this week on tuesday’s girl we’re hopping across the pond, to brighton u.k. so that i may share with you the magically gorgeous images of photographer cassia beck. when cassia treated herself to a Holga camera, thankfully, for us, photography then became her obsession. cassia’s been adding inspirational images to the sfgirlbybay flickr pool for awhile now, and i am always so happy to find them there. you can see more of cassia’s lovely images in her etsy shops, and on her blog, cassia.

this photo is makes me crave some fun in the California sun. so stylish and so retro! i hope your weekend is full of this kind of sunny goodness.

[ photo courtesy of reflect / refract. ]

happy thursday morning friends! for those of you who don’t know me just yet, my name is mrs. french.  I have a blog called bliss and take millions of pictures.  I also spend just as much time, if not more time, admiring the work of others. Recently I have been amazed by the lovely images created by the Holga…a “toy” camera.  The charm behind Holga photography is the unpredictable nature of the images produced due to light leaks in this little plastic camera.  It’s imperfections make it perfect in my eyes.

I have a Holga…I have taken a few photographs, but have yet to develop them….I am both excited and nervous.  I am used to much more control.  Perhaps that is why Holga photography would be good for a photographer like me…just thinking out loud….Anyway, here are some of my favorites taken with this magical little camera by folks that relish in imperfect, perfection all wrapped up in a big surprise…

thank you so much…I look forward to coming back next week…xo mrs. french