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Kit Frost, is the Photographer and Director of Chase the
Light Photography based in Durango Colorado. Before moving
to the Southwest, Kit taught photography for 20 years in New
Jersey. Her business combines teaching and travel. Kit's passion
is the landscape, particularly the quiet landscape, wilderness
areas and endangered lands of the desert southwest. Her use
of the Holga Plastic camera shows an amazing mix of classic
landscape and multiple imagery.
Ms. Frost teaches at the Maine Photographic Workshops and
in her Studio in Durango Colorado. An avid outdoor photographer,
Kit is known for taking her students on photo adventures in
the Southwestern USA. Kit's favorite tool for expression varies
from the Holga Plastic Camera to her Toyo View Camera.
A Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellow, Kit completed a year
of travel for portraits in the book "A Passion for Teaching"
, published as an inspiration for and to honor veteran school
teachers.
Holga - More Than Just A Camera
When I first started using the Holga Camera I thought it was a toy.
With a fixed lens (60mm) and a shutter speed of 125, I thought it would
limit my photography. I found that, with time and practice the Holga
answers my needs. It is so easy to use that I can concentrate on the
image making, rather than the technical aspects of the camera. Looking
through the viewfinder and making exposures while walking around a
subject; moving closer and farther away creates the feeling of
experiencing the subject in a new way. More traditional cameras do not
give me the choices I have using the Holga.... full
article
As featured in our Fall 2004 Catalog...
My Best Holga Image...Ever!
Aspengrove, Colorado
Aspengrove...taken while hiking in Colorado. I was with friends; which usually means that I do not spend the time to set up
my view camera. The Holga is a perfect, light-weight, camera. This particular autumn day I was hiking and I noticed that I see
in panoramics,which means I see in multiple views. I realized that the Holga could be used to create a series of multiple images
depicting the act of walking through the landscape.
full article
If you wish to visit Ms. Frost's website, please visit: http://www.kitfrost.com/
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