Category Archives: activities-other

an image maker

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Well, this is actually the name of the O3C (Ontario Council of Camera Clubs) newsletter. Our society is a member of this august body of photo educators although most of us collect old cameras and images. The O3C provide … Continue reading →

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polar bear town

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. I hope you had a productive visit to our fabulous Estate Auction yesterday. Now take a breather before doing the October Fall Fair. The title of this post is the nickname for Churchill MB and also a series on … Continue reading →

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land ahoy!

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Our favourite editor, Rita Godlevskis, has a very timely, ‘LAND: call for submissions’ for a coming issue of PhotoEd magazine. We have all heard the hue and cry caused by Premier Ford’s decision to swap critical green belt land … Continue reading →

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go for the gold

Posted on September 16, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Our friends at C.A.P.A. sent me their monthly newsletter the other day. C.A.P.A. is another one of our exchange members. By visiting their website you can call up and view all the newsletter they have issued. C.A.P.A. have gone … Continue reading →

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another great reason …

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. … to visit Montreal this October (along with the charm, scenery, food, and exotic locale). My friend and frequenter of our shows here, Sol Hadef, is holding his fall show October 29th (Sunday) this year. Sol writes, “The Montreal … Continue reading →

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news from down under

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Our sister organization in Australia recently sent out their newsletter, the APCS NEWSLETTER No.139 – September 2023. The Australian Photographic Collectors Society, inc. (APCS) has been an exchange member of the PHSC for many years. Visit their website here … Continue reading →

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Next Alternative Process Social (APS) talk.

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Horst Herget, a local wet collodion photographer holds monthly APS talks. This month he is hosting photographer Russel Monk at Monk’s exhibition locale, the Cardinal Gallery here in Toronto. Horst spoke with us a while back (September 2019) on … Continue reading →

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we hear from Michigan

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. MiPHS is one of our exchange members. We are happy to have received their latest journal – The Photogram – dated Fall 2023 (Vol 51-3). One of the stories in this edition covers many 1950s Voigtlander film cameras including … Continue reading →

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World Press Photo 2023

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Thanks to our friends at WestLicht Museum for Photography in Vienna, we learned that they will be exhibiting the WPP 2023 photographs from this September 15 to November 12, 2023. The winning photograph this year was taken in the … Continue reading →

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light me up

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. When it comes to photography, the thing  that separates the men from the boys is lighting. Photographers who are light savvy can model their subject to bring out both plasticity and an air of mystery. Doug Hansgate knows this … Continue reading →

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