Forgotten holga photos...

I'll be honest, I haven't been very good at taking my holga out recently... I've been too distracted by my other cameras. It's ok though as I still love her and when I do take her out again it will be the right time to use her...

However, I did finally finish a film in there that I started at the beginning of the year and I completely forgot about these photos!



I kind of love that I've had these developed now as it is exceptionally warm and sunny in Leeds today and its hard to believe that it was really that cold and that snowy... Yeay Summer!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, I'm hoping the sunshine stays around!

2011 Mini Calenders!!!

Eeeeee, I don't know about you - but I am EXCITED!

My 2011 mini calenders are finally on Etsy!

I was originally just going to do one with my favourite holga prints - but after we got back from Poland I realised that we had so many beautiful photos that captured Krakow so well that I HAD to make another one!

What do you think?

2011 Mini Calender - Holga Favorites
All photos taken with my holga around the UK

2011 Mini Calender - Krakow Favorites
All photos taken with my 35mm Yashica Samurai SLR camera in Poland

Each calender compromise of 13 5" x 7" prints - including a front cover. The pages are unbound creating lots of different ways to display them - frame them, pin them to a board or place them on a stand on your work desk - it is completely up to you.

The Holga Favourites and Krakow Favourites mini calenders are both available in the shop for $25!

(which according to Etsy is about £15.99)

And, as always - if you are a reader of my blog, you get a special treat with any order - just type 'I am easily distracted' in the message to sender box!

Gosh, I hope you like them!

I want to go back to Edinburgh!

Remember way back in March when we went to Edinburgh?

It seems like such a long time ago now... but these beautiful holgas sent from the lovely Wendy to the equally lovely Marisa (honestly, I adore them both) has made me want to go straight back there... its really not that far from Leeds...

I love Edinburgh, holgas, the photoswap and all my photoswappers, hurray!!

For more photos see Wendy and Marisa's blogs!

p.s. How have I only just seen these ladies?! I've been under a rock I'm sure...

Which camera would you take to Paris?

I read an article that someone retweeted on Twitter the other day about how it's not the camera that takes an amazing photo but the photographer and I thought it was quite fitting for this post.

Whilst I have all of these cameras (and I love them all), I wouldn't be able to produce these myself and I love that each set shows the photographer's individuality and flare in spite of the location and the cameras they have used...

Pretty Paris Polaroids by Adele

Gorgeous Paris Holgas by Eadaoin

Lovely Paris Instax Minis by Naomi

Stunning Paris Diana Mini's by Elle

Who really wants to go to Paris now? I do!

Such gorgeous photos!!

p.s. I would obviously take as many cameras as I could carry lol, Poland is going to be fun camera wise!

Lomography Article...

Wow, I have been busy haven't I?

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Lomography (they contacted me!) to write an article about 35mm and my experience with Lomography cameras and of course I said yes. Looking back through my blog for inspiration I stumbled on a Questions and Answers post that I did last year and I remembered answering one particular question from Diana that I loved...

So for an expansion of the answer to the question:

35mm Film - Why Did I Ever Stop?

and to see some more of my favourite photos taken with my holga 135bc and my diana mini...

Check out my article in the Lomography Magazine!

Holga love on Etsy!

I can easily say that I had alot of fun researching this post. There is just so much great stuff on etsy!

Holgas are great - print on vintage book page by Girls Can Tell

Holga love by Spazberry Jam

I love Holga prints No 1, No 7, No 3 and No 5 by JUNK & PO

Made to Order - 12oz cup holga by Circa Ceramics

Gorgeous Holga print within a Lomography Cameras Set of 4 by Hey Harriet

Fun Holga card by Cute n Boot

H is for Holga - Limited Edition Print by Autumn and Eve

A Dear Friend and Camera Love by Lola's Room

And my personal favourite...

Holga Shirt Plastic Fantastic Pride by Cram

I heart etsy!

10 Things to do before 2010 revisited...

Can you believe its December already?? I am amazed! I wrote this list way back in June and I am so excited by how everything has turned out!

1. Go to the cinema and see Up! Everyone is talking about how great it is and its not out over here yet.... boo!
   We saw it in 3D! I cried like a baby and totally fell in love with Dug "But its a talking dog!!"
2. Visit Wales (I've never been before, I'm very excited)
   Check! See numerous posts lol.
3. Get a holga camera (again very excited)
   Plus a diana! I'm setting my sights higher next year! Polaroid!!
4. Buy boyfriend an amazing birthday present - his birthday was in April, oops.
5. Do another Pay it Forward thing (or maybe a swap) its so much fun!!
   Well I never saw this one coming - yeay for the photo swap and again thank you to everyone taking part.
6. Get some yellow tights - I keep going on about them and I still haven't found a pair
   I brought some - I still haven't worn them yet though - oops!! I've still got the rest of the month...
7. Learn how to use a sewing machine (and perhaps even buy one first) I want to try this...
   Yeah... this one isn't happening...
8. Read the books that are piled on my bookcase which I haven't read yet.
   Or this one... I've read maybe one...
9. Bake my own chocolate French Macarons, yum
   YES!! And they were amazing - I even think tastier than the Laduree chocolate ones (though not the red fruits - that was delicious!)
10. Make something in a slow cooker - but what to make..?
    Does stew and risotto count in a big pot...? Probably not...

Well overall I think 7/10 isn't too bad - I'm going to have to wear the tights though and try using the slow cooker - lets see if I can so that this month :)

Happy December!!

Oh ebay how you tempt me...

{Photo of Lady and Ben by Jessthespringer}

and I am weak...

I may have just purchased a fisheye lens for my holga 135...

It was only £15 and it comes with a cute bag...

Eeeee, I can't wait to take pictures of Harry, like the one above !

(which isn't Harry)

p.s. Don't tell Boyfriend...

Photos, film and the Photoswap!

This past weekend was rather photo orientated and I loved it!

First I finally put up my own lomography wall. I have had those clips for 4 years and I didn't realise they were lomography ones until now - I love finding out things like that and I love how it turned out!

(though sorry about the rubbish photo...)

Then Boyfriend took his film for the photoswap using Helga (the holga) whilst I walked around with Deedee (the diana mini). Watching him take photos was so much fun, he sees completely different photos in places than I do, that and he is cute!

Unfortunately the first film from my Diana was totally ruined - it completely split in half whilst I was winding it back on. I'm devestated as I took some pretty pictures in Whitby with it - I'm hoping somewhere will try and look at the half of the film still left...

and finally today is the deadline of the photoswap! (I shamelessly stole this photo from Micaela's blog of her with her photoswap camera - isn't it great!) I am so excited about seeing everyone's results and putting all the photos together!

My very own Etsy shop!!

Oh my, oh my. I'm so excited!!

Today I opened my very own Etsy shop featuring 15 of my holga photos...

I'm so excited... and I feel a little bit sick...but good sick... I think.

Anyway, as dedicated readers of For the easily distracted...

I would like to offer you all a little treat when you order a print from my shop. Just make sure you write "I am easily distracted" in the additional message to seller box (I think thats what its called) and you will get a little surprise along with your order!

Happy shopping!

Diana Mini!

Saturday morning was so exciting - I love waiting for post to arrive. Before I hit 'Buy Now' on ebay (oops) I read a few reviews of the Diani mini saying that it a bit flimsy and the book was a waste of money but I thought it was a really solid, beautiful little camera and the packaging and the book are wonderful - I love flicking through all the photos - the page is above is my absolute favourite!

Unfortunately I haven't taken any photos with Dee Dee yet
(what do you think... Dee Dee and Helga has a nice ring right?)
instead we took Helga out to play so I could finish the last roll
from Wales in time for the photo swap!

My collection of cameras on top of the mantlepiece is now my favourite place in the house, yeay!

Holga anticipation...

1. Fresh Fodder For The New Economy, 2. Ghost, 3. beach, 4. oxford, 5. Bumble In The Jungle 2009, 6. Blooming Friends, 7. gustavo, 8. ломо, 9. double solitary

How amazing are these photos, theres a whole Flickr group dedicated to the Holga 135, I love them all.

Also I showed Boyfriend the group yesterday and now he's really excited about 'our' new camera too - I have a feeling he will be stealing it from me periodically... hehe!

Oh oh and he said he might get me the fisheye lens for my birthday (all the way in Sept)
isn't he nice? :)

Eeeeeeee!!

After making my list of things to do yesterday I decided that instead of waiting around making excuses (I'll wait til my birthday etc) I was just going to do one of them... so I ordered my first Holga camera off Ebay! Its a holga 135BC which takes 35mm film. I decided to get this one as I have no idea where I can get 120 film from in England or even where to process it and I can get 35mm from my local supermarket and process 35mm film just about anywhere... phew!!

I can not wait to take it around Kirkstall Abbey when it gets here or to the beach in August!

p.s. I was just reading up on it and it looks like you can get a fisheye lens for it as well... Wooo! Maybe I'll ask for that for my birthday instead :)