The Fun Part of Being An Adult

When I was in college, or maybe started in high school, I was fascinated with Lomo cameras. Maybe it was part of me trying to be rebellious, I loved the quirky and artsy feel of lomography. Plus, those are film cameras so it was extra cool. I remember a cool little shop close by to my house selling lomography cameras and I’d go there so often to look at the cameras in hope that one day I can justify getting one with the money I made/saved. Unfortunately, that never really happened. I got a nice big camera and I thought that I was too cool for those toy cameras.

After honing my skills for my real big girl camera, I felt like I was missing the carefree creative part a little bit. Everyone these days seem to have a lensbaby so I was finally looking to maybe get myself a lensbaby. Then I stumbled upon this Holga Lens for my big camera. It is a pure toy lens since everything is plastic and it is like $15. I thought, hey, maybe this will finally be my chance to get that Lomo photos I have been wanting to take. So I got this lens, yup, the $15 plastic lens. Somehow it gives me this weird sense of satisfaction because while everyone else is chasing after those really expensive lenses, I get to be different and just have a fun toy. And it is just so fun to enjoy this fun part of being an adult—I get to be the kid I wanted to be without having to really justify it.

I haven’t been able to play with this lens much yet but I am super excited to experiment more!