Billy Weeks has worked as a journalist for over 27 years. His career started with the Chattanooga Times in 1984 as a staff photographer. In 1995, he became the Photo Team Leader, and in 1999 he was named Director of Photography/Graphics at The Chattanooga Times Free Press.

As a photojournalist, Weeks has covered assignments that range from the World Series to small villages in Central America. Communication Arts selected his photographs of poverty in Honduras as an Award of Excellence for editorial photography. Additionally, he was a finalist for the Gordon Parks International Photography Award four times, published in B&W Magazine’s portfolio special issue four times, and has received many acknowledgments for journalism.

Weeks has also been an adjunct instructor in photojournalism at Southern Adventist University for the last 24 years. He has been a visiting speaker at many Universities, a two-time presenter at the Southern Short Course for photojournalism, and a traveling instructor for Southern Newspapers Association. He also has taught photojournalism workshops for CNN online and the University of Georgia. He believes that not only should journalists cover their assignments, but they should also give something back to their profession.

Today he lives in Ringgold, Georgia with his wife, two daughters, and a beagle.

As a documentary still photographer, I deal in the past. Once an image is taken, the environment will never be exactly the same. I also understand that it takes as much creativity to capture an image as it does to create one. I believe that a great deal of responsibility lies on a photographer who records history and in some cases the image can bring about change to its subjects or communities. Many great documentary photographers who have influenced my work have photographed in the Chattanooga area. Robert Frank, who authored the book “The Americans” has published images from Chattanooga. Also, Margaret Bourke-White photographed in Ringgold, Georgia for her 1937 book You Have Seen Their Faces. These images are reminders of how important everyday life is to our society, and I believe that documentary still photography is the best way to preserve the culture of the time. As for my own photography, my goal is to make each image tell a story. Each subject is important and if I have chosen the right subject the image has power. Over the last 27 years I have photographed many important events. Some of these events are extraordinary, like presidential visits and breaking news, while others represent daily life in my community or abroad. These images are my statement and I hope they speak publicly for the people who cannot speak for themselves.

Tom & Pat Cory – the Corys will be presenting a two part program. The first part will be a short program titled Photographing "Wildlife" in Florida showing images from some of their favorite locations for photography in Florida. The second part of the presentation will be to offer comments on the images entered in the quarterly contest

Tom and Pat have been involved in photography for many years. Working as a husband/wife team they conduct a number of photography workshops locally, nationally and internationally each year. Both Tom and Pat enjoy teaching and are delighted to have met so many wonderful photographers over the years. They value the friendships they have developed and many of their clients join them for additional workshops.
Tom has his fine art prints in various exhibits around Chattanooga. Their work has been published in a number of calendars and publications such as Outdoor Photographer, Nature Photographer, Nature’s Best, Delta’s Sky Magazine, and Blue Ridge Country. While they have focused on nature and travel photography, Tom also works with environmental portraiture. Pat specializes in video and has released two videos. The most recent is Visions of Nature which is available on DVD and VHS. She also produced the Story of Dream, a video on the building of the Coolidge Park Carousel in Chattanooga. They have published three books, Scenic Chattanooga and Beyond, a guide to natural areas within 75 miles of Chattanooga, the 7th edition of their popular instructional book, Notes from the Field, and newly published Gently Touch the Earth, a mixture of some of their favorite images and quotations, available through Blurb.com.
Besides his work as a photographer, Tom is also a clinical psychologist with a part-time practice. Pat retired from being an information systems manager several years ago and works full time with their photography business.

For the April meeting, PSC honors students that participated in the Youth Photography Showcase, an annual photo contest, which PSC sponsors for area high school students. The students' photos are shown and the winners announced. More information about the contest can be found at Youth Photgraphy

Jim Zuckerman left his medical studies in 1970 to pursue his love of photography and turn it into a career. He has taught creative photography at many universities and private schools, including UCLA and Kent State University. He also leads many international photo tours to exotic destinations such as Kenya, Namibia, Patagonia, Indonesia, China, India, Ethiopia, Iceland, Peru and Turkey.

Zuckerman specializes in wildlife, nature, and travel photography, photomicroscopy and digital effects. His diversity in technique and style is unique in the professional arena. He states that he only photographs beauty, leaving the dark side of life to other photographers.

Jim has been a contributing editor to Photographic Magazine for 38 years. His images, articles, and photo features have been published in scores of books and magazines including Time-Life books, publications of the National Geographic Society, Outdoor Photographer, Life Magazine, Omni Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Shutterbug, Science Fiction Age, Australia’s Photo World and Greece’s Opticon. He is the author of 15 books on photography and 3 ebooks, and he has been teaching many on-line courses for Betterphoto.com for the past 9 years.

His work has been used for packaging, advertising and editorial layouts in more than forty countries. He has been published in calendars, posters, jigsaw puzzles, greeting cards, corporate brochures and annual reports, and his work is also sold as fine art prints in hundreds of retail outlets.

Local 3D photographer Andrea Shetley moved to Fayetteville from Virginia 7 and a half years ago. She is the owner of a computer, photography, and creative arts services company, and has been involved in photography for almost 40 years, and 3D photography for the last 15 years. Andrea is a member of the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Arts League and its special interest group, the Fayetteville Photography Cub. She also is a member and past president of the Huntsville Photographic Society, and is a member of several 3D organizations worldwide. She has received several honors and recognitions from the Photographic Society of America for her contributions to supporting, promoting, and teaching photography. Her interests are mostly nature-oriented, with special interests in macro, flowers, and insects (especially praying mantises). Other subjects she enjoys are architecture, abstracts, and black light.

Lee Pratt is a native Texan, but has lived in the Huntsville, Alabama, area for over 40 years. He is a retired physicist and electronics engineer. His interest in 3D photography started in the 1950's with his grandfather's hand stereoscope and his brother's View-Master viewer and reels. In the 1970's he started taking his own stereo (3D) photography, collecting 3D equipment, and entering 3D photographic exhibitions. This work continues today. Lee is a member of several 3D photography organizations around the world and the Huntsville Photographic Society. His favorite photographic views are scenics of natural areas unspoiled by humans. But he also does some table top, computer, and other experimental 3D work

Andrea and Lea from the Huntsville Photographic Society will present a spectacular, fun-filled evening of 3D photography and videos.
This show consists of the top entrants and winners of an international 3D photography competition (complete with music and narration), several slide shows by our presenters (including Andrea’s recent trip to Australia!), and videos from around the world. This entertaining 3-D experience features some of the newest 3D technologies and is in digital format. There also will be a display, demonstration, and discussion of the equipment and technologies of 3D, and how easy and fun it is for everyone to do these days.

The PSC Annual Picnic is held in place of its regular meeting in September. At this event, the results of the September Quarterly Contest are shown, the election of new PSC Board Members is held, and a good time of food and fellowship is had by all. The date, location (usually Harrison Bay State Park), and food details change from year to year, so be sure to check the homepage of this website for details by early September.

October 2012

The PSC December meeting consists of its Annual Christmas Banquet and showing of the PSC Annual Photo Contest results. Attendees must sign up to attend this event, and details, which are subject to change each year, will be posted on the homepage of this website in November.