Step by step Puzzle-Mask

Tools: the 2 puzzle-masks (provided here), scissors, sticky tape, your Holga and two rolls of 120 film.

Remove the back of your Holga. Your puzzle-frame mask should fit perfectly into the Holga in front of where the film will scroll.

Fix the 1st puzzle-mask in with a bit of sticky tape. Load your film and you are ready to shoot.

Repeat the process with the 2nd puzzle-mask – and shoot another film. You need to do this or none of the jigsaw pieces will fit together. After you develop your shots just cut around the puzzle shape.

There you have it – all the pieces to make a Holga jigsaw.

Variation: To make it even more exciting you can stick magnetic paper on the back of your shots before cutting out the shapes. Then you have a nifty magnetic Holga puzzle to put on your refrigerator.

This is a modification submitted by a mysterious Lomographer known only as Francesca of Italy.

Step by Step guide to Music Panorama mask

Tools: transparent paper/Overhead Projector paper (OHP) – which you are able to photocopy onto, a Holga plastic mask, a photocopier, scissors, some sheet music, your Holga, you and some film.

Photocopy the sheet music onto the transparent paper. Cut out enough of the transparent paper to cover the plastic mask and stick down.

Stick in your music mask into the back of your Holga. Set the "film counter window counter arrow" to 16 so your shots will overlap and if you carefully line up everything up it will look like a good panorama.

Variations: You can of course draw things on the transparent paper with a black marker pen. Alternatively you can photocopy symbols other than music onto the paper.

If you just want a simple mask effect set your film counter arrow to 12 and shoot normally.