Author Archives: Robert

standing on the corner …

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. bidding as the lots roll by ….  Our fall estate(s) auction is November 24, 2024. We will have all sorts of goodies in the lots. As soon as we get lots photographed, we will post them online for you … Continue reading →

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ya feelin’ a bit bookish, matey?

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Our fall estate(s) auction is coming up fast – Nov 24, 2024 – with many nifty things for your collection and user gear. Details are shown here in this post and poster. Some lots feature books such as this … Continue reading →

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anthotype? what is that?

Posted on November 3, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The PHSNE has a zoom meeting tonight featuring Jesseca Ferguson, ‘JESSECA FERGUSON’S ANTHOTYPES: NEW WORK IN “GREEN PHOTOGRAPHY” – NOVEMBER 3 @ 7:30 PM’. Until I saw the email from the PHSNE Saturday, I was unaware of the Anthotype … Continue reading →

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hunt for the Nikon in darkest Toronto

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The late Fred Hunt was a professional photographer, a college teacher, a member of the PHSC, and a good friend of one of our co-founders, Larry Boccioletti. In issue 17-5 Fred wrote an interesting article titled, “On an expedition … Continue reading →

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d…d…d…double t…t…t…take

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Robert

Toronto.  Shades of George Dunbar and Mike Filey! These gentlemen too shot areas of Toronto matching archival photos for ‘then’ and ‘now’ images of the city as it grew. In issue 17-5, Randall Reid wrote an illustrated article about his … Continue reading →

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you could shoot a can(n)on down main street …

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … at midnight and not hit a soul. This was a common expression when I was a kid. It was used to describe a sleepy little town or village. And speaking of Canons, we will have some great bodies … Continue reading →

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way before ‘flash’ gordon …

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … in fact many decades before. NB. For those born after say 1990, here is the article on Mr Gordon. Meantime back  in the late 1800s, some enterprising folk came up with ways to compensate for the abysmally slow … Continue reading →

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doing the things we had to do …

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In issue 17-4, Ev wrote an article about a Toronto photographer, John Crawford, and his boss Nelson Hutchinson (Hitch). In part Ev writes, “Digressing for a moment, John related a humorous occurrence during his time with Hitch. Previously mentioned … Continue reading →

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daddy, daddy, come and see …

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … lots and lots of lots for you and me (apologies to Hellerman and Minkof). I first heard this song in the mid 1960s sung hauntingly by Harry Belafonte. Next month, November 24th, we will host our fall Estates … Continue reading →

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just zoomin’ along

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In the late 1950s, when I bought my Exakta, ZOOM lenses for 35mm cameras were rather short on focal length range, slower than prime lenses,  heavier, had serious distortion, and were far more expensive. In 1959, Kilfitt in Germany … Continue reading →

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