January 2020
Education & Training: Review My Image
Review My Image: Georgette Grossman and Wayne Guenther
Find out more »Member’s Gallery: “Prints” with Fran Bastress; “Digital” with Art and Deb Rose
Prints with Fran Bastress Fran Bastress Fran will entertain us on January 28 with a collection of the beautiful photographic images she’s created in recent years. Fran has been involved in photography for decades, and sees it as a way to connect with the extraordinary in the world. She captures and creates her images because of their beauty, uniqueness, and elements of design. Inspired by the North American landscape, she has traveled its highways and byways to discover limitless possibilities…
Find out more »Member’s Forum: Africa – November 2019 trip to South Africa and Zimbabwe with Kirk Johnson
Africa Kirk Johnson Biography Since joining NVPS in August 2012, Kirk Johnson has been taking digital photographs of a variety of subjects, such as architecture, animal, street and urban, portrait, black-and-white, floral and abstract. Utilizing the Nikon D7100 DSLR and LG G7 smartphone as well as a variety of post-processing tools (Photoshop CS6, NIK Collections, Topaz Studio, Portrait Professional 18, and Photomatix), Kirk has been recognized internationally, nationally, and locally with a variety of photographic awards including: 2017 International Fine…
Find out more »February 2020
Programs: Experiences with Championship Games with Jonathan Newton
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: during the Washington Wizards' Media Day on Monday, September 30, 2019. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) Presentation: Jonathan Newton is a staff photographer with the Washington Post and will talk about his experiences with the 2019 World Series as well as the 2018 Stanley Cup games. He will also talk about his regular assignments as a staff photographer for the Post. Bio: Jonathan Newton is entering his 33rd season as a professional photographer. …
Find out more »Education & Training: Portfolio Project – First Preliminary Review
First Preliminary Review, Portfolio Project - Details coming...
Find out more »Field Trip: Library of Congress – Presidents Day
NVPS Field Trip Library of Congress February 17, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. Presidents Day Established in 1800, the Library of Congress (LOC) “is the world’s largest library with more than 167 million items, in 470 languages,38 million books, and other print materials, 3.6 recordings, 1.4 million photographs, 5.5 million maps, 8.1 million pieces of sheet music and 70 million manuscripts.” (LOC Website https://www.loc.gov/) The February 17, 2020 Field Trip will be to the Library of Congress, Jefferson Building. The Jefferson…
Find out more »Education & Training: Review My Image
Review My Image: Wayne Guenther
Find out more »Member’s Forum: – Get Ready For Aerial Fireworks Photography with John Krout
John Krout will be our February Member’s Forum presenter. His presentation is titled: Get Ready For Aerial Fireworks Photography. Come learn what you need to know in order to make great photos of aerial fireworks on the National Mall or anywhere else. You can try it first at the National Cherry Blossom Festival fireworks near the Wharf on the DC Waterfront. John worked as a summer intern photographer for the National Park Service in 1974. His boss, Jack Rottier, was bored…
Find out more »March 2020
Programs: Frank Van Riper – Recovered Memory: New York & Paris 1960-1980
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) as well as in the Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine.) His 1998 book of photography and essays, Down East Maine/A World Apart, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and won the silver award for photography from the Art Director’s Club of Metropolitan Washington. A…
Find out more »Education & Training: Review My Image and Ask Me a Question
Review My Image: Lynn Cates Ask Me a Question: Jim McDermott
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