Lomography

It's approaching Tuesday in the states. Day 2 of my Blog-a-thon. I've decided to take a break from the Philippines postings and see if there are any "Lomos" out there. Or should I say "Lomographers."
Not sure what the correct term is, I'm a newbie to the Lomo scene.
In the early 1990s a couple of students discovered a small, enigmatic Russian camera, the Lomo Kompakt Automat, and created a new style of artistic experimental photography with their first unorthodox snapshot distortions. The approach: taking as many photographs (Lomographs) as possible in the most impossible of situations possible and from the most unusual positions possible, and then having them developed as cheaply as possible. The result is a flood of authentic, colourful, crazy, off-the-wall, unfamiliar and often brilliant snapshots.
And that's lomography for you.
The lomography craze has spread world-wide. It's a commercial trademark of Lomographische AG, Austria for products and services related to photography. The name is licensed from a former state-run optics company LOMO PLC in St. Petersburg, Russia. Now the company creates cameras equipped with fish eye lens inexpensively priced for the avid lomographer.

The following are the company's 10 Rules of Lomography:
1. Take your LOMO everywhere you go.
2. Use it anytime - day or night.
3. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but a part of it.
4. Shoot from the hip.
5. Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible.
6. Don't think.
7. Be fast.
8. You don't have to know beforehand what you've captured on film.
9. You don't have to know afterwards, either.
10. Don't worry about the rules.

Similar to the concept of the "Kodak moment," the Lomography motto of "don't think, just shoot" presumes spontaneity. Enthusiasts have even established a lomography society, for fans to come out of the closet with their talent. Check out www.lomography.com and see if you have what it takes to be a lomo.