Saturday, October 19th, people around the world will break out their toy cameras for World Toy Camera Day. From shelves and dusty boxes, cabinets and display cases, the cameras of the lomo trend will be out for a day of fun and “happy accidents”. Lomography is a movement that has been sweeping the world over with the release of replica models of plastic and low-fidelity cameras from ages gone by. Holgas, Dianas, Fisheyes and more; these revamped, lost cost pieces let photographers, and those who just want to play, experience the joys of “shooting from the hip”.
Toy cameras typically are cheap pieces made mostly of plastic even down to their lenses. The pictures they produce often have a dreamy other-world quality to them, sporting light leaks, multiple exposures and a unique grain. Despite the ever growing advancement in digital photography, the low-fidelity movement hasn't lost any steam. You can find groups on Flickr and Livejournal that are centered around the images taken with toy cameras.
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