Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-06-03
CAMERA SDAppERS
PLAN ORGANIZATION
Amateur Photographers
Find Historical
Work To Do

Every amateur and professional
photographer will be interested in Tho
TACT that a meeting will be held at tht
Promotion Committees rooms. in TIE
Young building, tomorrow night at
O'clock, for the purpose Of organizing
a Photographic Society.
Everybody possessing a camera o
any kind should be present, as those
who sign the charter list of members
viii have a vote in the election of of
fcer5 and in the adoption Of bylaws
to regulate the affairs of the Society
1t is the aim of the OriginatOrs Of
the Society to elevate the standard OF
the Photographic work done by the
bulk Of amateurs, as well as to make
and preserve a record of any event Oh
subject Of value Historical, artistic OF
|CthCrWise) in Hawaii, in the past,
present or future. So that persons
having a collection of negatives of
past events or subjects, though they
may not possess a camera now, viii
have as much interest in joining the
/ Society as anyone else.
The committee in whose hands the
first meeting (Which was held few
weeks ago. have made a tentative
program, subject to alteration by
thosd who join the organization.
Their purpose is to make the So.
| cicty Il means of collecting and pre-
serving photographs of all descrip.
| lions. relating TO Hawaii These pho
/ tGgraphs will be referred to the exec.
utiye committee or council, for iudg
ment as to their artistic, historical or
scientific interest and those meeting
with approval will be preserved in q
suitable place, accessible to the pub
lie
This is in line with what is being
done in many countries; in fact, in
some places is aided financially by
the government itself.
Bnt what is Of moro interest to the
amateur is the intention of the com
mittCe to make The Society u means
Cl educating the amateur in The toch-
Liquc and artistic side Of photography.
Addresses will be given to the mem
bers from time to time that will be
helpful to the work done by them Al.
50 personal advice on any difficulty
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discussion by all VIII De OF the utmost
value in aiding the individual members
to improve their work.
The amateur in general seldom gets
beyond the stage of technique. His
lenthuaiaein and lcpe f0l photography
| is at the highest point for a few short
months, till he is able to develop a
negative, and make a good print, when,
thinking he has conquered photog-
raphy, and seeing no further into its
IattractiOns, his enthusiasm dies away,
and his camera is shelyed
He believes he has reached the PIN
racle Of success, when, as matter of
fact, he has barely secured a footing
on the first rung of the ladder
1t is a common fallacy to believe
that negative showing proper grada-
tons and ali the attributes of good
technique is the "summum bonum" Of
photography The fact that photog-
raphy itself is only means to an end
is lost sight Of. True, good tech
Hique is absolutely necessary to a
ImeritOTious photograph, but only so
far as it goes-it is only the means the
artistic mind chooses to portray his
feelings or his admiration of a phase
Of nature or a pretty bit of landscape
Rut let the technique be ever 50 good
II the wrong viewpoint be chosen, or
the wrong setting be adopted, the pho
tograph is failure.
There is no denying, however, that
the technique of photography is fascin-
Iatin9, nothing is more so, but to the
average amateur it is ephemeral, it
las not the perennial charm for the
mass tIlat It seems to have for the
Jew. ms Is because the Few have
iouilo IT. ~ ON! an avenue OF express
7,oh' 1t Is from the expression OF the
pliotoSIdphef sentiments or admira-
ION ny us means, that the lifelong
pleasure Oh the artistic Cor Would-be
"ItisIltl WORKER derives It's never fail
my enthusiasm
consequently mere IS great pur-
i'o'e 10 ps served by the Photographic
2o'ietAs contemplated, beyond the pres
oiNdtloH anu rendering accessible to