At the beginning of this year, I started taking an interest in lomography. The idea of low-tech, film plastic cameras (more commonly known as lomo cameras) is thrilling, as it poses a fascinating contrast to the world of instant gratification that we have grown so accustomed to with digital photography. It also does not hurt that these cameras usually look adorable and are affordable as well. However, what got me hooked are the wonderful effects you can achieve with these cameras.

I love trawling Flickr for inspiring photography. In particular, it is often the dreamy, colour-saturated quality of lomographic photographs that will catch my eye. This set of pictures, taken by the "Lomo Kompakt Automat" (the original lomo camera), is among my favourites of all time. The vibrancy of these pictures convinced me to start snapping away with my own lomo.