all the fancy new gadgets are cool, but there's just something special about old pictures.

Pictures that have spent their lives in a box in the attic, forgotten on an old roll of undeveloped film in a camera purchased at a garage sale, or in grandma's photo album.

And now you too can have that very own feeling in your photography.  The randomness.  The blurry. Everything that's old is new again, and it's now called Lomography. There's art and beauty in the unpolished and ugly. "Rat" rods, steampunk and rockabilly all sit well within this increasingly popular fringe of fashion and culture. This isn't about carefully crafted imagery and fussy photography.  you don't need to know f/stops and film speeds and lens glass layers and coatings...  just point your camera and shoot.  turn OFF the playback screen.  just let what happens happen.  and enjoy it.  I do have to say i'm kinda taken with this whole thing right now, so more of my pictures may come along looking like i've washed them a couple of times in the old maytag, but eventually i'll find a good balance of the art and the technique and be back to just taking pictures again.

I have yet to dive in whole-heartedly, but as a digital photographer, can dabble in it with ease.  Filters, randomizers, and other specialty products allow the feeling of lomo to invade my work. Apps for the camera in my new phone make it quick and easy, and provide exactly the right feel.  quick snapshots without any control or thought involved.  That's what lomo photography is all about. Thanks to the kiddo for being my primary subject in these images.