Holga time series

[Max P D]

Howdy, haven't been around much since the Holgas have been idle, but here's a concept I've been fiddling with - a series of Holga pics over time. In this case, one for each season. A quadtych, if that's a word.

I took this photo of a roadside memorial late last summer.

[Max P D]

Next, the same scene from late fall:

[Max P D]

And winter - you get the idea.



All that's left is a shot from spring...

[mtbbrian]

Righ On!
Glad to see you are alive and kicking!
This is an interesting series, no matter the camera, but it is especially good with a Holga!
Time what it is all about, and showing it in an interesting way is GOOD!

BTW...
Check out my site to see some of my newest stuff, I recently revisied.
Brian
:thumbsup:

[megan]

Neat Idea, and I like the shots. Questions - why did you switch from color to black and white? Was it for a specific aesthetic reason, or just happened to be what you had in the camera at the time?

[mtbbrian]

Neat Idea, and I like the shots. Questions - why did you switch from color to black and white? Was it for a specific aesthetic reason, or just happened to be what you had in the camera at the time?

I had a similiar thought, but then I thought that the best way to show summer MUST be in color, the fall one would be good in color too, but I think fall for this particular scene works in b&w. Winter though is definitely a b&w thing.
Brian

[Max P D]

Neat Idea, and I like the shots. Questions - why did you switch from color to black and white? Was it for a specific aesthetic reason, or just happened to be what you had in the camera at the time?

I had a similiar thought, but then I thought that the best way to show summer MUST be in color, the fall one would be good in color too, but I think fall for this particular scene works in b&w. Winter though is definitely a b&w thing.
Brian

Thanks Brian and Megan. Cool new stuff Brian - keep it coming!

Um, it happened this way for both reasons - it was the film I had in camera at the time, but I visualised the concept with the completed series in a composite square (think checker board) with color and b&w diagonally opposite - if that makes any sense. I was considering "hand-coloring" the final spring image in photoshop, or maybe break down and buy a color roll of Fuji 800. Also, I could easily convert the color summer to b&w, but I agree with Brian, summer needs to be in color.

Thanks for your input!
Dan

[mtbbrian]

I was considering "hand-coloring" the final spring image in photoshop, or maybe break down and buy a color roll of Fuji 800.

Thanks for your input!
Dan

Dan oh Dan....
Don't go and do that!
Do it right or don't do it at all!

Brian

[Max P D]

I was considering "hand-coloring" the final spring image in photoshop, or maybe break down and buy a color roll of Fuji 800.

Dan oh Dan....
Don't go and do that!
Do it right or don't do it at all!

Brian

Don't do which one Brian? Don't do any hand-coloring? Or use Fuji 800?

If you want to see some amazing hand-coloring check out David Niles' Holga stuff.

Course, I can't compete with Niles' hand-coloring, so maybe I should forget about it and use color film... :idea:

Cheers,
Dan

[mtbbrian]

I meant, don't do the coloring thing, particularlly in Photoshop!
I know of David Niles, I think he was one of the first Holga photographers I saw on the web, several years ago.
I am sure you could do a great hand color job, but doing it in color would work too!
Thanks for taking a look at my latet version of my site!
Brian
:thumsup: