To promote enjoyment, mastery, and the furtherance of photography as an art form through cooperation, effort, and good fellowship.
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The Huntsville Photographic Society
Photo credit: HPS Master John Shriver. “For a number of years I have admired the orotone prints created by Edward Curtis in the early 1900’s. Curtis used silver gelatin emulsion coated on glass plates to create an image on a transparent surface, and then painted gold suspended in banana oil on the back of the plate. I have used a similar process here (originally described by Dan Burkholder) by creating a platinum and palladium print on vellum and gilding the back of the vellum with gold leaf. The highlight areas of the print have very little platinum and palladium, allowing the gold to show through the transparent paper. This photo is of Broad Sound in the Casco Bay of Maine, taken with an iphone, converted to a digital negative, and then contact printed in the darkroom onto vellum coated with platinum and palladium.“
Photo credit: HPS Member Cliff Loehr
The Huntsville Photographic Society has been promoting the art of photography in north Alabama for over 40 years. Our members include students, amateurs, and professionals with a wide range of interests that span nearly the complete gamut of photography. Our interests and expertise include print, digital, B&W and color, darkroom, portraiture, macro, landscape, abstract, light painting, architecture, aerial, astro, and 3D.
“To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surface and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.” – Ansel Adams
We enjoy sharing our ideas and work at regular meetings where we focus on composition, technique, processing and post-processing, old and new equipment, education, photo opportunities and expeditions. We are a competitive bunch, and we especially enjoy presenting our best work each month for critical evaluation by our peers and external judges. Examples of some of our members’ work can be found throughout this site, at exhibitions in the Huntsville area, as well as in the Huntsville Museum of Art.
(Photo Credit: from Divi.)
Our Location
We meet at Giga Parts (6123 University Drive, Huntsville AL) on the second and fourth Monday every month from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Check the Calendar or Activities for more information.
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