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• June 4, 2021: End-of-Year Competition and Awards Banquet with Judge Jean Pierre Plé
  In Activities, Club Announcements, Competitions, End-Of-Year Banquet, Featured
  Welcome to our very last meeting of the 2020 – 2021 season, NVPS End-of-Year Awards Night! Since we unfortunately cannot get together for an actual dinner and happy hour, it will be held virtually (via Zoom). We will have the full program of awards, just no food. Any eating and drinking will be on your own! The official program will begin at 7:00 pm with an expected social time to begin at 6:30 […]
• May 2021 – President’s Message
  In President's Message
  Ron Taylor – NVPS President We begin May with a presentation by Michael Koren titled “Artistic Expression Through Smartphone Photography.”   Michael is a free-lance sports and event photographer in the Baltimore Washington metro area specializing in youth sports game-time action and team portraits.   His presentation will help you learn to better use the camera that’s […]
• May 18, 2021: Education & Training – Portfolio Project: 2nd Final Review with Cynthia Keith
  In Activities, Education & Training, Featured, Portfolio Project
  Portfolio Project:  The second final review of the Portfolio Project will be held with Cynthia Keith as our reviewer for the final fifteen participants in this years group. Cynthia L. Keith is a native Washingtonian. Her love of photography started in a journalism class at Walt Whitman High School and over the years has led her to scenic locations from Alaska to Maine in search of landscape […]
• March 9, 2021 – Nominees for the NVPS 2021-2022 Elected Board
  In Club Announcements, Featured
  The NVPS Constitution requires that on the second Tuesday of March, the nominating committee, appointed by the president, announces the nominees for the upcoming year’s elected board. The candidates are shown below. President Judy Graham VP of Programs Kirk Johnson Co-VP’s of Competitions Tana Ebbole and Brenda Wilson Treasurer Tom Brett VP of Operations Frank Napoli Colena Turner Secretary […]
• March 11, 2021 – Washington Gardener Magazine – NVPS Members Score 9 Awards!
  In Club Announcements, Featured, Member News
  Announcement:The following NVPS members received 9 of the 21 awards at the 2021 Annual Washington Gardener Magazine Photo Contest. Leslie Landerkin, Mike Whalen, Georgette Grossman, Eva Lanyi, Bob Friedman and Suzy McIntire. These are shown below with names, titles, awards and categories. They will be on exhibit at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens this August 1-30. Reception will be on August 1, […]
• November 2020 – Note of Thanks to NVPS from the Willing Warriors
  In Club Announcements, Featured
  Jim Sinsheimer – NVPS Coordinator We recently received a heart-felt thank-you note (below) from the Willing Warriors to the many NVPS members who have already contributed framed photos exhibited at the PenFed retreat. All images are viewable on the NVPS Willing Warriors Gallery. To date, 20 of our members have contributed 61 photographs to the Willing Warriors veterans’ retreat.  As I […]
• MAPV 2020: Competition Awards and Juried Images
  In Club Announcements, Featured, Nature Visions
  Congratulations to the NVPS members received 6 of the 12 “Best In Category” awards at Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions 2020 Expo announced on November 7, 2020. Best in Birds: “Summer Hummer 2020 2” Bill Corbett – NVPS Best in Flora: “Mysterious Roots” Mike Whalen – NVPS Best in Water: “Moving Water” Lynn Cates – NVPS Best in Architecture: “Reflecting on Chicago”Jim Sinsheimer – NVPS Best in […]
• Rules of Competition for 2020-2021 Including Temporary Changes Due to COVID
  In Competitions, Featured
  Rules of Competition (Revision: August 13, 2020 by G. Grossman) Printable PDF: Rules of Competition revised_Class names_2020-08-13-FINAL gg-compressedDownload Note 1: Important Competition Changes – Please Read The proposed rule changes set forth below will be temporary and apply only during the 2020-2021 Club year regardless of whether the club is meeting online (virtually) or at the fire […]