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This section features articles and essays of interest to the NVPS membership. Joe Miller kicked things off by providing several of his essays on photography. If anyone would like to contribute an article or suggest an idea for one, send it to webadmin@nvps.org.
Many photographers like nature photography and some wonderful images of nature are produced. Others produce competent images -- all well done, all well exposed, all reasonably well composed, all sharp if needed to be sharp, all potential ribbon winners, all... more
We're always looking for member authored articles for the f-Stop section of the website. Contributions should be submitted to webadmin@nvps.org, and of course must be related to photography in some way. Submit your article and you'll help other learn what... more
I'm always looking for inspiration to stretch my photography and inspiration to get out and shoot. With the crispness of the air approaching and the first signs of leaves turning, it's not hard to find great subjects in autumn. Pumpkin... more
Bill Prosser's Matting Strategy For 8.5 x 11 photo paper:I make all my images, both portrait and landscape, longest dimension 10 inches. I then decide what standard sizes I tend to print and order at least two mattes of each... more
How to Look at a Photograph? The operative words are "look at." In this context look at is much more than glancing. Look at means seeing, and, unfortunately, seeing takes time, and these days we are busy and don't have... more
There is a subject that is not given enough attention in photography. That subject is seeing -- how to see a scene we want to photograph. We live in a fast-paced world, but, alas, seeing takes time. Seeing is more... more
Older Articles
- Separating the Men from the Boys or the Women from the Girls by Joe Miller
- How many is too many? By Joe Miller
- Get Your Files Organized - April Letter from the President
- Don't Get No Respect by Joe Miller
- How To Improve Your Images For NVPS Digital Competition by Bill Adams
- Photography as Art by Joe Miller
- Notes On December 4 Meeting - Photography Business and Travelling with Equipment
- What I Look For In an Image by Joe Miller
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