Tag Archives: processes

anthotype? what is that?

Posted on November 3, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The PHSNE has a zoom meeting tonight featuring Jesseca Ferguson, ‘JESSECA FERGUSON’S ANTHOTYPES: NEW WORK IN “GREEN PHOTOGRAPHY” – NOVEMBER 3 @ 7:30 PM’. Until I saw the email from the PHSNE Saturday, I was unaware of the Anthotype … Continue reading →

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kidding around …

Posted on July 8, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … in the 1870s. Hard to imagine, but this crisp, well exposed portrait of a little girl is over 150 years old! Many prints this old – or far younger – have succumbed to fading,  lost detail, etc. This … Continue reading →

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educating photographers

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. In the days of film, many cameras came from Europe or Japan. Photographers used the information booklet that came with the camera – often written by folks definitely not use to English – for education. Photographers resorted to books … Continue reading →

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photographers’ blues on October 24, 2022

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Nope. Not a sad occasion but a happy one! A cyanotype photograph has much in common with the blueprint used before the days of cheap copy processes. Horst Herget is a collodion process photographer here in Toronto and has … Continue reading →

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in pursuit of colour

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. A Happy July 4th to our American friends! Here’s to a super year down south! Colour photography is an interesting  topic. Those of us who form the smart phone brigade, are used to colour as a norm and black … Continue reading →

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an interesting talk on the Lippmann process for colour

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. I signed in on July 21st, a coolish and sunny night, to hear Dr Hanin Hannouch in Berlin, Germany (2am over there when 8pm the evening before here). The event was sold out on Eventbrite, but our Programme Director opened … Continue reading →

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darkroom dreamin on a winter’s day

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. To paraphrase the Mamas and Papas 1966 song, “California Dreamin” – and it’s not winter yet. In the days of film, all the magic took place in the darkroom under the dim glow of the ruby or later dirty … Continue reading →

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now everyone is a photographer…

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. In the beginning photography was limited to those with both scientific ability and artistic skill. Making a good daguerreotype image was challenging. Over the years the processes were simplified and streamlined. Near the end of the film era, almost … Continue reading →

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