Holga Sessions – Free to Book on April Fools

Hey, I realize normal people offer sales on more conventional days, like Labor Day, but I’m not especially normal and the holga is not an especially normal camera.

The Sale: A free holga-only session. Must be reserved today (4/1) and scheduled before 8/30/2011.

The Fine Print: There will be a $100 charge to book the session which will be applied to your print order. If you decide you don’t like any prints, your reservation fee will be refunded to you in full.

Why the Fine Print: I am only going to schedule 5 of these free sessions and it’s on a first come, first served basis and I don’t want someone to take a slot and fill up the schedule and then renege. I’m hoping a $100 reservation fee will ensure only people who really want a holga session will book.

What’s a holga? A holga is a plastic toy camera. They are quirky, unpredictable and can produce dreamy images with a fantastical feel to them. They can also produce utter dreck. If you aren’t already familiar with my holga work you really shouldn’t book this.

How do I book? Send $100 to orders@memoriesbystacie.com via paypal. If you are not one of the first 5 to book I will simply refund you the money.

A picture: Because, really, there haven’t been enough pictures this week:

What Beauty Looks Like

Adult women often have this weird idea that they need to look like a model to be beautiful. Well, maybe it’s not so weird since we are all bombarded with images of young women made up by experts, with their hair styled by experts, retouched in Photoshop by experts and told that this is what we should look like. Of course, it isn’t possible unless you walk around with a computer generated image floating in front of your face but, hey, telling people if you would just buy our product you might look a tiny bit more like this digitally-retouched 18-year-old with professional hair and make-up works. There are billions of women in the world, of whom maybe several dozen would qualify as supermodels. If that’s what it takes to be beautiful we are living in a dreadfully hideous world. Except, of course, we are not. We live in a world surrounded by beauty at every turn. Like this woman. Not 18-years-old. Not professionally styled. But beautiful.