Presently we still have several inches of snow on the ground. So I share a few images from past Spring Flowers…………
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Tree Carving: Frugal Film from January2021
My Posting from the Frugal Film Project:
I am finally getting started with the 2021 Project. Two summers ago the City of Lafayette, CO was cutting down Cottonwood trees In a park near my home. The trees were nearly dead and a hazard to park patrons and passer’s by in bad weather. But I had wondered why they left about half of the trunk still standing. Well this past December an artist began sculpting one of the trunks. And here it is:
My husband had a chance to speak with him and he said eventually he would sculpt all four trunks with locally themed art. The Rooster represents the Oatmeal Festival, held here in January during non-COVID years. The Rooster represents the winner of the Festival’s 5K walk/run.
Artist: Lueb Popoft, local tree carving artist. Read more about hie Goals: https://www.hollowlogonline.com/biography.html
Agfo 6X9 Billy Clack No. 74.
I am finally getting started with the 2021 Project. Two summers ago the City of Lafayette, CO was cutting down Cottonwood trees In a park near my home. The trees were nearly dead and a hazard to park patrons and passer’s by in bad weather. But I had wondered why they left about half of the trunk still standing. Well this past December an artist began sculpting one of the trunks. And here it is:
My husband had a chance to speak with him and he said eventually he would sculpt all four trunks with locally themed art. The Rooster represents the Oatmeal Festival, held here in January during non-COVID years. The Rooster represents the winner of the Festival’s 5K walk/run.
Artist: Lueb Popoft, local tree carving artist. Read more about hie Goals: https://www.hollowlogonline.com/biography.html
Agfo 6X9 Billy Clack No. 74.
Ektar 100 Film
Cottonwood
Frugal Film Project: Pre-1940 Camera Options
IFor the 4th Quarter of 2020 I tested the Agfa Billy Clack No. 51, a 645 medium format camera from 1934/. The cost on EBay was $35. The Photos were quite successful, leading me to try my other less than $50 Pre-1940’s cameras:
| Pre-1940’s Cameras | Year | Cost | Format |
| Mom’s Kodak Art Deco 620 Camera | 1933 | Free | 620 |
| Kodak Jiffy Series II SIX 20 Camera | 1928-32 | $14 | 620 |
| AGFA Billy Clack 51 6×4.5 German strut folding | 1934 | $35 | 120 |
| AGFA Billy Clack 74 6X9 German strut folding | 1934 | $40 | 120 |
| AGFA Isolette 6X6 German Strut folding | 1937 | $35 | 120 |
So these are the primary cameras I will be using for The Frugal Film Project.
AGFA Billy Clack 74 6X9 is the January 2021 Camera I will Start with. Using Ektar 100 Film to capture the end of the Holiday Saeson.
The rest of the Cameras givin in no particular use order. I’ll just have to see what the conditions are and what’s going n that’s of Photographic interest. In other wirds, I’ll let the circumstance pick the camera and the film.
AGFA Billy Clack 51 6×4.5 I’ve had a lot of success with. So it may make more than on appearance in the project.
AGFA Isolette 6X6 shows some promise. I will probably reserve it for the faster B&W film, the Tri-X 400.
And now for the Kodak Cameras……….
Mom’s Kodak Art Deco 620 Camera. This camera needs a bit of a work out. It uses 620 format film (similar to 120 film). I’ve only put one roll of film through it. There’s no formal unboxing. M mom simply gave it to me Christmas 2019 in a cloth bag.
NEEDS PHOTO
Kodak Jiffy Series II SIX 20, The non-Art Deco version of Mom’s camera. I have not yet tested this camera. So we shall see…….
There are also some Post-1940 cameras, such as my Grandfather’s Argus Brick, which will likely be a part of this year;s Frugal Film. We’ll introduce those cameras as I apply thm.
The Last Ektar For Frugal Film 2020
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Summary of the #CameraChallenge from ILFORDPhoto
I decided to summarize my participation in the @ILFORDPhoto #CameraChallenge on Twitter, and posted on my Long’s Peak Journal.
@ILFORDPhoto and @_JasonAvery sponsor Photo Challenges on Twitter……..
@_JasonAvery
Frugal Fim Project: August 2020
A Trip to the top of my world. Loveland Pass is my Favorite High Mountain Pass.\:
Checkout my Frugal Film Posting for the details………
Cow Doors in the Fields……
A local farmer decided to paint their shed for the live stock and landscape…….
This was an images originally shot for my Frugal Film Project. But as always, too many options to post their…….So Shared Here Instead.
Frugal Film Project: July 2020
