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Take your camera everywhere you go Use it any time – day or night Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it Try the shot from the hip Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible
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RULES Don’t think (by William Firebrace) Be Fast You don’t have to know beforehand what you captured on film Afterwards either Don’t worry about any rules
Take Your Picture Now !
# Take your camera everywhere you go # Use it any time – day or night # Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it # Try the shot from the hip # Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible # Don’t think (by William Firebrace) # Be Fast # You don’t have to know beforehand what you captured on film # Afterwards either # Don’t worry about any rules
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10 Golden Rules Content Page What is lomo Lomo Ionic & Experimental Lomography 35mm Camera Features of LC-A Limited Edition LC-A Accessories Amazing of Bokeh Multi-Exposure Lomo Wall InterviewsNatalie Zwilinger Gallery DIY Camera
Lomography is style of pop photography based around the quirky cameras by the Austrian camera manufacturer known as Lomo.
There are several camera types that fall under the lomography genre.
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THE ICONIC AND EXPERIMENTAL LOMOGRAPHY 35MM CAMERA
The Lomo Kompakt Automat (or the LOMO LC-A, as it’s more commonly known) is a 35mm Russian compact camera that unwittingly kickstarted an entire worldwide photographic movement. Its unique Minitar 1 lens delivers radiant colors, knockout contrast, shadowy vignettes and unmistakable photographs that have made it a beloved snap-shooting legend across the globe. In 2005, the LOMO LC-A’s future was thrown into jeopardy when production at the LOMO factory in St. Petersburg came to a halt. Determined to save their beloved camera, Lomography secured it would live on forever in the form of the new-andimproved LOMO LC-A+. The LC-A+ captures the hearts of Lomographers the world over with the same look and feel as the original LC-A, but with a whole host of new experimental features also thrown in. Whether you’re an analogue newcomer or a seasoned Lomographer, the LOMO LC-A+ is a must-have in any photographer’s arsenal. You can purchase your LC-A+ camera in the Lomography Online Shop and Lomography Gallery Stores across the world. It’s time to start your LC-A love affair with the camera that launched the Lomographic revolution.
LCA+ FEATURES Shoot Ultra-Vibrant Photos: Equipped with the legendary Minitar 1 32/2.8 Lens, the LC-A+ takes photos bursting with life, contrasts and vignettes. Create Easy Multiple Exposures: Shoot stunning multiple exposures with the simple slide of a switch. Maximum ISO Control: Expanded settings allow you to pick your ISO anywhere from 100 to 1600. Effortless Long Exposures: Use the included Cable-Release Thread to create beautiful long exposure photos. Attach your Flash: Thanks to the camera Hot-Shoe you can light up your shots with your favorite flashes. Experiment with Accessories: The LC-A+ is compatible with a whole range of exclusive accessories. Uses 35mm Film: The LC-A+ shoots all kinds of 35mm film. There are loads of choices available!
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Minitar 1 32/2.8 lens Yielding the same radiant colors, knockout contrast, edge vignettes and surprising results as the original LOMO LC-A. Aperture 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 Shutter Speed 1/500 to unlimited (via auto-exposure) Multiple Exposure Switch Expanded film ISO setting of up to 1600 Front Grooves which open up the world of image experimentation through LC-A+ customized accessories. Cable release and tripod thread The LC-A+ RL (Russian Lens) is also available
Limited Edition
Longing to take your treasured LC-A+ underwater, or maybe during your extreme-sports adventures? The bright-red Krab shell makes it possible for your LC-A+ to join you on your allweather gimmicks! Re-built from the ground up, given stronger seals and a deep
LOMO LC-A+ KRAB LC-A INSTANT BACK+ Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have all the magnificent, vignetted, color-bursting effects of the Lomo LC-A camera, paired with its whole range of accessories - in an instant? Now it’s made possible, with the Lomo LC-A Instant Back+!
Crazy, genius and unpredictable! The Splitzer allows you to slice and dice your images however you want. Slide it onto the LC-A+’s front grooves, and you’re ready for some intense photosurgery.
LOMO LC-A+ SPLITZER LC-A+ WIDE-ANGLELENS To begin with, the LCA+ already sees a w-i-d-e perspective with its 32mm lens. But if you’re a fan of detail and want to suck up even more in each snap, attach the wide-angle lens to shoot a 20mm super-wide and full-frame paradise!
Shooting Bokehs With Your Lomo LC-A+
Christmas is a good opportunity to take some bokehs, since there are plenty of lights to take pictures of. Here is a simple way to generate gorgeous light bokehs, using your Lomo LC-A+.
It’s that time of that time of the year again when our houses and streets are adorned with colourful Christmas lights to add cheer to the season! One of the things that you probably want to try, or do again, is to capture beautiful bokeh shots of decorative lights. However, if you are using your Lomo LC-A+ you are likely to get out of focused light shots such as the one above? Not pretty enough, right? So how do we achieve bokehs like those that come out of SLRs with 1.8 prime lens, when what we only have is our trusty LC-A+, or other compact cameras? All you need to do is to buy or find a cheap magnifying glass. Set your focusing at 0.8 meter, place the magnifying glass right in front of your LC-A+, point towards the lights, at about 0.5 to 2 meters, and shoot. If all goes well, you should be able to get gorgeous light bokehs! Go ahead and try it!
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Double Your Pleasure:
Multiple Exposures with Color and Shadow
A lot of people like multiples but are never satisfied with the output enough to shoot them more consistently. I want to talk about how double exposures work and what you can look for.
I could give you a load of reasons why I love multiple exposures: - It’s not that organized. -It’s like a gambling addiction. It’s like X-mas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa. It’s like a blind date. - You know what your heart is asking for. You know what your eye wants to see. You know what you want those spinning fruits should look - like after you pull the metal arm using your last quarter. - You don’t know till you see it from the film lab. There is a surprise in - Multiple Exposures that no other photography gives you. More importantly: I want to shoot what isn’t there. What’s in our minds. Melding images together the way our memories come to us. Not clear, sharp, individual pictures, but thoughts and emotions bleeding into each other tangentially. When you remember a party, you don’t remember a single picture of everyone dancing in the living room. You remember the soft but dirty couch you sat on, the ugly chandelier that lit the room, a tree you stared at while sharing a cigarette outside, that one really funny guy you met while waiting in line at the keg, the hallway to the bathroom you walked down too many times, a cleaver door mat and that tattoo on that girl’s back you couldn’t stop staring at all night. It all melds together into one impression. That’s what Multiple Exposures can do that singles can’t. Capture life the way you remember it and not the way it happened.
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WALL LOMO WALL
A Lomo Wall is created from a flood of authentic, colourful and awe-inspiring analogue snapshots, also known as Lomographs. Part exhibition, part experience, a Lomo Wall is the sum total of thousands of Lomographs taken by Lomographers from every corner of the globe. So far we’ve built LomoWalls in many a far-flung place, for example, the Photokina in Cologne; Trafalgar Square, London; Beijing, MOMA in New York.
Natalie Zwilinger shoots with the Lomo LC-A+ Old-school Lomographers know her as the queen of multiple-exposure Lomography. World Champion at the Vienna World Congress in 2001, Natalie Zwilinger was the trailblazer that inspired a generation of Lomographers to push their boundaries. Never satisfied with the safe approach, Natalie created a body of work that is to this day still beyond compare.
And then came the burnout. Natalie seemed to vanish. Her cameras likely buried under a pile of clothes in her apartment/silk-screen studio in New York City. This renaissance woman had moved on to other creative endeavors, pursuing her degree in Textiles at FIT. I gave Natalie a roll of film to double in November of 2006, and didn’t see that film returned until February of 2008. It was in her camera the whole time. But now, the prodigal queen has returned. It took the LC-A+ and the new self-portrait kit to reignite this truly brilliant Lomographer’s passion, and the result was this fantastic new gallery of Lomographs. We proudly present to you the third of our self-portrait amigas – the great Natalie Zwillinger. She is the reason I first picked up a Lomo LC-A in 2004, and I am proud to call her one of my best amigos. Enjoy!
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