Holga - James Brosher Photography https://www.brosher.com/blog/tag/holga/ Portfolio website for James Brosher, a Bloomington, Indiana based editorial and wedding photographer specializing in action, documentary, and portrait images. Tue, 20 May 2025 19:28:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/logo-75x75.png Holga - James Brosher Photography https://www.brosher.com/blog/tag/holga/ 32 32 Nice truck https://www.brosher.com/blog/2019/03/15/nice-truck/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 04:34:55 +0000 https://www.brosher.com/?p=18641 The same truck photographed with a Holga in 2011 and with a Rolleiflex in 2018. (2 photos)

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]]> This week as I reworked some galleries on my site, I ran across the Holga photo below. I immediately recognized that I had photographed the same truck at the same annual car show this past September. I guess I have a thing for flames.

A GMC truck is pictured during the Ducktail Run Rod and Custom Show in Gas City, Indiana on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Photo by James Brosher)
2018 – Rolleiflex
Ducktail Run Rod and Custom Show – Gas City, Ind. (Photo by James Brosher)
2011 – Holga

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]]> Indiana University through a plastic lens https://www.brosher.com/blog/2016/05/16/indiana-university-bloomington-campus/ Mon, 16 May 2016 12:30:05 +0000 http://www.brosher.com/?p=15831 Indiana University's Bloomington campus photographed with a plastic Holga camera. (4 photos)

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]]> I recently dusted off my Holga and shot a few rolls of 120 for the first time in years. As much as I love Instagram, it was nice to shoot without the instant gratification. My goal is to shoot more with my Holga this summer to force myself to be less reliant on the screen on the back of my digital SLRs. I feel like I often get into a rut where I’m shooting, shooting, shooting and not really seeing or thinking. That’s the great thing about the Holga: it forces me back to basics.

Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington

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]]> Blue and Gold and Black and White https://www.brosher.com/blog/2014/04/23/blue-gold-black-white/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:37:13 +0000 http://www.brosher.com/?p=12321 Notre Dame's Blue-Gold spring football game captured with a Holga. (1 photo)

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]]> Being that it was my third year photographing Notre Dame’s Blue-Gold spring football game, I decided to dust off my Holga and try something a bit different.

Notre Dame Blue-Gold Spring Game
Notre Dame Blue-Gold Spring Game
Notre Dame Blue-Gold Spring Game

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]]> Barbara Harrington https://www.brosher.com/blog/2013/11/01/barbara-harrington/ Fri, 01 Nov 2013 06:17:35 +0000 http://www.brosher.com/?p=11575 Recent portrait of Barbara Harrington. (1 photo)

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]]> I shot this portrait using a Holga … sort of. It would be more accurate to say I used a Holga lens mounted on a Canon EOS-1D X. I bought the lens a long time ago, but have only played around with it a few times. On my day off, I finally unboxed some new lighting equipment and decided to try to make a Holga portrait (a Holgrait?) of my girlfriend using an AlienBee B800 flash and 47″ octabox. It was tough seeing Babs because the modeling light was burned out so I ended up with this outtake that ended up being one of those happy accidents.

Barbara Harrington

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]]> Lest We Forget https://www.brosher.com/blog/2012/07/26/lest-we-forget/ Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:55:40 +0000 http://www.brosher.com/?p=9120 Holga photos of Allied and Axis re-enactors battling for control of a Michigan beach during a WWII re-enactment in June. (4 photos)

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]]> I photographed a local WWII re-enactment back in June on a Lake Michigan beach. Primarily I shot using two DSLRs, but I managed to sneak in a few frames here and there using my Holga. Originally I had planned to use my Rolleiflex, but alas it remains a $220 paperweight on my bookshelf after a camera strap failure lead to its early demise during a May trip to Chicago.

Lest We Forget WWII Re-enactment
Lest We Forget WWII Re-enactment
Lest We Forget WWII Re-enactment
Lest We Forget WWII Re-enactment
Lest We Forget WWII Re-enactment

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]]> Little 500 Miss-N-Out https://www.brosher.com/blog/2012/04/10/little-500-miss-n-out-3/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:29:48 +0000 http://www.brosher.com/?p=8514 Scenes from Indiana University's Little 500 Miss-N-Out. (15 photos)

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]]> Couple weeks back, I shot a bit of Indiana University’s Little 500 Miss-N-Out cycling races while I was in town visiting friends from college. Although I shot a lot of stuff on my “normal” cameras, I also exposed three rolls on my Holga. With a couple days off from the daily grind, I finally got around to processing and scanning the negatives.

Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out
Little 500 Miss-N-Out

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]]> Fall vacation https://www.brosher.com/blog/2012/04/04/fall-vacation/ Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:45:43 +0000 http://www.brosher.com/?p=8423 Recently scanned Holga frames from a September vacation. (8 photos)

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]]> Until this week, I had been procrastinating processing and scanning a couple rolls of 120 film. Part of this stemmed from the fact that I hadn’t really touched my Holgas since September. Recently, I picked them back up and started to shoot with them again. I did this in an attempt to once again get inspired and excited about photography in general. I love shooting with my Holgas as a way to decompress and rethink how I look at things visually. The result of my return from Holga hiatus was developing and scanning the rolls. To my surprise, one roll was shot in September during a vacation to Indiana and Nashville, Tennessee while I was working in Wyoming.

Ducktail Run Rod and Custom Show
Ducktail Run Rod and Custom Show – Gas City, Ind. (Photo by James Brosher)
  • Ducktail Run Rod and Custom Show
Ducktail Run Rod and Custom Show
Nashville
Josh Rhoten
Indiana University Marching Hundred
Nashville

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]]> St. Joseph, Michigan https://www.brosher.com/blog/2012/04/04/st-joseph-michigan/ Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:30:07 +0000 http://www.brosher.com/?p=8436 Photos of Silver Beach in St. Joseph, Mich. taken with a Holga. (3 photos)

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]]> Since moving back to South Bend, I’ve made a couple trips up to Silver Beach in St. Joseph, Mich. This was thanks in part to the unseasonably warm weather we’ve had. Also, the town is one of my favorite places on earth.

St. Joseph, Michigan
St. Joseph, Michigan
St. Joseph, Michigan

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]]> Hell on Wheels and a Holga https://www.brosher.com/blog/2011/07/12/hell-on-wheels-holga/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:30:51 +0000 http://www.brosher.com/?p=6281 Scenes from Cheyenne's Hell on Wheels shooting competition taken by a Holga. (16 photos)

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]]> A few weeks back, I photographed Hell on Wheels, a shooting competition where participants from around the world dress in Old West costumes and fire weapons from the Old West. Given the period costumes, I couldn’t resist firing off a couple rolls on my Holga.

Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels

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]]> Stormtroopers, old cars, Wyoming and a Holga https://www.brosher.com/blog/2011/07/11/wyo-holga/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:58:22 +0000 http://www.brosher.com/?p=6269 Holga images from Wyoming. (6 photos)

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]]> I’ve gotten to the point where I carry two Holgas with me everyday to work: one loaded with 100 ASA film and one loaded with 400 ASA film. The results are negatives full of random, in-between moments from my daily newspaper assignments. Here is the latest edition on what is slowly becoming a regular feature on my blog.

Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming

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