Our May 4 Program speaker will be Jonathan Newton, Washington Post sports photographer.  Jonathan has come highly recommended from other area clubs, and he's keeping busy now photographing the winning Washington Capitals. BIO:Jonathan Newton is entering his 24th season as a... more

Please join us for a "one of a kind" April Program on Tuesday, April 6 at 7:30 pm, with speaker Max Lyons, who specializes in panoramic and high-resolution imaging.  Max just might have been the first photographer to create a... more

Please join us Tuesday, March 2 at 7:30 PM for award-winning photographer, James Roy, who will speak on "The Art of Creating Fine Art Environmental Portraits". James will join us for dinner at Chili's at 5:45 pm prior to the... more

Please join us for what will prove to be an inspirational new body of work from well-known nature photographer, Joe Rossbach. If you'd like to join us for dinner at Chili's at 5:45 PM prior to the meeting, please rsvp... more

Hi Everyone, Please join us for our first Program of the New Year! Ian Plant will be presenting his magical new "Dreamscapes", some of which were featured in the November 2009 issue of Outdoor Photographer magazine. Ian's landscapes aren't abstracts,... more

Please join us for an evening of inspiration!  Tony will present a gallery of his extraordinary images from 2009, including a discussion on compositional, creative, and software techniques to use as tools in creating the "wow" factor in your final... more

Robert Creamer has a deep respect for change--its subtle palette and patterns, the surprising structure of decay, and the integrity that graces every stage of life. In a Creamer photograph a browning petal becomes as glorious as the newly opened... more

A camera is perceived to be a recording device. It generally records a realistic representation of what we see with our eyes. But it can also be an artistic tool, interpreting the world from the very large and sweeping to the very small and overlooked. Both ways of recording the world around us have their benefits. Each photographer, at various times and depending on circumstances, might use both techniques to create the desired effect. more

Glenn Howell has been fascinated with art since age six when he discovered that drawing numbers in different ways gave them a different "personality". He didn't quite understand this as an aspect of intuition then but just "felt" it. His... more

am D'Amico started his photography career working for local newspapers. In 2002 he moved to Washington, DC and began to work as an instructor at the Washington School of Photography in Bethesda, MD. Sam enjoyed working as a photography instructor... more

On Tuesday, April 7, Karen Keating will present: "Saga of Producing Your First Photo Book". Her talk will follow the steps from a project through several iterations to the published book, "Cubans: Watching and Waiting" in November 2008. She will... more

Please join us for an evening filled with evocative images made by Michael Borek, a photographer with a truly distinctive vision. Michael is originally from Prague, in the Czech Republic; there, his photography primarily focuses on old, delapidated structures in... more

We are very fortunate to have Maxwell MacKenzie joining us to present his "Photographic Journey" for Program night on Tuesday, February 3.Maxwell MacKenzie is a well-known commercial & fine-art photographer who specializes in architecture and design. Based in Washington since... more

Walter Calahan is a freelance photographer, providing location, sports, and people photography for advertising, corporate, and editorial assignements worldwide. Walter's photographic career has taken him under the Atlantic Ocean in a Navy submarine, to lava caves in Idaho, to surgical... more

Joseph Rossbach specializes in creating unique images of the American Wilderness with an emphasis on the East Coast from South Carolina to Maine. Joseph has been photographing the natural world for over 12 years and has traveled to the deep... more

Over the years, Don Johnson has had a number of his photographs published. In February 1997, Popular Photography, billed as "the world's largest imaging magazine," selected one of his photographs for their "Your Best Shot" column. more

Have you ever admired those "strange" black and white images with dark skies and light foliage? Have you ever wished you could make interesting landscape images in harsh mid-day sun? Have you been thinking about converting an old DSLR for... more

Ian J. Plant will be our NVPS Program speaker for September 2, 2008. Ian has been photographing the natural world for fifteen years and is known for his dramatic and evocative landscape and wildlife images. His work has appeared in a number of books and calendars, as well as national and regional magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, National Parks, Blue Ridge Country, Adirondack Life, Wonderful West Virginia, and Chesapeake Life, among others. more