Show and Tell 2011

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Robert

Our very popular Show and Tell evening for 2011 was held on Wednesday, Decmber 21st, 2011. The evening was hosted by president Clint Hryhorijiw in the absence of Programmes Director Scott Rickard (srickard@persona.ca) who was tied up in the Christmas deadlines. And we had our traditional gift exchange as well as the silent auction of items donated to the PHSC which gave us a modest boost in our accounts. A summary of the various presentations by our members is listed below in the order given. Continue reading →

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ROY RAMSAY: OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY IN CANADA

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING – Wednesday, January 18, 2011
ROY RAMSAY – Outdoor Photography in Canada

Roy Ramsay

Roy Ramsay of Markham will be our guest speaker for this first program of the year. As editor of Outdoor Photography Canada Roy will be talking about his favorite subject – outdoor photography in Canada.

The public is welcome.  Go to our Programs page for times and directions.

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Winter Camerama Sunday Jan 29, 2012

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Robert

Come and visit the Gary Perry show at the new venue used by the Woottens – Toronto Don Valley Hotel – 1250 Eglinton Avenue East – entrance on Wynford Drive by the DVP. Free parking in hotel parking lot. Admission $7. From 10am to 3pm. For further information or table rental call Gary at gvperry@gmail.com.

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Newsletter 11-8

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Robert

Newsletter 11-8 December 211. From Left: Cover, October and November speaker reports, Monroe box cameras, a unique digital auto focus camera, visiting Wolverhampton camera show, and the latest PhotoEd magazine is a special 3D issue.

Well another year is nearly over and editor Bob Lansdale has whipped up another lip-smacking edition of his now famous newsletter. This issue sees an eleventh year of publication well underway. Editor Lansdale announces the annual show-and-tell this month and his staff report on the October and November shows. The “News from the Net” covers an innovative camera that purports to focus after exposure. And a novel old 1800s box camera by the Monroe company is reviewed. Felix Russo’s latest “PhotoEd” magazine which features the ever popular 3D technology is issued and PHSC President Clint Hryhorijiw reports on his recent participation in the Wolverhampton show in England this fall.

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Tom Bochsler & Bob Chambers: 115 Years of Photography

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Robert

Tom Bochsler and Bob Chambers

Tom Bochsler’s career began in Hamilton photographing with a 4×5 Speed Graphic. Electronic flash was the next phase of change until the Hasselblad became the workhorse. Social and press photography evolved into commercial/industrial, his specialty for the years ahead. Industry photography in that era was “dirty, dark and dangerous.” It’s a photo-biography of his work experiences and opportunities. Visit Art of Industry for more…
Bob Chambers took a summer job as a darkroom person/assistant photographer at The Welland Tribune. He lasted 31 years as a newspaper photographer mostly at the Hamilton Spectator. In 1988 he started his own business in Burlington doing advertising and industrial photography. This final 18 year period saw Bob do photography in every province and seeing all three oceans while on projects for many clients.

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Shannon Perry: World War II Colour Photographs

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Robert

Shannon Perry
by Robert Lansdale

Shannon Perry is a member of Library and Archives Canada in Gatineau Hills, Quebec. She holds a Masters degree in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management from Ryerson and GEH. Shannon is interested in the 19th century Canadian photographic industry and will begin working towards a PhD in Canadian Photographic History at De Montfort University in Leicester, England this fall.

Shannon’s talk tonight touched on a period that is unfamiliar to most of us. These are the recently discovered selection of World War II (WWII) colour photographs. Many people are unaware that colour film existed before WWII. Kodachrome was released in 1935 for 16mm movies and a year later for 35mm slide film. By November 1938 there was a professional Kodachrome available for use as sheet film and for aerial photography*. Continue reading →

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Photographic Canadiana 37-3

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Robert

This afternoon, a warm and sunny mild November in the city, we packaged the journal 37-3 ready to hit the post office this Monday. Editor Lansdale has two new writers in this issue, Sharron Perry of the Library and Archives Canada up in the Ottawa area who will be doing a regular column on images in the Archives, and Edith Cuerrier, Memorial University who graciously published a version of her thesis project on the visit to Newfoundland by the famous inventor George Eastman of Kodak fame.

Journal 37-3 Dec 2011 to Jan 2012. Cover, a new Daguerreotype by Palmer, Gary Blakeley's new ZeitagTO app, a famous visitor to Newfoundland, Claxton's photo of a shave on the Steamer "James Domville", and Edith Cuerrier, Memorial University, St John's NL, one of two new authors in this issue.

If you are a member you should be sitting back and relaxing while you read about George’s adventures in our newest province before next week is out. If you are not a member, just click the button on the upper right marked “Pay Now” and you can shoot off $35 to us and we will shoot back a fresh issue of this fine quality journal to you!

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Show and Tell 2011

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed., Dec. 21st, 2011
ANNUAL SHOW AND TELL

Our very popular Show & Tell evening where members bring all sorts of unusual items for show and possible identification. If you have an item. please let Scott Rickard know so he can add you to the list! He can be reached at: srickard@persona.ca Before the Show & Tell session, we will have our traditional gift exchange (bring a gift of about $15 of interest to a member to participate) and during the evening we will have another silent auction, so bring some change.

The public is welcome.  Go to our Programs page for times and directions.

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Gary Blakeley: Zeitag

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Robert

Gary Blakeley by Robert Lansdale

Toronto photographer Gary Blakeley has spent thirty years as a graphic designer for arts, academic, and business communications. He has lengthy expertise in print production, computer graphics, and information technology. Running through his photography are themes of architecture, travel, and militaria.

The Zeitag app is currently a hot topic and we were honoured to have the man responsible as our guest speaker. Gary Blakeley is a member of the society as well as a graphic designer. He described an application for the iPhone and iPad that shows views of the city intersection you are located at. The app is called Zeitag. Zeit is German for time and tag is for tagging or locating. He worked with Valentina Vogman and Sveta Fedarava to source the images. Continue reading →

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Shannon Perry: Discovering Colour Pictures from WWII

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Robert

Shannon Perry

NEXT TORONTO MEETING – Wednesday, November 19, 2011
SHANNON PERRY – Discovering Colour Pictures from WWII

Colour photos were very limited until the late 1940s. Imagine “discovering” 1000s of colour images from WWII that were transferred to Library and Archives Canada in 2008 from the National Defence Image Library! Shannon’s presentation is about that “discovery.” Although primarily of a public relations nature, the collection is a fascinating study of the early commercial colour technology as it was tested in the studio and in the field by combat photographers such as Ken Bell.

The public is welcome.  Go to our Programs page for times and directions.

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