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Monthly Archives: September 2021
collecting on the cheap
Toronto. Not all of us can or want to collect expensive articles. One obvious way is to get in on things early. When this society was formed, camera collecting was growing in popularity but cameras and old photographs were still … Continue reading
Rita is at it again
Toronto. I recently got a message from Rita Godlevskis over at PhotoEd magazine to say her next issue (Fall 2021 has rolled out. If you haven’t seen the print or the onine (via ISSUU) version of this one of a kind … Continue reading
a corkin’ good time
Toronto. I spotted a brief note on CP24 Sunday about a photography/music exhibition in Peterborough’s Cork and Bean. The reviews are very good so if you are nearby Thursday, drop in, have coffee, and more, and see this exhibit by … Continue reading
steve talks about frank
Toronto. The Ryerson Image Centre is featuring a noontime “Collection Talk with Steve Evans” on September 30th. Steven has been a PHSC member for many years. Click on the “Register now” link below to hear Steven speak on the historic … Continue reading
vive la France!
Toronto. The title of this post is a French patriotic expression. When Charlie De Gaulle visited Quebec in 1967, He used a similar expression on the Montreal City Hall balcony (the slogan of the Quebec independence movement) irritating the hell … Continue reading
the buzz on filters
Toronto. We have it so easy today! The digital camera or smart phone sets the white balance; black and white is a ‘special effect’ etc. In the days of film, especially orthochromatic, filters were essential accessories. Dr Hans Clauss and … Continue reading
fall Swap meet in Vancouver this October 17th
Toronto. Our friend from out west in Vancouver sent me an email the other day. Tonchi Martinic writes, “After all this time of this COVID crisis, I am happy to tell you that I am going to have the Vancouver … Continue reading
tweet, tweet
Toronto. This camera was ‘for the birds’, or was it? This advertisement by Direct Products Corp. in NYC appeared on page 125 in the June, 1950 issue of Popular Photography (about the only year the camera was around over here, … Continue reading
revisit to an ERA
Toronto. Everett Roseborough became our journal editor back in 1987 and continued the task through 1997 when Bob Lansdale took over. Ev passed away at 98 in London, Ontario. Ev was a commercial photographer for many years and had studios at … Continue reading
a shot in the dark
Toronto. In Chicago of 1949, execution of notorious, James ‘Mad-Dog’ Morelli, made newspaper head lines because contrary to American law, the man’s execution was captured on film. This was about two decades after a similar incident in New York State’s … Continue reading
