I’ve long since known that I work best as a photographer when I give myself some photographic restrictions. That might be working with a single prime lens, or sometimes even shooting with a camera which is really simple. During a recent visit to London I went very low tech, taking just my Holga 120 camera and my 6x6 format pinhole camera along.
For a cheap camera (mine cost me a princely £21 on eBay) the Holga’s plastic lens is remarkably sharp, but it has a very characterful look, with a distinctive softening around the edges. The viewfinder offers an approximation of what’ll appear in the finished photo - a quirk I’m still getting to understand better, as you can see in my photo below.
I wonder who visits a park with benches but takes along their own seat?!
A trio of photos from around BBC New Broadcasting House.
A little multiple exposure fun around the Post Office Tower.
And finally, one pinhole photo from the courtyard outside New Broadcasting House.
Photos taken April 2023