. Our readers love unusual cameras, plastic toy cameras, crappy cameras, pinhole cameras, ‘technologically challenged’ cameras. Light Leaks showcases these cameras, the photographers behind them and the photos created with them.
Subscribe today at lightleaks.org

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