Is it just me? or, I don't get it. I read the lomo rules at the lomo website...
or copied from wikipedia:
1. Take your LOMO everywhere you go and whenever you go.
2. Use it any time - day or night.
3. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but a part of it.
4. Shoot from the hip.
5. Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible.
6. Don't think.
7. Be fast.
8. You don't have to know beforehand what you've captured on film.
9. You don't have to know afterwards, either.
10. Don't worry about the rules
So, wouldn't a really cheap digital camera satisfy the rules even more than the overly priced lomo? (including the film costs. I know this personally, I started with film)
Ok, let's read some of the rules carefully...
"1. Take your LOMO everywhere you go and whenever you go."
lomos are heavy and bulky. PLUS the extra film, etc. a cheap, small digicam isn't.
"2. Use it any time - day or night."
i think all digicams nowadays have a built in flash. some "lomo" cams don't.
"3. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but a part of it."
yeah right, say that after the film costs of a lomo. plus dadaan ka pa sa padevelopan na hindi sa mall para mura.
5. Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible.
what for? a zoom can actually get better portraits coz "models look best when taken candidly and naturally" (said nigel barker when he was at greenbelt.)
"7. Be fast."
sige nga, mag autofocus ka gamit ang lomo.
and the rest of the rules...
4. Shoot from the hip.
6. Don't think.
8. You don't have to know beforehand what you've captured on film.
9. You don't have to know afterwards, either.
10. Don't worry about the rules.
You don't need a "lomo camera" to do all these. Actually, these rules were followed by a lot of photographers way before lomography was coined.
"Lomography" seems like it's just a marketing ploy to sell old, unsold cameras no one really wanted to buy. A really clever marketing ploy, though. Yet...
Corny...