Edinburgh LoFi Photography Group

Sometimes, to make sense of the world around you, you need to look at it through a simplifying lens, or no lens at all. To watch for the unnoticed moments of time, a little light capture with the oldest of photographic equipment. A dark box with a pinhole morphs into a many lensed plastic toy but the ethos is the same: to look, to see, to imagine and to surprise. Seemingly random effects become tools of the trade as the cameras and films inconsistencies are thought mastered just to throw a random light leak or expired chemical into the mix. The disposable becomes special and unique.

The Edinburgh Lo-fi group was started in 2009 by Beth Sandison and Neil McIlwraith of the Beyond Words photography bookshop to promote and explore film photography at its most amazing.

The group meets once a month to share their film photography experiences, run events and workshops, participate in film swaps and plan exhibitions.

All are welcome to join in. See the events section for more details.

What's On

World Wide Pinhole Photography Day is on the 28th of April we will be meeting at 10am to make cameras and take photos near Calton Hill. See the WWPD 2013 page for details and map.

Next meeting is from 6.30pm on Monday 6th May at Spoon Cafe

Missed the Alt-Photo Festival? Read the symposium notes and see the zine online.