Hello and welcome to another installment of the Frugal Film Project. The internet challenge that tasks you with buying a cheap film camera (for me it’s a Lomography Lubitell 166 Universal from the good ol’ Soviet Union of yesteryear) and pairing it with a cheap-ish film and shooting one roll each month for a year. Seeing as I am a dumbass and a glutton for punishment I am doing two rolls per month this year. Kodak Gold 200 and Kentmere 100.
Both of July’s rolls were shot in Boston. We’ll start in color with Kodak Gold 200. It was July 5th and I was curious to see what was still around following the best 4th of July celebration in the country, the Boston Pops show on the Esplanade. Unlike last month, all 12 photos came out. I started on Boston Common and walked over to the Esplanade in hopes of seeing some stuff worth seeing along the Charles River.
I am always extra careful to make sure that the image in the viewfinder is level before I click the shutter. Either my viewfinder is out of line or clicking the shutter causes me to dip the camera down to the right because almost every shot I’ve ever taken with this camera is crooked.
So that’s one roll down for July. I had every intention of shooting the second roll that same day but something came up and I had to end my photowalk early. I went back on July 19th to shoot the roll of Kentmere 100. I retraced a lot of my steps but I managed to visit Acorn Street as well. That is considered to be the most photographed street in Boston. Once again, all 12 shots came out. That’s kinda miraculous to me.
And that concludes the black and white Kentmere film portion of the project. Two rolls of film, 12 images each. Last year I started this game in May and was successful through August before failing in September. This year I started in May again and I need to last one more month to match last year’s attempt. I think I can do it. Tomorrow is August 1st and I have no clue where I want to go for the next two rolls. Somewhere in Boston, probably, but we’ll see. Until then… go shoot some film!
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