Now that digital cameras are around, it is very easy to take photos. With today’s cameras capable of producing high-resolution images, automatic focus, high-shutter configuration and all, creating beautiful, clear and highly detailed images are very easy. This is aside from the convenience brought about by Photoshop and computers to photography these days. Indeed there is much improvement to the way we take photos now than we used to do before the digital age.

Back then, we use analog cameras with film as printing medium, which is then developed on photo paper by chemical process. A mistake in taking, handling and processing of a photo can easily result to the image having off colors, misaligned focus, oversaturation, blurring and other optical distortions. During those times when clarity and resolution was the goal, such photos are considered as something “badly captured”. Nowadays when everyday can make clear, realistic and detailed shots, photographers are revisiting the flaws of photography of the old and found art and beauty on the way they appear and this is how vintage photography, aptly popularized by Lomographic Society makes a comeback.

The term “lomo” nowadays does not only refer to those photos captured using Russian made lomo cameras but applies to photography taken using ordinary cameras as well. The distinctive characteristics of Lomo photography are overly saturated colors, blurred and optically distorted captures, off filter exposures and more. These attributes ignore the rules which are considered as good practices in traditional photography. Indeed Lomogprahy as an art encourages spontaneous “hip-taken” images without necessarily knowing beforehand what you have captured on film. Well, how do these photos look like like? Some photographers have great examples, and it is worth the time to see them and appreciate the art and beauty that they have. Take a look at these nice examples of lomography photos and enjoy!

Fechado SP

Photo used under Creative Commons from Leo Uehara

Lomography

Photo used under Creative Commons from tastygoldfish

LOMO Cranes

Photo used under Creative Commons from rvdh

LOMO Biltmore Bridge

Photo used under Creative Commons from James Donavon

Lomo

Photo used under Creative Commons from dimhap

Büvetta Tarasp – Lomo Xpro 2

Photo used under Creative Commons from schoeband

Lomo

Photo used under Creative Commons from nikozz

Lomo Lyveden

Photo used under Creative Commons from horrigans

Golden hour

Photo used under Creative Commons from Laurence Vagner

Lomo UCE

Photo used under Creative Commons from srboisvert

Pasos de equilibrista

Photo used under Creative Commons from Insomnia PHT

enero

Photo used under Creative Commons from Mario Inoportuno [elojoinoportuno.com]

Aquaman

Photo used under Creative Commons from Alex Abian (Also on flickr.com/alexabian)

Stonehenge Lomo

Photo used under Creative Commons from Etrusia UK

Lomo-ish

Photo used under Creative Commons from abe.froman (Matt)

Lomo Photo

Photo used under Creative Commons from John Biehler

Lomography Photo

Photo used under Creative Commons from MA!LO

Lomography Photo

Photo used under Creative Commons from Skley

Euston Square

Photo used under Creative Commons from slimmer_jimmer

Lomography Photo

Photo used under Creative Commons from mio-spr

Lomo Night

Photo used under Creative Commons from en-shahdi

Lomography Photo

Photo used under Creative Commons from slimmer_jimmer

Berkhamsted Lock

Photo used under Creative Commons from slimmer_jimmer

Enjoy the beach in retirement

Photo used under Creative Commons from Panaldo

millennium footbridge, cross processed

Photo used under Creative Commons from slimmer_jimmer

Railroad Crossing (Lomo Fake)

Photo used under Creative Commons from sandy.redding

Boat, Lomography Photo

Photo used under Creative Commons from en-shahdi

Gateway To Nowhere

Photo used under Creative Commons from darrenriley

Lomography

Photo used under Creative Commons from critic-1 

Sunlit afternoon

Photo used under Creative Commons from 消化餅

Despair

Photo used under Creative Commons from Great Beyond

Admiralty, Wanchai and Beyond

Photo used under Creative Commons from HKmPUA

Redscale lake

Photo used under Creative Commons from victor|bonomi

6pm

Photo used under Creative Commons from Laura Mary

Grafitti Lomo

Photo used under Creative Commons from en-shahdi

Barcelona – Port Vell

Photo used under Creative Commons from Mark_66it

Lomo Sunset

Photo used under Creative Commons from en-shahdi

Molly Rose

Photo used under Creative Commons from slimmer_jimmer

Winchelsea Beach #2

Photo used under Creative Commons from slimmer_jimmer

it’s a long road

Photo used under Creative Commons from jeansman