Frank Van Riper is an award-winning documentary and fine art photographer, journalist, author and lecturer whose work has been published internationally. His photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC) […]
Posts: Programs
February 5, 2019 – Programs: “B&W Photography” with Jim Steele
Jim Steele While coming from a traditional film/darkroom background, Jim is equally comfortable in both traditional and digital technologies. His work includes landscape, flowers, figurative, and surreal photography. He has a studio at the Torpedo […]
January 7, 2020 – Programs: Photographic Voice and Vision with Nikhil Bahl
Photographic Voice and Vision Every photographer should think about how they can find their photographic voice. Once a photographer has found their voice they can then start to develop their vision. It takes time, but both these aspects are essential to the growth of any photographer. Nikhil will […]
December 3, 2019 – Programs: Mark Buckler – Nailing Your Exposures – It’s not as hard as you think
Bio Mark Buckler has been actively documenting nature for over 30 years. Mark was born on Cape Cod, MA and his passion for photography was ignited and honed in this area of natural beauty. In […]
November 5, 2019 – Programs: Andrew Sentipal – Photographing Shenandoah
Andrew Sentipal will be entertaining us in November with a talk on photographing Shenandoah National Park. Andrew has been interested in photography most of his life. He started back in the film days and transitioned […]
October 1, 2019 – Program: Abstract Photography with Don Rosenberger
Bio Don Rosenberger sold all his camera gear and walked away from photography, but that was back in 1983. He picked up a camera again in 2005 and has spent most of his weekends and […]
September 3, 2019 – Program: Eight Years as White House Photographer with Lawrence Jackson
Bio Former White House photographer, under the Obama Administration, Lawrence Jackson spent 18 years working for The Virginian-Pilot and The Associated Press -in Boston and Washington, DC- before working at the White House. Since leaving the White House […]
May 7, 2019 – Programs: “Low Light Photography” with Brian Zwit
Brian Zwit is a nature and outdoor photographer and educator based in northern Virginia. He loves to photograph the elegance and majesty of nature and he especially likes to photograph landscapes but avoids the well-known […]
April 2, 2019 – Programs: “The Art of Self Critique and Evaluation” with Alan Sislen
Presentation Description As photographers, we often find ourselves in the role of self-critiquer and evaluator. It’s clearly a case of learning by doing, but there are many skills and techniques that can help us become […]
March 5, 2019 – Programs: “Portraits” with Catherine Simmons
Presentation Description Catherine is going to be sharing on the topic of Family and Child Photography. This is a broad topic ranging from formal family portraits to candid snapshots for the family album. Catherine will […]