Author Archives: Robert

good grief – it’s spring fair time again!

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. For over forty years we have hosted the spring photograpica-fair – the BIG ONE! Click on the icon at left to see the poster with full details. Need a map to get there? Then click HERE and see the book … Continue reading →

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close-ups with a Leica

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. For many years Leitz made standard lenses for the Leica that focussed as close as a metre. Want to get closer? Too bad. This all changed in around 1927 when Leitz offered supplementary front lenses for its standard 50mm … Continue reading →

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PPOC Magazine “Gallerie”

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Robert

Toronto.  Many thanks to editor Bob Lansdale for sending me an email announcing the latest edition of this wonderful magazine. Gallerie is published by the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC), an organization Bob was heavily involved with before he became editor … Continue reading →

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an ode to volunteers everywhere

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. When you think about it, tasks are expensive. We at the PHSC could not last without our collection of truly talented volunteers. Take for example our journal. Bob Lansdale is a professional photographer – and an editor and  publisher. … Continue reading →

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pictorialism

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Many well known photographers of the late 19th and early 20th century embraced the off shoot of photography called pictorialism. A bit late to the game, but a prolific photographer and author, William Mortensen joined the Hollywood fraternity in the … Continue reading →

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Charlie Hodge and the MNI

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Dr Wilder Penfield founded McGill’s Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) in 1934. The institute became world famous for Penfield’s ground breaking research on seizures and  the human brain. Charlie Hodge was his Neurological Photographer of choice. In 1945, a 21 … Continue reading →

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a German perspective on Photography’s history

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Most of the books I have on the History of Photography are English or American. For a German view point, I look at a  translation of Eder’s History of Photography. Austrian Josef Maria Eder wrote the 3rd edition of … Continue reading →

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it’s always an attraction

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Niagara Falls. Such a world-wide attraction.Even studios used the falls as a picture on a backdrop. The roar of the falls is very evident when you visit in person. The Ontario side has beautiful park lands and attractions. Sleazier … Continue reading →

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the old way to get pictures quickly

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. In the film era you waited days or weeks to see the results of your camera efforts – unless you owned one of the marvellous Polaroid cameras that gave you a picture in a minute! Edwin Land came up … Continue reading →

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sure they are tiny but do they work?

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. For a time there was a sub category of camera collecting – collecting sub-miniatures. In practical terms, only the Minox was well engineered. But it, like all the others, suffered a fatal flaw: tiny negatives. Negative material (a.k.a. film) … Continue reading →

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