Some of you might not have a clue what Lomography is, I had never heard of it until we got some of the camera range into the shop I worked in.

Basically, it is an new style of artistic, experimental snapshot using a mixture of vintage and analogue cameras combined with out of date film. A couple of students in Austria started the style when they found a small Russian made camera called the  Lomo Kompakt Automat.

Lomography created their ’10 Golden Rules’ and from this has spawned an international movement of approxamitly a million Lomographers worldwide. These rules are a definition of the approach and mindset of these creative individuals: -

• Take your camera everywhere you go
• Use it anytime – day and night
• Lomography is not an interference with your life, but part of it
• Try the shot from the hip
• Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible
• Don’t think
• Be fast
• You don’t have to know beforehand what you captured on film
• Afterwards either
• Don’t worry about any rule

The Lomography website is also an amazing community! Offering some wonderful features such as: -

• A shop – Selling all the Lomography products.
• Membership - Unlimited photo storage to registered members, including a profile page to share your work and the ability comment, review and write content.

You can also follow them on a host of networking websites, featured on the bottom of their home page.

Personally, I am a proud Lomographer! I was never really into film cameras much until I was introduced to the Lomography range by the Fat Buddha Store in Glasgow. I currently have the Fisheye 2, Fisheye Underwater Case and the Actionsampler . As well as a selection of Lomography 35mm films. I like to use the Fisheye 2 for candid shots during photo shoots and keep the actionsampler for days out with my friends and capturing the madness. I got the underwater case for a recent trip to Egypt as I knew we would be snorkling, oh boy was it worth it!

Below is a small sample of some of the shots I have personally taken and I fully plan on buying a few more cameras from the range in the future.