Newsletter 14-1

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Robert

email-14-1Toronto, May 16, 2014. Editor David Bridge has another exciting issue on its way. This the very first issue of the newsletter for our 40th year as an institution promoting and furthering the history of photography in Canada. This 13 page full-colour issue is chock full of useful information and announcements.

To download or read, just click on the icon at left or here. We begin with a note that our MAY 21 2014 Toronto meeting will be held at Campbell House and NOT at our usual locus- the Gold Room of Memorial Hall in North York.  Continue reading →

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Photographic Canadiana 40-1

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Robert

40-1-sm40 years ago, I never thought that the PHSC would evolve and thrive the way it has. We are blessed with a large progressive and articulate executive board running the gamut from youngsters in their 20s to elders in their 80s. Tons of professional talent and every bit is unpaid volunteer work!

I joined the new camera collecting group just after the charter  membership ended. At the time, I lived in Montreal and flew frequently to Toronto on business. I bought a Leica M4 a couple of years earlier, shortly after my second daughter was born, and was searching for lenses and accessories. Each trip I checked the Toronto Star want ads (427). One night I saw an invitation to a meeting at the North York library. I delayed my return home a few hours and went to the meeting. I have been a member ever since. Continue reading →

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175 years ago

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Robert

SafariJanuary, 1839 not one but TWO photographic processes where announced. I often wonder what Daguerre or Fox Talbot would think today about cameras and digital images.

The comic “Betty” says it nicely – Betty asks her husband “Do today’s students really not know what a camera looks like?”, after a local school goes to lock-down when camera gear is mistaken for guns. Her husband replies “sure … it looks exactly like a phone.”

Member George Dunbar thoughtfully sent me this link to a YouTube video featuring a panel discussion on recent changes in photography. Enjoy.

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Game Boy in 2000

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Robert

DF_GAMEBOY_ROCKCENTERNYC May 6, 2014. One of my regular blog reads, DF Fireball, noted this post by David Friedman, a New York photographer.  Friedman posts odd images and comments on his Ironic Sans blog. He mentions taking photographs with a Game Boy back in the year 2000. He doubled the image size of the 160 x 144 pixel images (sample at left) to show them today. Clicking on the one I chose to illustrate this post will show you a 200% enlargement – pixels and all.

David has a site for his day to day professional photographs as well. Have a look.

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Spring Photographica-Fair May 25, 2014

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Robert

PHSC-fair-May-2014-smToronto, May 25, 2014. Come out and enjoy our 40th fair this spring.  We are at the same location as last year – the Soccer Centre on Martin Grove just a quarter mile south of Highway 7.

Details are on the full size poster here.  The spring fair is one of our 40th anniversary events. Come out and enjoy the day.

Everyone welcome – students free, bus free to and from Kipling Subway  “Kiss-N-Ride”.

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CONTACT and Campbell House May 2014

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Robert

CHM-40th-smToronto, May 3 – 29, 2014. The PHSC is featured at Campbell House in this year’s CONTACT event. Campbell House is a well known museum situated downtown on the north-west corner of Queen and University in Toronto. Double the Pleasure, Triple the Fun is our theme at Campbell House.

Featured are a Stereographic Exhibition, a 3D walking tour of Toronto, an Anaglyph workshop, stereo collections hands-on session, a lecture, our PHSC monthly meeting, and the PHSC closing party.

The people involved, directions and details are shown on the full size poster.

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2nd Annual Image Show Tomorrow!

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Robert

ImageShowPosterV1-smToronto, April 27, 2014. It’s coming this month. Our second annual image show and sale will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion 101 in Long Branch, home of our show last year and our recent auctions
The Image Show, one of our 40th anniversary events,  will be held the day after the Bill Belier Memorial Symposium.   Full details are shown on the book mark. Map, times, and the very modest admission price. Exhibitors can reach Ashley Cook for table reservations via fair@ phsc.ca.

Everyone is welcome. Come along and expand your collection of images by buying a few at this great event. The exhibitors’ offer everything from vintage daguerreotypes to recent silver prints… Click the above image for a detailed poster.

Need directions? Here is Google Maps:

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Newsletter 13-11

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Robert

Toronto April 11, 2014. We have another newsletter from the desk of editor David Bridge. Ten pages of information of interest to camera and image collectors old and new.

From left: cover of 13-11, Meredith Reddy to speak this month, Dr Ted Grant, our speaker last month (via DVD),

From left: cover of 13-11, Meredith Reddy to speak this month, Dr Ted Grant, our speaker last month (via DVD), Bob Wilson and Clint Hryhorijiw at our March Auction, Pictures of the PHSC in times past, our 40th anniversary events, Spike Bell of Windsor, and a brass lens and trio of gadgets from our newsletter columns.

Just click on the above montage to read and print this wonderful and colourfully illustrated edition of our newsletter as we moved ever closer to our 40th anniversary (I must be getting a bit old, errr mature 🙂

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Heartbleed

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Robert

Gable at the GlobeToronto, April 9, 2014. I was surprised to read the Globe and Mail news at breakfast this morning (on line, not in the paper, as yet) that the CRA closed its web site due to a bug in the OpenSSL library it uses. Rats!  Just when I was ready to do my taxes too! As I read more, the bug and its potential was downright scary.

Tonight, I read about the bug on John Gruber’s site, Daring Fireball,  I am a regular reader of Gruber’s blog and followed his link to Bruce Schneier’s blog. Schneier is CTO at Co3 Systems and has been in the security business for over a decade. His blog, Schneier on Security has a link to test for the bug. PHSC appears to be clean. Phew!

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NEW YORK PHOTO SHOW

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Robert
New York Photo Show

New York Photo Show

New York, April 11-12, 2014. US Photo Shows presents another spring image show at the Lighthouse in NYC. If you plan to be in NYC, drop by the Lighthouse and increase your image collection.

The images range the whole gamut – antique, vintage, modern and digital. Click on the icon at left to see and print the poster.

The organizer’s web site is www.usphotoshows.com.

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