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two under par …

Toronto. Carlos Paniagua photographed this bald eagle atop the highest totem pole in the world. Carlos is an amateur photographer who enjoys capturing wild life on his camera according to Adam Sawatsky, CTV News, Vancouver. The short video of this … Continue reading

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camerama is coming! camerama is coming!

Toronto. My friend and fellow PHSC member, Gary Perry, sent me an email recently to say his latest personal fair – CAMERAMA – will be on June 8th as noted below.  For information, email Gary at cameramashow@gmail.com – the text … Continue reading

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… brand new light …

Toronto. Collecting items and reading history about our favourite past time is a pleasure to us aficionados. A big part of our art uses natural light to make a permanent image from nature. In fact an early book on photography … Continue reading

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another great use for AI

Toronto. I received an email from past president Les Jones this weekend noting that a genealogy web site is using AI to estimate the date of a photo based on its contents. Since the service (called PhotoDater) is  used within … Continue reading

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bagels and more

Toronto. We received notice the other day that the spring camera show in Montreal is this April 27th.  Montreal, spring, bagels, cameras, and more – spend the weekend in beautiful Montreal!  For more information, table, etc. drop Sol an email … Continue reading

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asleep in the deep

Toronto. One of the endearing series of stories is   about the Loch Ness Monster. Often spoken about, rarely if ever sighted … . Over a half century ago a society planted some cameras deep in the Loch and set … Continue reading

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19th and 20th century images to be auctioned

Toronto. On March 29, 2025 the PHSC received an email from Christophe Goeury of France announcing: Collections & Propositions Photographs XIX (19th) and XXie (20th) century Friday, April 11th 2025, from 2:00 pm Salle VV – 3, rue Rossini – … Continue reading

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a way to get some old photos

Toronto. One of our exchange societies, The Daguerreian Society, raises funds via commercial announcements of auctions. Two are occurring  in the next few weeks in collaboration with Canada Book Auctions. While these auctions take place in Toronto, check which currency … Continue reading

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AI and photo history

Toronto. Some of us are bombarded by announcements about the marvellous results attained by artificial intelligence (AI). Here at the PHSC we use some apps touted as AI, especially Topaz Photo AI (with each update this program has shown improvement). … Continue reading

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fair weather coming …

Toronto. In response to our newsletter editor’s request, president Clint Hryhorijiw promptly offered this list of coming fairs and auction of interest to photographic collectors everywhere: PHSC Toronto auction (date to be determined) London Ontario Vintage Film Camera Show on … Continue reading

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