Tag Archives: photography

a book for Canada Day

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. McNally Robinson in Winnipeg have announced a new history of photography book set for release mid-August. Titled, “A History of Photography in Canada, Volume 1 – Anticipation to Participation, 1839-1918“, the author is Ms Martha Langford of Concordia in Montreal. … Continue reading →

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hi yo silver …

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … as the Lone Ranger called to his white steed. My buddy and I used to listen to the radio program featuring the adventures of the Lone Ranger back in the late 1940s. Which brings us to the metal … Continue reading →

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AI and photo history

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Some of us are bombarded by announcements about the marvellous results attained by artificial intelligence (AI). Here at the PHSC we use some apps touted as AI, especially Topaz Photo AI (with each update this program has shown improvement). … Continue reading →

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a call to arms …

Posted on February 8, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Gearing up for the  publication of issue 73 this year, Our favourite editor, Rita Godlevskis, of PhotoEd has called for photographic submissions. Issue #73 will have the theme ‘Meld’ which is described as ” merge, combine, or mash-up” – … Continue reading →

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gizmos and gadgets …

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Folks in the US were busy flogging everything that was popular, most ads seem to tell how easy it was to earn more money if you just bought the latest gizmo, gadget, or took ‘free lessons’. In the heyday … 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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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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keen scenes

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Image collectors should keep a watchful eye out for photographs taken by known photographers such as the Keenes. Mina and Violet Keene were mother and daughter photographers best known in the Oakville area. Issue 15-4 has two articles on … Continue reading →

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let there be light!

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Our favourite editor, Rita Godlevskis, of PhotoEd fame sent an email the other day announcing that, “Let there be Light! The DIGITAL EXTRA edition is now live! ( + free!)”. The notice, along with  a few ads such as … Continue reading →

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Ahhh, spring …

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. It’s May 1st and all the flowers are beginning to blossom – some even last month. We know spring has arrived because the lawns are alive with flowers – dandelions. We notice many lawns sprouting these nasty beauties. We … Continue reading →

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