Author Archives: Robert

autumn leaves

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Fall is here once again. The boys of summer are working hard to win the race for the pennant and possibly enter the ‘World Series’. If you watch baseball, you know the Jays are leading their division at the … Continue reading →

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making a case …

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. The earliest photographic images were enclosed in a case. The first announced process, the Daguerreotype, was dubbed “the mirror with a memory”. The use of a case with a dark background inside the cover – often velvet – allowed … Continue reading →

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memories …

Posted on September 13, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In the late 1880s Eastman invented his famous Kodak and created the first roll film for it. The rest is history. Photography became easy enough and cheap enough to be attractive to everyone. Suddenly families had shoe-boxes or albums … Continue reading →

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…read all about it …

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … hurricane Hazel devastates Southern Ontario. Even before Hazel hit in October of that year, 1954 was becoming a special memorable year for me. I left high school at the end of term in June, not to return to … Continue reading →

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ACI art talk – Sept 29th, 2025 – Toronto

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Robert
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nothin’ but blue skies …

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In ww2, photography played a big role be it recording the topography for hyper stereo inspection; testing the accuracy of airborne cannons and other armament; or recording battles and targets. On January, 2003 we had the pleasure of hearing … Continue reading →

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winding it up

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Film had a great run in photography, lasting over a century from Eastman’s roll film for his pivotal ‘Kodak” camera in the late 1880s to the APS (Advanced Photo System) early in the 1990s that drifted into early this … Continue reading →

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a night at the movies

Posted on September 8, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Our then movie expert, the late Robert Gutteridge discovered a rare Edision c1897 movie projector on display in a small theatre up in Beaverton on the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe. Bob writes in a copyrighted article, “Just over … Continue reading →

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.. and here we are in September – Exec Meeting #61

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. It’s hard to imagine, but September is here already. Exec meeting #61 via ZOOM was held this past Wednesday, September 3rd. Treasurer, John Morden, sent out his report before the meeting  reporting that the Trunk Sale was as good … Continue reading →

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I spy …

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … with my little eye is a child’s game we once played in backyards, on streets, and on long boring drives to visit relatives. The game brought to my mind camera lenses. Browse the internet or the books shown … Continue reading →

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