Tag Archives: image

store interior c1912 cSaskatchewan

Posted on August 24, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Issue 15-5 has a few columns including Dr Wilson’s Image of the Month. Bob ‘s text accompanies an interior shot of a retail general store most likely in Saskatchewan. In his article, Bob discusses the various collecting categories favoured … Continue reading →

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leave it to George

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. At left is another fine example of work by Violet Keene, Minna’s daughter. Image collectors may focus their searches on the famous, like Mr Shaw, known for his plays (eg Pygmalion), or a particular studio, image quality, process, age, … Continue reading →

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remember Stanley?

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. As a kid in grade school, I remember a photo in my geography book. It was taken in Stanley Park, BC and showed a huge fir tree trunk with an early automobile and people nestled inside at the bottom. … Continue reading →

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the professionals

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Many of our members are professional photographers – working or retired. And many of those folk belong to the Professionals Photographers of Canada (PPOC). Amongst other things, the PPOC runs a photo contest and has a series of online … Continue reading →

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all that noise

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. One of the short comings of digital images is that they are a bit noisy (especially in poor light or with a high ISO setting). To that end, I had a program at one point that removed noise and … Continue reading →

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disappearing heirlooms

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. We have all seen Victorian Photo Albums chock full of CDVs etc. at fairs, auctions, and sometimes used goods stores. The albums came along around the mid 1800s when cheap CDVs became available and a place to store and … Continue reading →

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candlelight’s no longer a pain

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. In the days of film, candlelight was so dim and the media so slow that only a tripod could keep the camera steady. Inanimate objects or perhaps adults could stay still enough but children and animals were utterly hopeless … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year’s 2022

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Robert

Well, here we are at the top of the calendar, looking down a fresh new year, full of hope and anticipation. With any luck, we will see the end of COVID which has over-stayed its welcome by a couple of … Continue reading →

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PHSC News for April 2021 (Vol 20-10)

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. At right top of page 1 in this issue is the  AlfaView Solar-Powered Bullet Dummy Fake Surveillance Camera. Saves cost. A few decades ago when we had a store front in the Kingsway, I used a real camera bought … Continue reading →

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Photographic Canadiana Supplement 2-3 (April 2021)

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. The PHSA’s  Northlight appears once again in our special members-only supplement, this time its first two issues from 1974. As a member of the PHSC, you received this supplement Friday, the 9th of April. Vol 2-3 was sent out last … Continue reading →

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