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Summary: Taping the back of a Holga toy camera prevents it from sliding off. Learn about the benefits of taping a Holga camera from a professional photographer in this free camera video.
Anthony Maddaloni is a professional photographer from Austin, Texas. A New York native, he moved to Austin 10 years ago after graduating from Purchase College in New York. He has...read more
"Once I have my film in the camera, then I bust out my tape again, and I am going to tape these hinges shut. Now, the Holga comes with plastic metal hinges, but I take them off because they tend to just want to slide right off, and your camera gets opened; Its, again, one of these mysteries of design with the Holga. And I really tape up my cameras well. Now, it's really funny to see a professional photographer photographing events with a camera covered in tape. But I feel that it is somewhat worth the humiliation for some of the images that I get. And usually when people see what images I get, they tend to forget that I'm working with a camera that has tape all over it. Now after my camera is taped up, this is very important, I want to advance it to 1. There's been a few times when I've been in a rush where I didn't advance that to 1, and I was essentially taking exposures on paper, which is not something that you want to do. So you see that 1 lines up in the frame, and then you're good to go."
eHow Article: Toy Cameras: Taping Holga Cameras