Lomography

Lomography is an artistic style of photography and trademark of an Austrian camera company, Lomographische AG.With a cult following that reaches almost every corner of the globe, lomography is a syle of photography that includes a retro snapshot feel.

Lomography cameras are analogue, or film style cameras. special camera options are often featured on different models, including fish eye lenses, pinhole lenses, multiple lenses (some even shoot from 4-8 lenses simultaneously), and colored flash. Lomography cameras usually look more or less like a toy camera sold in 'pasar malam' for kids.

 

Different type of lomography cameras

 Users of this little camera soon realised that its cheap manufacturing together with a little fun and imagination could produce fun, quirky photographs with high colour saturation, outer edge vignetted framing and grainy effect that together was somehow arty and pleasing to the eye.

Lomography is not about capturing those boring potrait style shots, or the perfect landscape, but much more focused on point and shoot and doing it fast. Some lomographers doesn't really put the camera's viewfinder to good use, as what matters is their fastness of pressing the shutter.

 

These are some guidelines used by many lomographers around the world: 

1. Take your camera anywhere you go.
2. Use it any time - day and night.
3. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it.
4. Try the shot from the hip.
5. Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible.
6. Don't think.
7. Be fast.
8. You don't have to know beforehand what you captured on film.
9. Afterwards either.
10. Don't worry about any rules.

And here are some results of photos taken using lomography camera:

 

 

 

 

With many other areas of photography taking on a serious and competitive atmosphere, it is not only fun, but also refreshing to discover a style of photography that allows users to be spontaneous and non technical. For this reason, lomography is a great style of photography for anyone, from children to adults, professional photographers or amateurs; it's all about creative fun.