Monthly Archives: March 2020

cameras and cycles at our March 2020 meeting IS DEFERRED!

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Meeting, Wed, March 18 2020 at 7:00 pm BURGUNDY ROOM, Memorial Hall. ** IMPORTANT: THIS MEETING IS CANCELLED ** HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND VISUALLY COMPELLING IMAGES PORTRAYING BICYCLE’S HISTORY – Lorne Shields When I was a kid, my friend’s grandfather, who had … Continue reading →

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train song

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Leslie Feist sang the Train Song a few years ago. She became famous when Apple picked her 1234  song for an ad. The photographer of this photo, H C Denkelberg, was an American photographer who crossed over to Sarnia … Continue reading →

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photography for squares

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. From the beginning of photography prints were either landscape or portrait (i.e. rectangular). A full-plate was 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Then in the 1930s along came the famous Rollei twin lens reflex (TLR) with one viewing lens and one … Continue reading →

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a Leica to be remembered

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. My good friend and PHSC member, Celio Barreto, sent along this February 21st article from Kosmo Foto, “The WW2 Leica buried by a German soldier’s widow” The Leica in question is a rare 1932 Standard model. In prior years, … Continue reading →

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of stone is exhibited

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Member Steven Evans went out to the country side and took a series of photographs that are the focus of an exhibition in this city beginning this month. Steven writes “After 40 years of photographing urban environments, I recently … Continue reading →

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