February 2020
Education & Training: Review My Image
Review My Image: Bill Millhouser
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
Find out more »Education & Training: An Overview of Landscape Photography with James Norman
Landscape photography gives us opportunities to visit beautiful locations, see amazing sights, and even bring home and share a small portion of what we experience. And you don’t need to travel to another continent or lug a backpack full of heavy, expensive gear to find and capture striking images. With minimal equipment and your own creative enthusiasm, landscape photography will reward you with both images and memories. Jim will provide some suggestions on how you can make the most…
Find out more »Field Trip: Luray Caverns
When: Saturday, March 14, 2020, at 10:00 a.m Where: Luray Caverns 101 Cave Hill Rd, Luray, VA 22835 Field Trip Leader: Jim Sinsheimer Join NVPS for an unearthly experience to the Luray Caverns March 14, 2020! We will experience cathedral-sized rooms with ceilings 10-stories high, towering stone formations, and natural wonders at every turn. While tripods are not allowed, with the proper camera settings you will be able to achieve wonderful results. In March it is hard to know what…
Find out more »Competition: “No Theme” with Judge Mark Van Bergh
Mark Van Bergh is a Washington, D.C. area attorney and photographer. His photographic interests are varied, ranging from a passion for nature and wildlife photography, to travel, people, weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and other events. Beyond the Washington beltway, Mark’s photographic pursuits have taken him throughout the United States, including many of our National Parks and wildlife refuges, to Canada, Costa Rica, Europe (east and west), many sub-Sahara African nations (Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia), Japan, China,…
Find out more »Education & Training: Review My Image
Review My Image: Ron Taylor
Find out more »Member’s Forum: Egypt – Cairo and Points South with Colena Turner
Colena’s portrait by Gwen Flowers Members’ Forum March 24, 2020 – Egypt: Cairo and Points South, Colena Turner Since high school, Colena has enjoyed taking pictures. With her film camera, she became the family photographer for get-togethers. In 2003, she purchased her first digital camera and has expanded her interests to nature, macro, abstract, portrait, event and street photography. Colena has used several Nikon DSLRs including D90 and D7100. In 2016, looking for a lighter and smaller camera to take…
Find out more »Education & Training – Portfolio Project: Second Preliminary Review
March 31, 2020: Education & Training - Portfolio Project: Second Preliminary Review
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