Mother’s Day
Our local paper, the Tri-City Herald, had a sweet story today with seven vignettes focusing on the mothers in seven families. What made the story especially good were the photographs.
The front page picture of a mother kissing her baby boy caught my eye; a bit fuzzy and featuring some heavy vignetting (darkened corners), it looked quite unusual for a newspaper photograph. Beautiful, for sure — but definitely not a standard news photo. Photographer Rajah Bose photographed the families using his standard digital slr, but he also used a Holga. A Holga is a cheap camera — you can pick one up for under $30. It features a plastic lens that is likely the worst manufactured in the world. Its lousy lens, because of its imperfections, can be capable of producing some gorgeous images.
Check out the slideshow that accompanies the story and enjoy a Mother’s Day treat.
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