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Welcome to the redesigned home of lomolicious. Here is some favourtie photos taken in my days of Lomo fascination. It was before the days of digital photography (Well before cameras over 3 mega pixels) and there was something real about not knowing how your photos would come out. There is a lot of experimentation with Lomography and so much joy that comes out of that one special shot every roll of film.

Lomo History

In 1991 a group of Viennese students discovered the Lomo Kompakt Automat when on holiday in Prague. This mass-produced Soviet camera was so cheap and easy to use that they shot rolls of film, ignoring the established rules of "good" photography. The resulting snaps were often odd to look at, out of focus and, due to the character of the Lomo lens, garishly coloured. But they were wonderfully fresh. The craze for Lomo spread so fast that when, in 1996, the St Petersburg manufacturers threatened to stop making the camera, Lomographers stepped in to guarantee all future sales.

Today the Lomographic Society has embassies across the globe with Lomography.com as its base. Hundreds participate in international Lomo events and add to the ever-growing LomoWorldArchive.

10 Golden Rules of Lomography

  1. Take your Lomo everywhere you go
  2. Use it anytime - day and night
  3. Lomography is not an interference with your life but a part of it. It will soon feel natural to take Lomographs of everything.
  4. Get as close as possible to the objects of you lomographic desire I still don't get this right half the time.
  5. Don't think. Once you start thinking about composition, the unexpected qualities start to go.
  6. Be fast. As fast as you can take you camera from your pocket. For instant reaction, use the supplied wrist strap.
  7. You don't have to know beforehand what is on your film
  8. Nor afterwards. You will figure it out eventually.
  9. Try the shot from the hip. Or from the ground.
  10. Don't worry about (golden) rules. Be unique and find your own way.