i’ve recently passed the 100 photos on a girl and her holga – which for someone as disorganised as me, it’s a true feat :)
here are some of my recent favourites, a bit from all over slovenia:

(while posting, i’ve noticed the last 3 photos were taken in borders with other countries. in a country this small, you meet these invisible lines quite often :) )

i love the holga. it’s ultra-light, therefore perfect to carry everywhere on my bag. it doesn’t need batteries, which means less things to remember. it looks old at first glance, but once people touch it and realise it’s made of plastic, nobody takes it seriously. there are only 12 or 16 photos per roll, making you focus on what you want on each single picture. and it’s so simple and stripped of “options” that not much can go wrong.

adjust focus, shoot, advance film.

perfect.

these are from a couple of months ago.

one by me + one by him :)

my parents are not the computer-techy type. but when i went to the netherlands, 5 years ago, we taught them to use msn and skype to keep in touch, and ever since then, they’ve been slowly venturing into these new technologies. they can manage their bank accounts online, pay for stuff and make spreadsheets/presentations… and to my surprise, the other day my dad sent me the link of a flickr account he created all by himself! :D i was so immensely proud!

new pictures have slowly been finding their way there. many are from their holidays in recent years, some from unknown ancestors and the ones i like the most, pictures from when we were kids! :D my dad has always been a keen photographer, and we are really lucky to have hundreds of pictures of us taken with his zenit. some will undoubtedly find their way to this blog, now and then.

this is little ana, celebrating her one year old in the algarve!

it’s mostly melting now, and the ground is muddy and gross… so let’s look up, shall we? :)

i’ve never been to japan, but sometimes when i look at these snowy photos, i imagine what it would be like to stand in the middle of a field of cherry blossom trees. it would be really neat – and probably not so cold… my camera doesn’t like the cold so much, though my fingers and body seem to be adapting to winter rather well – i’m the strange girl who doesn’t need gloves when it’s minus 10 degrees outside… :/