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FRONT COVER
PLASTIC CAMERAS: TOYING WITH CREATIVITY
COPYRIGHT PAGE
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: What are Plastic Cameras?
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
CHAPTER 2: Plastic Portfolios
Introduction
Nancy Rexroth—Plastic Pioneer
Ted Orland—Parallel Careers
David Burnett—Veteran Photojournalist
Anne Arden McDonald
Nancy Burson—Compassionate Vision
Harvey Stein
Pauline St. Denis
Michael Ackerman—Poetic Visionary
Mark Sink—the Diana King
Perry Dilbeck
Jonathan Bailey
Susan Bowen—Plastic Panoramas
Mary Ann Lynch—Creative Catalyst
James Balog—Naturalist Photographer
Eric Havelock-Bailie
Wesley Kennedy—Photographic Light
Franco Salmoiraghi—Changing Worlds
Richard Ross
Teru Kuwayama–Humanitarian Photographer
Robert Owen—Shots Shooter
Annette Fournet–Plastic Perception
Sandy Sorlien—Armchair Antarctica
Michelle Bates
CHAPTER 3: That’s So Cute! The Cameras
THE HOLGA
THE DIANA
THE FUJIPET
LOMO
MULTILENS CAMERAS
ANSCO PANORAMIC
HYBRID CAMERAS
NOT QUITE PLASTIC
The Lensbaby
The Rollei MiniDigi
Pixelvision
Cell Phone Cameras
Pinhole Cameras
CHAPTER 4: I Got Me a Toy Camera—Now What?
IMAGE FORMATS
LIGHT LEAKS
Cover That Window
Keeping the Back On
Roll It on Tight
DON’T SCRATCH MY FILM
CHUCK THE LENS CAP
CHAPTER 5: Feeding Your Holga
FILM CHOICE: WHAT FLAVOR OF FILM?
FILM TYPES
Black and White Film
Infrared Film
Black-and-White C-41 Film
Color Negative
Transparency
Cross-processing
35mm Film
Polaroid Film
CHAPTER 6: Let’s Get Shooting!
LOADING THE FILM
SHOOTING
UNLOADING
HANDLING OF FILM
Squishing
Light
Heat
X-rays
Tracking Your Film
CHAPTER 7: Taking Your Holga Out to Play
WHAT TO SHOOT?
VIEWFINDER
VIGNETTING
MULTIPLE EXPOSURE AND PANORAMAS
CLOSE UPS
MOVEMENT
INTERIORS
NIGHT
FLARE
COLOR
PERSPECTIVE
GET EXTREME!
HAVE FUN!
CHAPTER 8: Advanced Tips
TECHY TIPS
FLASH
Flash on a Shoe
Built-in Flash
Strobes
FI LTERS
Filter Holders
Polarizing Filters
Neutral Density Filters
Graduated and Split Filters
Macro Filters
Add-on Lenses
POLAROID HOLGA
INFRARED FILM
CHAPTER 9: Holga Camera Modifications
Simple Holga Modifications
Tone Down the Interior
Bulb Setting
Use 35mm Film
Advanced Holga Modifications
Two Real Apertures!
Built-in Filter Changer
PinHolga
CHAPTER 10: Film Processing
NOW WHAT?
PROCESSING THE FILM
Lab
Hand Processing
Changing Development Times
Negative Intensification
Negative Reduction
Troubleshooting Your Negatives
CUTTING AND STORING NEGATIVES
CHAPTER 11: The Final Image: Prints and Pixels
REVIEWING YOUR IMAGES
PRINTING
DIGITAL INPUT: SCANNING YOUR FILM
BLACK AND WHITE
RESOURCES
PLASTIC CAMERA WEBSITES TO PERUSE
RETAILERS
BOOKS
MAGAZINES
PLASTIC CAMERA—RELATED ARTICLES
TOY CAMERA EXHIBITIONS, PRESENT AND PAST
CONTRIBUTORS
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