Author Archives: Robert

the good old hockey game …

Toronto. With fall comes cold weather … and hockey. Image collectors sometimes have a sub-collection of sports photos. All sort of games and sports photos over the years are candidates for collectors – action shots, individual players, or even team … Continue reading

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a kid again …

Toronto.  … doing what I did again. When PHSC president Clint Hryhorijiw sent me an  email with this link to a Guardian article on Photo Booths, it immediately brought to mind the booths I saw at fairs and malls last … Continue reading

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transitions

Toronto. Years ago when the late Don Douglas and I did our dog  and pony show for the PHSC, I did a brief review of the black and white processes in the 19th century while Don used his Ansco camera … Continue reading

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sometimes its not a fake …

Toronto. … it’s just contracted out. An article in Digital Camera World by David S Young  titled, “This “fake” Nikon camera changed everything. Here’s the curious tale of the Nikkorex F …” tells how Mamiya came to make the famous … Continue reading

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autumn leaves

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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nothin’ but blue skies …

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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