Monthly Archives: March 2023

Dunkin’ Development

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Robert

Toronto.  For decades trays and tanks were used in homes and small local processing shops. When colour became the film standard, “prints in an hour” shops sprung up using compact machines to process and print 35mm films. Today, colour negatives … Continue reading →

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a short-lived fad

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar sent along this article from Popular Mechanics in its August 1951 issue. The article is about a Vermont man who ‘light paints’ with his camera and a pen light. Shown are a flower and a caricature of … Continue reading →

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not just another newsletter

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Past president, author, and sports photographer Les Jones writes, “Good piece on British photography” referring to the British newsletter titled, “E-Photo Newsletter” issue #256 and the article titled, “Centre for British Photography Opens in London to Enthusiastic Crowds” by … Continue reading →

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where the girls are …

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Rita Godlevskis and her magazine PhotoEd are always lively and informative. In a recent email titled, “Fierce Female Photographers“, Rita covers a lot of ground, including announcing our new Photo Laureate, “Nadya Kwandibens” who was featured in the PhotoEd … Continue reading →

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mac and alex

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar sent me an email recently saying, “The photography of Alexander Henderson is featured in the March issue of Maclean’s magazine.” I subscribed to Maclean’s years ago finding its stories far more interesting to me than the various … Continue reading →

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broaden the beam, matey

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. In the early days of photography, studios took portraits by soft northern light, avoided appointments on cloudy days, used ‘unobtrusive’ hand holds, neck braces and clamps to hold the patient, (I meant subject) steady for the seconds/minutes needed to … Continue reading →

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35th exec meeting by ZOOM

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. If you are counting, you will see we missed posting meeting number 34 (February 2023). In February  we had a rare session with too few voting members of the exec being present – due to a variety of situations. … Continue reading →

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where do you go pro, my lovely

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Digital photography has been around now for about 3 decades as a viable alternative to film. It is long past the time older digital cameras could be considered as collectibles. In fact a growing number of people have never … Continue reading →

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an easy image back-up

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar is a fierce supporter of the virtues of printing digital images: The human eye can view prints without fancy software or equipment that may go out of date and leave these memories forever lost. Also, prints are … Continue reading →

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all lens

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Heinrich Ernemann began making cameras when it was founded in 1899 Dresden. In 1926 it was part of the amalgamation which was called Zeiss-Ikon. The Ermanox camera used a single glass plate and a focal plane shutter. The f/2 … Continue reading →

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