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Love It or Leave It
1 Love It Or Leave It: Lomolitos Colored Cameras
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2 Do You Ever Experiment With Funky Fun Cameras?
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3 Totally Geeky or Geek Chic? Red Oktomat Camera
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4 The LOMO Colorsplash Camera
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5 Geek Tip: Lomo-fy Your Digital Photos
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6 Lomo Notebook: For All Your Deep Photography Thoughts
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7 Happy 25th Birthday Lomo: 6 Ways to Commemorate
After all the fun I had making my photos look like tiny models with the Tilt-Shift effect, I had to look for something new to add to my effects arsenal. I love my Lomo camera and the effect it produces, but to be honest, I don't always have the cash to throw down for film or development. It can get pretty darn expensive! Given the fact that the latest Lomo camera, the Lomo LC-Wide goes for a Read more
Twenty-five years ago, a phenomenon was born — who would have thought that a little plastic camera would have such an effect on our photographic lives? I love my Lomo and use it as much as I can, so this weekend I'll be celebrating the occasion by packing my Holga wherever I go and snapping away. Check out a few other ways you can celebrate and commemorate the anniversary of the Lomo camera. Read more
The vintage-loving souls who are into Lomo cameras (myself included) will dig this Lomo Notebook ($20), which asks you to get back to pen and paper for note-taking, not some fancy cell phone app. Not only does the Lomo Notebook give you space to make notes about shots and locations, but it comes packed with Lomo info for you: lomography products, stores, "Lomo doctors" and a calendar. Plus, you Read more
Today's holiday gift guide is for your audiophile friend — the one who never hears the phone ring because she's got her headphones on and plans her social schedule around her favorite bands' tour dates. Your audiophile friend might already own all seven pre-In Rainbows Radiohead albums — but just in case, check out this bizarrely cute USB stick that contains the band's complete recordings Read more
Most of you loved the Lomolitos Colored Cameras, so I figured I'd share this updated version with not one, but a whopping thirteen colored filters! Featured on GeekAlerts, the Lomography Colorsplash 35MM Camera uses tinted flash filters and long exposure settings to create dreamy-streaked retro style images that are rich in color! For $50 you will get the camera, a battery, film, poster, extra Read more
The fun functionality of the Oktomat Camera by Lomo cannot be ignored: It has eight small lenses that "fire and turn" in 2.5 seconds, creating a multi-frame mini photo vignette. And while it's only $35, one has to wonder if the camera is a little too chunky in this era of super slim cameras. Does the camera's shape and noisy design overshadow its purpose, or do you think it's appropriate that Read more
Lately I've been seeing quite the array of unique manual cameras. Remember the colored Lomolitos cameras and the hilarious fisheye lens camera? And check out this one below - the Lomo Oktomat 35mm camera with eight built-in lenses. By taking one shot, this camera will produce eight sequential images on a single 35mm negative. Usually I just take pictures with my digital cam and play around with Read more
I see blue, I see red, I see green, I see yellow. Now all your pictures can be color-coded with the artsy Lomography Lomolitos Single Use Camera. Each camera comes pre-loaded with 24-exposure film and a single colored filter that can be switched on or off. For $11, you can give it a try and pitch it if you don't like the results. Let me know if you love it or if you'd rather stick with Photoshop Read more
Instagram is a whole new world of picture taking (at least for anyone who wasn't already using Hipstamatic). Between the filters, the Gaussian blur, and the "creative" photo angles using a phone produces, getting a reasonably flattering picture can seem like a challenge. Fortunately, there are a few easy, smart ways to make Instagram's interface work in your favor. So in honor of Facebook Read more
Now that you've polished up your photography skills, it's time to take your photos to the next level by having some fun with Photoshop. Editing and tweaking your pics isn't considered cheating — it helps bring out the beauty in your images, and keeps things interesting. Here, I'll cover ten fun and useful Photoshop tips and effects that you can use every day, or when you want to add some pizzaz Read more
