The #FrugalFilmProject and how I came to end up with two Agfa Clacks, 19 May 2023

So on and off ( mostly off) I have been participating in this years Frugal Film Project on Facebook. I rarely take part in Facebook challenges, but this one has been around for a few years and I always find it interesting to see what people are posting each month. So this time I thought

Trichromes: The May 2023 entry for the #FrugalFilmProject.

After the April ‘fat’ roll for panoramas, I was a little nervous about exposing another film through the Agfa Clack. My idea to add a metal spring to the take-up spool was a failure, but I needed to enter a film for the following month and I had already decided to try trichromes, so I

The Ricoh Auto Half E2: It’s clockwork, 08 May 2023

I was browsing the Kamerastore website recently, as you do, and came across an unusual looking camera, the Ricoh Auto Half E2. In the photograph on the site there was a large wheel on the bottom. At first I thought that this was something that the Kamerastore had used to balance the camera, but then

Another cheap camera. This time it’s a 10€ Lomo LC-A, 08 May 2023

While I was learning about the Ricoh Auto Half E2, the very next entry on the Kamerastore website was a Lomo LC-A. This was also ‘not passed’ according to the description on the page because the ASA wheel had broken off and terminals in the battery chamber were corroded. But it was 10€, so if

Panoramas: The April entry for the #FrugalFilmProject 2023

I had decided that the April theme for the Frugal Film Project was to be panoramas, specifically ‘Agfaramas’ made in a similar way to Holgaramas but using the Agfa Clack (Clackaramas?): Taking an image, winding the film on to nearly the following frame, turning the camera slightly then taking another image, and so forth. This

The #FrugalFilmProject, March 2023: Second and third films with the Agfa Clack

After a difficult February I returned to the Frugal Film Project with renewed vigour in March. I had a film to finish in the Holga so took the opportunity to take the Agfa Clack to Aveiro at the same time. I took two films. The first I used to make a Pep Ventosa-like multiple exposure,

First outing with Lomochrome Turquoise and the Holga 120N, 15 March 2023

About six months ago, in October 2022, I discovered the existence of Holga Week. I was really impressed with the images that artists were getting with this cheap toy camera and really wanted to participate. The only snag was, I didn’t have a Holga. I started searching on OLX, a popular classified ad site in

The #FrugalFilmProject, January 2023: My first film with the Agfa Clack

Although ordered in good time, my Fomapan Retro films didn’t arrive until very late in January and I thought that I might miss the deadline for taking the first film. However,  on 31 January I thought that I would load up the Clack and take a test roll. Loading the camera was a joy, and

Participating in the #FrugalFilmProject with the Agfa Clack

This year I am planning to take part in the Frugal Film Project (FPP). The FPP was the idea of Sherry Christensen a few years ago. The idea is to use the cheapest film you can find and a cheap camera and use that combination for the whole year. The camera should not cost more

Testing the Lomography DigitaLiza Max with images from the Lomo LC-A, 23 November 2022

On my first outing with the Lomo LC-A I used one of the expired (c. 2002) Konica VX100 films set at 50ASA. Although I obtained some images, the negatives were very thin, so I thought I would double check with a new and unexpired roll of XP2. I took a series of images with the

Lo-Fi: First experiences with #PolaroidWeek, 27 October 2022

I have never taken part in Polaroid week before, but after my experiment with #theHandle I figured, why not? The Week originally started in 2006 as a celebration of Polaroid film and runs twice a year, in October and April, but has since evolved into recognising all kinds of instant film, not just Polaroid, which

Taking the Lomo LC-A out for a test drive in Águas Boas, 03 July 2022

When the Lomo LC-A arrived it contained what I thought was a part used film. Sadly, when it was developed it turned out that the whole film had been completely exposed to light and it was blank. It was a lovely sunny day, and an opportunity to load the Lomo LC-A with one of the

#OldCameraChallenge: The Lomo LC-A, where it all began

Today my model of the camera that started off the whole Lomography movement arrived, the Lomo LC-A. I hadn’t actually planned to purchase a 35mm camera, as I feel I have enough cameras (from 110 to 120/620) to keep me busy for a good while. However, I recently learned of ‘EBS’ photography, where both sides of

The #OldCameraChallenge, 17 December 2021

The Kamerastore Outlet Box provided an almost instant collection of vintage cameras in various states of repair, some in perfect working order, some near to or not functioning, but all needing a good clean and renovation. Dating from the 1920s to the 1950s or 60s, many of the cameras have been treated poorly over the

The Kamerastore Outlet Box, 14 December 2021

After years trying to make perfectly focussed and nicely exposed photographs, I’ve recently been looking to a simpler time; when photographs were out of focus, camera movement was the norm and light leaks were a feature, not a bug. Looking around for a simple camera I originally bought a second-hand Polaroid 600, but the extortionate

In Aveiro with the Lomography Diana F+, 13 October 2021

Took the Diana F+ to Aveiro. Loaded a roll of Ilford XP2, a black and white film that is processed in C41 chemicals. It was the first time I had ever used it, and I was impressed.  I had some difficulty seeing the frame numbers on the paper backing  and lost the first three frames,

Aveiro in Colour with the Lomography Diana F+, 13 October 2021

The next film loaded into the Diana F + was a roll of Kodak Portra 400 colour film. I found this harder to control than the XP2, and there were fewer successful shots. It was apparent that this is a very light hungry camera, and a few images were muddy and underexposed. CLearly, I have a

First outing with the Lomography Diana F+, 8 October 2021

First outing with the Lomography Diana F+, 8 October 2021Ran through my first roll of film in the Diana today. Success was mixed, in some cases exposure was correct,  in others not so much. After the luxury of a digital camera for so long, having to suddenly think about exposure and aperture again was …

Playing with Polaroid, 27 July 2021

The last two films from my Polaroid 600. Next up I’m planning to try Polaroid 600 Black and White film and the Dutch tome Black and blue.

Playing with Polaroid, 14 July 2021

Reuniting with analogue photography. Experimenting with exposure on the Polaroid 600. The first image is with the ‘regular’ setting, the second to set exposure a little darker and the third a little lighter.