The Holga camera

Sometimes referred to as a toy camera, the Holga is a film camera first introduced in China in the 1980s as an inexpensive mass-market camera. The Holga can be challenging to use as it does not have a light meter and has a fixed shutter speed with “bulb” setting to hold the shutter open. The natural vignetting and the softer focus of the plastic lens is a pleasant departure from modern lenses. The Holga allows me to create images with the mood I am trying to capture.