November 2019
Member’s Gallery: “Prints” with Eva Lanyi; “Digital” with Philip Winters
“Prints” with Eva Lanyi Title: Portfolio Excerpts A member of NVPS since 2015, Eva Lanyi has been interested in photography since her first blurry black and white photos of the neighbor’s dog, taken with her Kodak Brownie Starmatic (which she still has). School, work, and life in general created other priorities for many years. Since retiring from a 32-year federal career as an analyst, she’s been able to concentrate more on photography and plans to make it a big part…
Find out more »Member’s Forum: Portugal – Top To Bottom with Mike Whalen
The Program If you like visiting European countries, there’s a lot to like about Portugal as a travel and photo destination. It’s big on history,antiquities,culture, great food, friendly people, (many who speak English), and it’s a direct flight from Dulles airport. Also, the country is small enough to see a good part of it (by car) in a relatively short time. In this presentation, Mike will review his May 2019 road-trip with his wife and two friends. Starting and ending…
Find out more »December 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 2005, Mark moved to the Outer Banks of NC, where he continues to reside and pursue his passion for nature, wildlife and landscape photography. Mark’s degree in wildlife biology from the University of Vermont and his extensive experience as a wildlife field biologist provides him…
Find out more »Education & Training: Anonymous Critique with Fran Bastress and Kathryn Mohrman
Education and Training: December 10, 2019 Anonymous Critique with Fran Bastress and Kathryn Mohrman Take this opportunity to get feedback on your images. Submit images you are experimenting with new software; images that need just a little help, and/or images you may consider for a competition. The sole purpose of anonymous critique is to help you grow as a photographer. You will not be identified unless you choose to make comments or ask questions about your images. The firm deadline for…
Find out more »Field Trip to Meadowlark Gardens for Winter Lights
NVPS December Field Trip to Meadowlark Gardens for Winter Lights When: Thursday, December 12th at 7 PM Where: The Meadowlark Visitor Center 9750 Meadowlark Gardens Ct. Vienna, VA 222182 We look forward to you joining NVPS for a field trip to photograph the Meadowlark Gardens winter celebration in lights. A beautiful sight and fun for all! At that time of year, it is hard to know what the weather will be other than we can anticipate it will most likely…
Find out more »Competition: “Night Photography” with Judge Roy Sewall
Roy Sewall Bio Roy's interest in photography evolved from travel in six continents, yet he found his own community to be one of the most photogenic locations in the world. From Roy's interest in photography evolved from travel in six continents, yet he found his own community to be one of the most photogenic locations in the world. From 2001 to 2009 Roy concentrated on capturing scenes of the Potomac River and the adjacent Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal. He…
Find out more »Member’s Gallery and Forum Cancelled Due to Holidays
Meetings are never scheduled during the last week in December due to the holidays. Member’s Gallery and Member’s Forum are always cancelled during the month of December.
Find out more »No Event Scheduled Due To Holiday – HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE!
No meeting due to the December 31, 2019 holiday- HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE! Meetings will resume on January 7, 2020 starting with "Programs".
Find out more »January 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 define photographic voice and vision and share his thoughts on how you can develop your photography to speak about who you are as a photographer and what you want to express. This presentation will help you to think about your photography more deeply. BIO Nikhil Bahl is a full time professional photographer, author, educator and and environmentalist…
Find out more »Education & Training – Artistic Image Processing with Roger Lancaster
Education & Training - Artistic Image Processing with Roger Lancaster Roger Lancaster has been a member of NVPS since 2009. He first started his journey into photography as a 6-year-old when his grandfather, a photojournalist, let him use his fold up Kodak camera. He delved a bit more when his family gave him the old 35mm Pentax film camera, and as his kids grew older immersed himself in photos of their sports contests, concerts, vacations, etc. However, upon retirement, he…
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