Our Education & Training opening night of 2013 will feature a long time friend of NVPS, Chuck Veatch. One of our region’s top photographers, Chuck was a former member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society, and he has frequently spoken at NVPS and judged competitions for us. Chuck has attended workshops with Freeman Patterson and the Rocky Mountain School of Photography

Chuck has given presentations and judged contests at the North American Nature Photography Association’s National Convention, the New England Council of Camera Clubs, the Meadowlark Photo Exposition, and other Washington-area camera clubs. He is involved in all aspects of Nature’s Best magazine and Nature’s Best Photography Contests, including photo selection and editing for the exhibits at The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

Chuck will conduct a critique of 25 or so nature images submitted by NVPS members. Having judged tens of thousands of images, Chuck will provide invaluable feedback from the point of view of a nature photography competition judge. This critique will be more in depth than what is typically provided at our club competitions. For this reason, we are limiting the number to approximately 25 photos. His feedback will assist members in strengthening images for a portfolio or future competitions.

Members are invited to submit one or two photos digitally and the club will select photos on a first come – first served basis for Chuck to review. Feel free to submit more than one image, as Chuck will offer critiques on as many as time permits. We plan to make the digital images available to Chuck by September 3, so please submit your photo(s) not later than September 1, 2013.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DIGITAL SUBMISSION OF IMAGES:
Please email no more than two (2) images to nvpsimagegallery@nvps.org, indicate which image you prefer to have critiqued the most by naming the file starting with and “1_” and the other image with “2_”. Image sizes must conform to the current image sizes dictated by digital competitions (refer to NVPS web site under competition, “Preparation for Digital Projection Competition_v2 2“) Preparation for Digital Projection Competition_v2 2. Image(s) will be presented anonymously to both Chuck and the club.

We look forward to seeing your photographs on September 10!

Education & Training Coordinators

Claire Carroll
George Lafko