Tag Archives: photo

a tip of the capa

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. One of our exchange groups, C.A.P.A.,  Focuses on the more modern and artistic aspect of our favourite endeavour. You can read of their latest successes here. Click on the January 2025 newsletter on the above link. All past newsletter … Continue reading →

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picture perfect petite princess

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As often mentioned, photo collectors are either eclectic in their collection, or specialize in process, studio, country, famous folk, work, etc. By far the majority of earlier photos are studio portraits. Others are more challenging to find. Besides famous … Continue reading →

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working in the great outdoors

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Many image collectors seem to choose a specific category like famous people, carbon prints, workers, etc. Others are eclectic in their choices. The earliest processes demanded bright illumination found outdoors  during the day or in north lit studios, again … Continue reading →

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deepfake

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As Photo/Camera collectors, we have been bombarded with fakes over the years. Easy manipulation of cheap items to create very expensive ones are the rage. I once looked at ‘black’ Leicas that were so poorly painted they were obvious … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2025

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. We at the PHSC wish you one and all the very best of good health and prosperity in the new year! The older you get, the faster time seems to pass! As a youth, I had the pleasure of … Continue reading →

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a soggy spring

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Springtime in 1865 was a bit wet as shown by this century and a half plus photograph by Henderson. Photographer Alexander Henderson was born in Scotland in 1831, immigrated to Montreal, and died there in 1913. Along the way, … Continue reading →

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get cha news here … read all about it ….

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In the days before – long before – the digital era, we learned of new photographic processes and apparatus through magazines. In the 1950s – 1980s, I bought every photography magazine in sight. These magazines were kept for a … Continue reading →

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Micklethwaite Captures U of T Ruins

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In issue 17-2 Bob Wilson featured a local disaster in his “Image of the Month” column. In 1890, the east wing of University College on the U of T campus was ravaged internally by fire, a definite threat back … Continue reading →

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shooting or collecting wildlife photos

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Sony is offering a seminar on wildlife photography. at 8:30pm on October 3rd presented by Dusty Cressey. This session may interest all camera and photo collectors. In seeing the techniques you may see what to look for when collecting … Continue reading →

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a dilly of a dag camera c1840

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The announcement in January, 1839 of the Daguerreotype process electrified the civilized world. First and foremost in improvements were to reduce the time needed to create a ‘likeness’. In 1840 Petzval created a much faster portrait lens to properly … Continue reading →

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