Author Archives: Robert

colour quartet

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. The earliest photos were monochrome – unless hand coloured. By the turn of the 20th century, colour photos could be taken using three black and white films sandwiched together and interspersed with colour layers. The additive colour system created … Continue reading →

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its the dye, silly

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. In the days of colour film, it was somewhat common knowledge that colour photos faded badly and didn’t last. 60 years ago it was appropriate to get a mix of colour and B&W prints to commemorate special occasions like … Continue reading →

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hockey and photography? really?

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Well, sports photographers and some news hounds would agree that hockey and photos definitely do mix quite well. In fact, one of our exchange members is the Hockey Hall of Fame (HHoF) here in the Big Smoke. And a few … Continue reading →

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Managing, cataloging, storing, and digitizing your daguerreotype collection

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. The above title is quite a mouthful! As announced for today by the Daguerreian Society, it is, ” A one hour presentation with Mike Robinson on digitizing your daguerreotypes, followed by Len Walle and Phil Nathanson discussing how to manage, … Continue reading →

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more than one way …

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. … to skin a cat, as the old saying goes. Film was no different. Kodak touted its 126 film size (35mm sans traditional sprocket holes and paper backed) Kodapak for its instamatic cameras eliminating the “klutzy” confusion of loading and … Continue reading →

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coping with COVID

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. The pandemic that swept the world this year caused a seismic change in photographic historical societies. The societies reacted in various ways. Our group (PHSC) took advantage of our MailChimp account used to disseminate our newsletter “PHSC News” by … Continue reading →

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we lost Mike Mitchell at 76

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. I received very sad news on June 16th from our treasurer, John Morden.  John came across an AGO article written just yesterday (June 16th) announcing the death of Michael Mitchell in Hamilton on May 18, 2020. The article was written … Continue reading →

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ghosties and ghoulies …

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. … and things that go bump in the night. An old saying to scare children silly in the days before electrical lighting. In the 19th century, few people understood exactly how photography worked. These folk often fell victim to … Continue reading →

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the iconic SX-70

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Expensive media may have been needed for Polaroid cameras, but the cameras themselves where technical marvels. Typical of this genre of camera was the iconic SX-70 introduced in 1972. The media used in this camera is still available today! … Continue reading →

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PHRC Conference 2020 De Montfort University

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Our Programme co-ordinator, Celio Barreto, is joining this prestigious conference on photographic history in Leicester U.K. tomorrow and Tuesday (June 15, 16). Everything (including registration) will be online in this time of COVID-19. The full title of the conference  at … Continue reading →

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