AUCTION SUNDAY, MARCH 4TH, 2012

The Annual PHSC Auction is March 4th this year. Remember to dig out your GOOD material and $$$ and come along and bid and sell at this annual event. Click the Auction tab above for details. Usual location – Canadian Legion on Lakeshore near downtown. Starting time is a bit earlier – auction begins at 11:30 instead of noon. DON’T MISS THE FUN. COME OUT ON SUNDAY MARCH 4th!

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Newsletter 11-10

From Left: Cover, Roy Ramsay and OPC magazine, March Auction, May Spring Fair, Photographic Canadiana 37-4 published, PHSC in 1986,7 and in 2012


Editor Lansdale is back again with a 10 page delight. This issue covers a number of new events for early 2012: We announce A NEW VENUE for FEBRUARY at the AGO. We review last month’s speaker Roy Ramsay and his “Outdoor Photography Canada” magazine, the coming MARCH AUCTION and MAY SPRING FAIR, a look at our society then (1980s) and now (2012),and our usual “News from the Net”, “Events”, and “Want Ads”. Click the above image to see the newsletter in its full colour splendour.

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Photographic Canadiana 37-4

Tomorrow morning the final issue of another exciting volume of Photographic Canadiana hits the mail. Members will see it this coming week. Not a member? Well, you are just $35 away from becoming one in the oldest photographic historical society here in Canada – publishers of this journal for some 38 years, and host of the annual auction and spring and fall photographica-fairs. Check the right side bar for a super easy way to join!

From Left: Cover of 37-4. last three programs for 2011. Box Makers of Maberly, Ontario c1880 (village is on highway 7, north of Kingston}. And the Solar camera showing its size with a cluster in use.

This issue, dated Feb-Mar-April 2012, features three great stories: We begin with Boxmakers: Maberly, Ontario. ca 1870. This tintype is a Treasure from Library and Archives Canada, and the basis for Guy Tessier of the LAC to tell his story. We go to Matt Isenberg’s story of finding and finally acquiring a rare Woodward Solar “Camera”. This instrument is an enlarger that uses the sun as its light source. Our third article is on Professor Woodward of the Maryland Institute College of Art, the inventor of the solar camera. It was written back in 1996 by Jack Wilgus (then Professor Emeritus of Photography at the Maryland Institute). And finally, Editor Lansdale includes Toronto Notes: reports on the last three Toronto meetings of 2011; and George Dunbar’s Browsing through our Exchanges column. This wraps up the 37th volume of our journal and prepares us for the coming 38-1 in May.

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ROY RAMSAY: OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY IN CANADA

Roy Ramsay


Roy Ramsay of Markham was our guest speaker for this first program of the year. As editor of Outdoor Photography Canada Roy about his favorite subject – Outdoor Photography Canada – and how to get published. Article by Mark Singer

The January meeting was one of education how to get your photographs published. Our teacher was Roy Ramsay publisher/editor of Outdoor Photography Canada. The magazine started in April 2007 and is distributed throughout North America. NOTE: PHSC members attending the presentation are offered a 20% on a subscription to Outdoor Photography Canada. Contact info@phsc.ca for the discount code. Continue reading

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**TORONTO MEETING – NEW VENUE is the AGO**

AGO Toronto

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: February 15, 2012.
NEXT TOPIC: Songs of the Future: Canadian Industrial Photographs, 1858 to Today

Our regular venue may be locked out or on strike depending on Mayor Ford and CUPE. To be safe, we have arranged for a visit to the photography show down at the AGO on Dundas and McCaul instead. The evening will feature the current show “Songs of the Future: Canadian Industrial Photographs, 1858 to Today” with a brief presentation by George Hunter, well known Mississauga photographer. Please read the attached pdf version of our News Sheet which was mailed out on Monday, February 6, 2012 to our members.

The public is always invited. We will be skipping our usual buy and sell before the AGO presentation. Remember, download and check out the attached News Sheet for times and directions.

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Gary Perry Camerama Show – January 29, 2012

** CAMERAMA **

TORONTO, Sunday, January 29, 2012. A new year and a new show. Gary is hosting his January show at theThe Toronto Don Valley Hotel. This facility is easy to reach via the Don Valley. Entrance off Wynford Drive. Free Parking for attendees. Admission is $7, Tables are $50. The show runs from 10am to 3pm. Vendor access is at 8am.

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Cascade Now Online

PORTLAND, OREGON. Cascade editor Ralph London ceased publication of the printed version of the Panorama back in December 2003. In October of 2010 with the help of Charlie Kamerman who did the layout, he published the first pdf version of the Panorama as the Reunion issue which you can read by clicking the logo at left. Continue reading

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21st Century Digital Photography

A number of our members also belong to the Toronto Digital Photography Club (TDPC). The TDPC are proud to announce they will be hosting Tony Sweet  here in Toronto on March 24, 2012. The topic of his seminar is “21st Century Digital Photography – Merging of Vision and Technology” held at the MacLeod Auditorium, U of T. Click the image at left for a detailed pdf brochure.

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Newsletter 11-9

Newsletter 11-9 January 2012. From Left: Cover. Norman Ball at December Show & Tell, Mystery lens by Busch, Two cameras from Rick Soloway's attached article, an unknown photo and "Professor" Lambert on the move.

Well, we have another fine extravaganza by editor Lansdale! We announce the January speaker, review last month’s popular “Show and Tell”, coming auction and fairs, a couple of sad good-byes, asking for help on an old camera with a Busch lens and a couple of unknown snap-shots, etc, etc. And wrapping up is the illustrated article by Rick Soloway on the all-metal or semi metal cameras offered over the years – the “nude” and “semi-nude” products of many makers. Click the above image to see the newsletter in its full colour splendour.

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Show and Tell 2011

Our very popular Show and Tell evening for 2011 was held on Wednesday, Decmber 21st, 2011. The evening was hosted by president Clint Hryhorijiw in the absence of Programmes Director Scott Rickard (srickard@persona.ca) who was tied up in the Christmas deadlines. And we had our traditional gift exchange as well as the silent auction of items donated to the PHSC which gave us a modest boost in our accounts. A summary of the various presentations by our members is listed below in the order given. Continue reading

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