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365 Days of Lomography!

So it’s official my next 365 Day project is going to be all about Lomography cameras. Lomography is an analogue camera company that is really holding up the torch for the survival of analogue photography. Much of what they do is about restoring historical camera equipment to bring them to a new generation. 

For those of you that have been following my work for the 3ish years I’ve been shooting again, there was LOTs of Lomography in my early work. 

So, why do a 365 day project if I haven’t shot much Lomography lately?

Because the style of shooting that Lomography, and it’s cameras, inherently promotes is what I love about photography. It’s about run and gun. It’s about getting up close and personal and stealing the shot. It’s about capturing life in the moment. It’s about the picture not the gear. It’s about the subject, not what you’re shooting with. 

Those camera aficionados of you are scratching your head thinking right about now thinking “wait asshole you just shot a Leica for 365 Days and you’re saying gear isn’t important.” And the short answer is: yes.

Whats great about Lomography cameras is they are simple, yet amazing in their simplicity. They have few features and few controls to keep you from being distracted by the camera so you just shoot. 

All, but one, of the cameras Ill be shooting with you can get for a under $300. What I didn’t like about the Leica project is I felt like it left a lot of people thinking, “if only I had a Leica.” Well with Lomography you can get ALL of these cameras. Throughout the project Im going to be shooting 5 different cameras, each for 2 months, and then shooting  2 wild card months to explore the more toy-isn cameras of Lomography. Like the current project Ill have the cameras with me at all times (I’m gonna need a bigger bag) and will shoot my everyday life and incorporate the cameras into the photo shoots I do throughout the year. 

I wanted to add in more of a technical element into this years 365 by talking about the different cameras, how to use those cameras, and how you, yes YOU, guys can get into film photography. 

The lovely folks at Lomography have been gracious enough to help me with this project by sending me some stuff, and Im excited to have them helping to take this project to new places. 

I hope you all are as excited as I am to jump onto a new 365 day project to learn, to experiment, and to see if I can manage to take 365 great photos. 

I hope you’ll participate with me, grab yourself any film camera and lets make this project about a collaboration and celebration of film photography!