Making Pastel Panels

Toy Digital: Is there a future in it?

Plastic toy cameras have a storied history in fine art photography. The Holga, from China is a favorite of many. Lomos are great as well. I enjoy my Fisheye 2, and morn the loss of my Lomo that took four photos in a row. But, they are all film cameras, and film is film. I no longer use film in my "real" photographic work. But what about toy digital cameras? Is there potential there?

Here are some shots from my VuPoint DC-st-12:

All those colors might be fun, but I'm not sure they are my dog Gypsy's best colors.

Here is a "raw" in .cif format (what ever that is) and the same image with some quick enhancements:



And here is a crown of a mature Ponderosa Pine, slightly enhanced in iPhoto:


These images are pretty darned small. Wow, 0.1 megapixel! My next step will be to see if I can increase their size so I can get a reasonable print. Or, I could do something serious. . .

almost LIVE from my painting studio!