{"id":705,"date":"2017-10-30T07:04:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T11:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/world-toy-camera-day-21-october-2017\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T06:46:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T11:46:05","slug":"world-toy-camera-day-21-october-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/30\/world-toy-camera-day-21-october-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"World Toy Camera Day &#8211; 21 October 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black powder and a plastic camera is the theme of World Toy Camera day for my shoot. This year I am not in an exotic location like Pittsburg or Washington DC, but instead, I participated in the final War of 1812 Reenactment event of the season at the Bradley House Museum in Mississauga. So into my Haversack went my Holga 120N loaded up with a roll of Fomapan 100. While toy cameras aren&#8217;t for everyone, they certainly add a touch of fun to my photography. For the most part, I work with high-end equipment, but I do enjoy the strange nature of toy cameras, plastic lenses, and fixed shutter speeds. But enough of words for this post, as much as I like writing. I&#8217;m going to let the photos speak for themselves! I really need to remember to bring the Holga out to more events, it gives a unique look to the images that suit the time period. Considering photography wasn&#8217;t invented yet.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gather Round\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/24092588908\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4503\/24092588908_1100ba4af0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Gather Round\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The HMS Psyche\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/37913063542\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4507\/37913063542_7281f673d0_b.jpg\" alt=\"The HMS Psyche\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Musket Work\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/37234285634\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4487\/37234285634_cbcf762d18_b.jpg\" alt=\"Musket Work\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stacked Arms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/37234282174\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4508\/37234282174_a6855f34dd_b.jpg\" alt=\"Stacked Arms\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Entertainment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/37234279994\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4498\/37234279994_0f8e1013a5_b.jpg\" alt=\"The Entertainment\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re thinking of getting into Toy Camera photography, I&#8217;ve done reviews on a few &#8216;toy&#8217; cameras. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/index.php\/2017\/08\/29\/ccr-review-69-holga-120n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holga 120N<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/index.php\/2015\/11\/09\/ccr-review-25-fpp-debonair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FPP Debonair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>All Photos Taken at The Bradley House Museum &#8211; Mississauga, Ontario<br \/>\nHolga 120N &#8211; Optical Lens 1:8 f=60mm &#8211; Fomapan 100 @ ASA-100<br \/>\nBlazinal (1+50) 9:00 @ 20C<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black powder and a plastic camera is the theme of World Toy Camera day for my shoot. This year I am not in an exotic location like Pittsburg or Washington DC, but instead, I participated in the final War of 1812 Reenactment event of the season at the Bradley House Museum in Mississauga. So into my Haversack went my Holga 120N loaded up with a roll of Fomapan 100. While toy cameras aren&#8217;t for everyone, they certainly add a touch of fun to my photography. For the most part, I work with high-end equipment, but I do enjoy the strange nature of toy cameras, plastic<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/30\/world-toy-camera-day-21-october-2017\/\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[126,366,22,1418,292,113,60,29,39,1207,119,1292],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3822,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705\/revisions\/3822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}