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Editor: Sam Schaen - Email: Editor@NVPS.org
Fall is definitely my favorite season. As I look out my windows each day I am in awe of the changing colors and hope you have been taking advantage of the many photographic opportunities that nature is providing us. One of my goals this year is to help create even more of a sense of “Community” within our club. We all share a love of photography and learning. Starting on November 10th, I will be starting a monthly “Members Community Dinner” at Chili’s on the 2nd Tuesday ( WET -Workshop,Education,Training night) of the month for informal conversation on photography or just getting to know each other. Please let me know (pashli@aol.com) if you are interested in coming on November 10th at 5:30-ish. Thank you to all the board members, various committee members and volunteers for another terrific month of programs, workshops-education and training, competitions and members gallery/forum as well as coffee, equipment schlepping and set up, tech team support, newsletter, website, etc. It takes many, many volunteers to make our very active club run as smoothly as it does. I am proud to say that as of October 17th, we have 206 paid members in NVPS. Thank you, Gayle, for your magnificent smile and welcoming ways. Also, thank you to the many members who go out of their way to talk to, welcome, and assist visitors and new members. We are getting new members almost every single week and I have heard from many that they joined our club because we went out of our way to make them feel welcome. Thank you also to the Member Support Committee (Fred Chitty, Gayle Dennis, Emi Wallace, and Judy McGuire) for completing guidance on how the club should respond in times of illness and death of a member or their family. The completed guidance is posted on the website and in this issue of Fotofax. Thank you also to the Competition Rules Committee (Sam Schaen, Scott Musson, Gerry Abbot, Bill Prosser, and me). We just put together and administered a survey to help us get started on the very difficult task of looking at our monthly competitions (rules, categories/classes, advancement, etc.). We are in the process of evaluating survey results and will get back to you all soon with the results and a meeting date where we can discuss it further. Please feel free to send any ideas, feedback to any one of us. We are all committed to serving our membership. Finally, I would like to remind folks that flu is now rampant in our area. We have many members in fragile health who can ill afford to be exposed. Please, if you are not feeling well or even feel that you might be coming down with something – STAY HOME! We will miss you, but not your germs. Happy fall!Sandi Croan
The Scanner as a Camera
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Workshops,
Education, and Training |
On November 10th, 2009, the Workshop, Education and Training co-chairs will be hosting Critique Night. Critique Night is generally done as support for themed competitions, which in November will be “Opposites”. All paid members are welcome to submit up to 3 images, in digital or prints. The images can be anything that you would like to have critiqued. For new members, please note, this is not a competition. No prizes will be awarded; it is meant to be a constructive learning experience.
For this particular critique, there will be audience participation! There will be up to 30 actual voters in the audience, armed with green, red and yellow cards. Please note that only paid members may vote. It will be first come first serve. After each image is voted upon, up to 3 constructive comments will be allowed from the voters.
For those who are submitting prints, there will be a table set up in the back of the meeting room, with signs labeled 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice. Please divide up your images at the signs. The ones will be shown first, then the twos, then the threes. For digital submissions, please label them with 1-your last name, then 2-your last name, and 3-you last name; example 1-Marts, 2-Marts, 3-Marts. Size your images for competition, and send them to Ed Ruggiero, eruggiero@cox.net, no later than Sunday, November 8th. As with the prints, all the ones will be shown first, then the twos, and if time permits, the threes.
A document explaining how to do each of the techniques presented in his presentation can be found at: http://nvps.org/main/f_stop/documents_from_presentation_on/
Melanie Marts
jasmarts@cox.net
Ed Ruggiero
eruggiero@cox.net
Competitions |
On Tuesday November 17th, we will hold our third competition for the 2009/10 club year with xxx as our judge. The theme for the competition will be "Opposites". The 2009 - 2010 Competition Themes are posted in the Competitions section of the NVPS website.
On Tuesday November 17th, we will hold our third competition for the 2009/10 club year with Chuck Veatch as our judge. This will be the first themed competition of the season. The theme will be "Opposites" which means that the image must present an opposite combination such as large/small, old/young, straight/crooked, round/square, animal/vegetable, dark/light, sharp/blunt, etc. The 2009 - 2010 Competition Themes are posted in the "Competitions" section of the NVPS website.
Chuck Veatch is a former member of NVPS and is one our region’s best photographers. He has attended workshops with Freeman Patterson and the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. He has won many awards, exhibited throughout the area, and published a book of beautiful images shot in and around Reston, Virginia. Now in its second printing, The Nature of Reston encourages us to look for photographic opportunities in the familiar and often overlooked natural areas all around us.
Chuck has given presentations and judged contests at the North American Nature Photography Association’s National Convention, the New England Council of Camera Clubs, the Meadowlark Photo Exposition, and every Washington area camera club. He is involved in all aspects of Nature’s Best magazine and Nature’s Best Photography Contests, including photo selection and editing for the exhibits at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
With regard to his personal artistic statement, Chuck wrote: “Two ideas dominate my image making and judging. First, simple is better. That means that any element in an image that does not add to the message the artist wishes to convey, subtracts from it. Second, images should be created using the rules of visual design. This means that the subject matter is often subordinate to the use of line, shape, color, texture, tone and perspective to capture the essence of the artist’s vision. Photography is art and should be judged that way.”
Involvement with non-profit and environmental organizations in Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley occupies much of Chuck’s and his wife Beverly’s time. Although he still maintains a home and office in Reston, Chuck’s home on Cedar Creek in Shenandoah County has been the inspiration for many photographic projects.
Please join our judge, Chuck Veatch for our pre-competition dinner at Chili's at 5:45 on Tuesday, November 17th. Please RSVP to Gerry at gerry.abbott@cox.net.
Chili's Bar and Grille
8051 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA
703-734-9512
From I-495/CAPITAL BELTWAY
1: Take the VA-7 W/LEESBURG PIKE exit number 47B-A toward TYSONS CORNER
2: Merge onto LEESBURG PIKE/VA-7 W toward TYSONS CORNER and move to left lane
You will see Chili's almost immediately on the left.
3: Take a left at the first light "Fashion Square" (Tiffany's will be on the left and Tyson's
Corner Shopping Center will be on the right) and an immediate left onto service road in
front of Tiffany's, take your first right into Chili's parking lot.
Below are some images that received a first place award in the October competition. Clicking on one of the pictures will display a larger version.
Novice Color Prints
Novice Digital
Advanced Monochrome
Enhanced |
Novice Monochrome
Advanced Color
Advanced Digital |
First place winners in future competitions may be submitted to editor@nvps.org. Submitted photos should have maximum width and height of 1024 pixels and 768 pixels respectively. Images should be sent to editor@nvps.org by the Friday following the competition.
Award | Photographer | Title |
Novice Monochrome Prints | ||
1st | Libby Scott | Strauss |
2nd | Roger Lancaster | Civil War Lady |
Advanced Monochrome Prints | ||
1st | Scott Musson | Barn in Canaan Valley |
2nd | Chuck Bress | Cadillac 24 |
Novice Color Prints | ||
1st | David Massi | Popes Head Road Grist Mill |
2nd | John Quigley | Mother and Child |
3rd | Michelle Atkinson | Lift Off |
HM | Roger Lancaster | Biggest, Meanest in the Patch |
HM | Anna Gomez | A Mother's Love |
HM | Charles Rusnak | Boats on Beach |
Advanced Color Prints | ||
1st | Bill Prosser | Dried Flowers on Breakfront |
2nd | Stephen Gawarecki | Soito Morning |
3rd | Bob Friedman | Cloister #2 |
HM | Curtis Gibbens | All Puffed Up |
HM | Melanie Marts | The Selina at Sunset |
HM | Melanie Marts | Elakala Cascade |
HM | John Dexter | Moving Walkway |
Enhanced Prints | ||
1st | Laura Howell | Inner Harbor Reflection |
2nd | Jim Carlson | Seven Thirty Seven |
3rd | Susan Breen | Medieval Passau |
HM | Sandi Croan | Sunset Glow |
HM | Georgette Grossman | Enhanced Pumpkin |
Advanced Slides | ||
1st | Amie Tannenbaum | Leading Line |
2nd | Tom Brett | Greatsand Dunes #8 |
Novice Digital Images | ||
1st | Gayle Dennis | Early Morning at Camp |
2nd | Jeff Hancock | Transwarp |
3rd | Kieu-Hanh Vu | Up to the challenge |
HM | John W. Wiles II | LA Buck Rogers |
HM | Karen Lykke | Self portraits in a bunch of oily raindrops |
HM | Kip Holdridge | Moonrise Over the Garden of Eden |
HM | Susan Phillips | Red Eyed Bird |
Advanced Digital Images | ||
1st | Judy McGuire | Shenandoah Evening |
2nd | Vivian Luu | Inviting Flower |
3rd | Chuck Cecil | North Carolina Seashore |
HM | Bill Prosser | Pimmit Fall |
HM | Curtis Gibbens | Double Spoonbill Triangle |
HM | Timber Gooding | night reflections at Natl Harbor |
HM | Tuan Pham | Inter-dependence |
Gerry Abbott
Co-VP Competition
gerry.abbott@cox.net
Brian Payne
Co-VP Competition
BPayne45@yahoo.com
Field
Trips |
National Arboretum
Location: Washington, DC
Date: November 15, 2009
Time: 8:00 AM
Our November Field Trip will be to the National Arboretum and its many photographic opportunities. In addition to the many special gardens, conifer foliage and cones, dogwoods in fruit, viburnums in fruit, ornamental grasses, fall foliage, fall blooming camellias, chrysanthemums, native witch-hazels and much more are to be seen this time of year.
We will meet at 8:00 a.m. (when it opens). Admission is free.
From Virginia (I 395) - Follow I 395 North over the 14th Street Bridge. Bear right at the end of the bridge to follow signs to 395 North. Continue to follow signs to 395 North (the lanes for 395 are to the right--pay attention). The 395 lanes go under a tunnel at 3rd Street. Continue following signs for 395 North. The tunnel will dead end at New York Avenue, where all lanes are forced to turn right. Continue on New York Avenue until the major intersection with Bladensburg Road (there will be large green traffic signs overhead; also, it's about 2.5 miles from the end of the freeway to the right turn on Bladensburg). Turn right onto Bladensburg Road and go 4 blocks to R Street. Make a left on R Street and continue 2 blocks to the Arboretum gates.
From Virginia (I 95 - I 295) - Follow I 95 North and cross the Wilson Bridge. Stay in the right lane over the bridge. Bear onto I 95/I 295 North to Washington. Follow I 295 to the exit for Route 50 West (New York Avenue). Once on Route 50 get in your left lane. You will approach the intersection of Bladensburg Road where only the two left lanes turn onto Bladensburg Road. Make the left onto Bladensburg Road and go 4 blocks to R Street. Make a left on R Street and continue 2 blocks to the Arboretum gates.
From Virginia (I 66) - Cross the Roosevelt Bridge and follow Constitution Avenue past the Capitol Building. Bear left onto Maryland Avenue. Follow Maryland Avenue to Bladensburg Road. Make a left onto Bladensburg Road and travel 1 mile to R Street. Make a right onto R Street and continue 2 block to the Arboretum gates.
Marilyn Gaizband
Field-Trips@nvps.org
703-560-8365 (H)
703-402-6214 (C)
Tuan Pham
Field-Trips@nvps.org
703-354-3322 (H)
Timber Gooding Sam Schaen Melanie Marts Bob Friedman |
Additional images can be found in the Photo Gallery on the NVPS web site at: http://nvps.org/gallery/v/fieldtrips/2009_2010/Flying_Circus/
Marilyn Gaizband
Sam Schaen |
Susan Phillips Will Haubert |
Additional images can be found in the Photo Gallery on the NVPS web site at: http://nvps.org/gallery/v/fieldtrips/2009_2010/Lancaster/
Forum |
When I mention automation to most photographers, their eyes instantly glaze over and I know that I've lost them. What is most frustrating to me, is that these people would benefit greatly from learning to eliminate the repetitive, mind numbing, processing that Photoshop requires to produce consistently excellent images.
This is a short program describing some of the automation techniques available in Photoshop and Bridge, with an emphasis on consistency and reducing image processing time. Adobe has gone to great lengths to make their applications flexible and programmable, so that they can reduce the amount of time spent performing repetitive tasks. While it is true that some of the automation functionality requires programming experience, a great deal of the automation can be achieved through simple menus and by recording a process on one image, and applying it over and over again.
When automation is applied to your daily workflow, it can help you to enforce similar processing on a series of images, yielding far more consistent results, and achieving them in a shorter time frame.
When applied to special effects, you no longer have to remember a complex series of actions that produce the desired effect. Record it one time, and apply it again and again, with the same results every time.
In a matter of just a little more than an hour, everyone should have an idea where they can improve their Photoshop experience and learn how to spend less time editing, and more time shooting.
Matthew G. Schmidt is computer professional who is developing his hobby of photography. He has trained with Freeman Patterson, Andre Gallant, Joe Miller, Jim Zuckerman and John Isaacs, all of whom have helped him work toward finding a unique style, combining traditional, in-camera techniques with advanced Photoshop optimization. As a member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society, he has been a board member in various capacities since he joined in 2006.
Anna Gomez
anna_gomez@verizon.net
Members'
Gallery |
Steve Gawarecki has been a member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society since 1984. He started in photography when he was 10 years old, using a Baby Brownie, and slowly graduated to more sophisticated equipment over a period of 70 years.
Over time, Steve’s photographic technique and composition improved and soon he was regularly receiving major awards in competitions. Now he “considers himself a professional photographer.” Before digital photography became so popular, Steve shot slides of many artists’ fine art works.
Steve is a retired geologist from the U.S. Geological Survey where he used multispectral photography as well as infrared and radar imagery in the field of remote sensing. He has lectured and led workshops in both the scientific and artistic aspects of photography.
Personally Steve likes to photograph landscapes, seascapes, shadow patterns with textural contrasts, architectural abstractions, and still lifes. He feels that his best images have been produced with Nikon cameras, both film and digital. His secret for consistently good photos is the judicious use of an incident light meter.
Steve and his wife of 55 years, Carolyn Grossé Gawarecki, often exhibit jointly in shows. Carolyn is a nationally recognized professional watercolor artist and teacher. In the spring they exhibited at Green Spring Horticultural Center and currently they are hanging works at LMI in Tysons' Corner.
Judy first became interested in photography and travel when she was 10. With her Kodak Brownie camera in hand, she and her family explored the western United States. She took many snapshots over the years documenting family, friends, and pets. Eventually she got her first SLR and enjoyed slide photography for many years. In April 2007, she reluctantly gave up film photography and moved to digital. Currently Judy uses a Nikon D90 to capture her images.
Travel and nature photography are Judy's main interests. She loves to travel and takes photographs anywhere, searching out back roads as well as the obvious sites. She enjoys giving digital slide shows for various groups, and creates note cards and calendars using her photos. Her job as a private piano teacher (inching toward retirement) allows the flexibility needed for many and varied photo expeditions.
In September, 2001, Judy saw Luella Murri on one of the first "Photographers of Northern Virginia" programs. She phoned Luella after the show for NVPS information and became a member shortly afterwards. Since then, Judy has enjoyed the club’s many learning opportunities, covering all aspects of photography. She maintains that viewing outstanding photos and hearing speakers lecture on new topics inspire her to try new ideas and improve her own techniques.Georgette Grossman
ggrossman@cox.net
Member
News |
In June, NVPS President, Sandi Croan, appointed a member support committee to develop guidance as to how the club will respond and acknowledge member and or family illnesses, deaths, births and other life changing events. The committee members were Gayle Dennis, Emi Wallace and Judy McGuire with Fred Chitty serving as committee chairperson. Over the summer, the committee developed written guidence and presented it to the NVPS Board on September 22nd, where it was approved. Below is the guidence as adopted by the NVPS Board.
Purpose
To provide guidance for club response and acknowledgement of member’s (and/or immediate family) serious illnesses and death.
1. When the NVPS board becomes aware of a serious illness or death of an active NVPS member, death of immediate family of an active member (i.e. spouse or children of the member) or former elected officer or member, it should acknowledge the situation as follows:
a. with an appropriate announcement during a club meeting (in the case of serious illness, the member’s desire for privacy will be fully respected)
b. with an appropriate card, signed by club members
c. communication to the membership of the proper address in order that individual members, who desire to do so, may send their own cards
d. in the event of a death, an email to the membership, advising of arrangement details, and acknowledgment in Fotofax will be made
2. Acknowledgement beyond that listed above such as flowers and/or charitable donations, etc. should be made by voluntary donations of the membership. However, it is envisioned that in the case of the death of former elected board members, such additional acknowledgement should be coordinated and made by the membership chairperson if a volunteer does not step forward.
3. Financial – NVPS club dues should only be used for cards and postage. Other types of acknowledgement (e.g. flowers, charitable contributions, etc) should be paid for by individual member volunteer donations specific to the event.
4. Any member, at their individual discretion, may advise the board of the serious illnesses or death of an active member or former elected officer or former member of NVPS. That member should be asked if they would be willing to coordinate NVPS acknowledgement of the event, within the guidance above, to include purchase of an appropriate card, obtaining member signatures, mailing the card, collecting donations for flowers &/or charitable donation in the club’s name, etc. If that member is unable to provide coordination and no other member volunteers, then the NVPS membership chairperson should coordinate the appropriate response and acknowledgement by the club.
Fred Chitty
703-690-2467
chittyfc@bp.com
Stephen and Beverly Vogel
Stephen and Beverly have been submitting their images over the past several years to "The Brethren Press". Beverly has gotten several book covers published and Stephen has gotten numerous bulletin covers
Beverly Vogel
Bevsphototreasur@comcast.net
Laura Howell had the image, "Luray Detail", juried into the Maryland Federation of Art - Small Wonders Show. This image was one of the 105 pieces selected from the 418 submitted. The show will be on exhibit in the MFA's Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, MD from November 27 - December 27.
Laura Howell
lhowellphotos@yahoo.com
During September Wayne Wolfersberger presented a program (Photographing Yellowstone) and judged a competition for the International Photographic Society in Washington DC. He also presented a program (Photographing Wildlife) for the Third Annual Claude Moore Photography Expo in Loudoun County. He served as judge for the September competition with the Manassas-Warrenton Photographic Club.
During the month of August, Wayne won awards in four of the five categories of the Yellowstone Employees Photo competition. There were hundreds of entrants, but only one entry in each category was allowed. There were cash awards and Wayne won two firsts, a third and an honorable mention. He was the only multiple winner.
Wayne Wolfersberger
wayne.wolfersberger@gmail.com
The following link provides frequently asked questions on the subject of photograph/image copyright:
http://www.photolaw.net/faq.html
Jeff Evans
http://gallery-west.com/
http://evansimagesandart.com/
As part of FotoWeekDC, Meadowlark Gardens will be open from 6:00AM to 6:00PM on November 7th.
http://www.nvrpa.org/parks/meadowlark/index.php?pg=events.html
Bob Friedman
r.friedman.1@alumni.nyu.edu
NVPS Executive Board 2008-2009 The elected and appointed board members for the 2008-2009 club year can be found at http://nvps.org/main/about/board-members/. |
Announcements |
This all-media show will be juried by Jack Rasmussen of American University. The entry deadline is November 13, 2009. All entries will be submitted by CD. For more details, prospectus and entry form go to: www.gallery-west.com. The exhibition will be held February 3-28, 2010.
Linda Bankerd
John Quigley
Exhibits Coordinator
jhquigley@msn.com
Fotoweek DC, a non-profit organization will hold its annual event November 7-14. Events including portfolio reviews, exhibitions, workshops, and receptions will be occurring throughout the city. More information can be found at http://www.fotoweekdc.org.
kwkeating@comcast.net
Various lectures and workshops will be held at VisArts in Glen Echo in conjunction with FotoWeek DC. See VisArts below under Workshops and Tours.
Night Visions, an all-night shooting and editing event, will be held Saturday November 7. This is an opportunity for area shutterbugs to join their fellow photographers in creating a live portrait of DC after dark, with the best images from each participant to be printed and displayed instantly at FotoWeek Central, located in the heart of Georgetown. The 2:00am adrenaline rush is quite different from the 2:00pm experience.
Peter Garfield
www.fotoweekdc.org
Two artists whose work combines photography, the written word, and self-portraiture are featured in the current exhibit at Photoworks Gallery in historic Glen Echo Park, Maryland. Process: Word and Image, presents work by John Borstel and Matthew M. Smith. Mark Power, Photoworks faculty member, serves as curator for this thoughtful, evocative exhibit. Borstel and Smith’s work combines intimate revelation with a certain theatrical flourish – the photographic equivalent of performance art. Each artist employs a range of strategies to synthesize image with text, providing an absorbing and provocative experience for viewers.
The exhibit runs through November 15th at Photoworks Gallery. Exhibit hours are Saturday, 1-4 PM, and Sundays and Mondays, 1-8 PM. On Saturday, November 7th, at 12:30 pm, John Borstel and Matthew M. Smith will join curator Mark Power in an Artists’ Talk to discuss and dissect their Photoworks exhibit.
Lisa Murphy, Photoworks
240-441-7954
murphymail5@comcast.net
11/7 | Rick Sammon and Greg Downing will spend a day at George Mason University teaching and sharing images and tips and tricks from their travels around the world. $89 in advance for camera club members. |
Tara Woodfin
http://www.naturescapes.net/docs/index.php/events
888-667-0559
10/30 - 11/1 | Great Falls Autumn Color, Great Falls, VA $250.00 |
Joseph Rossbach
443-942-2717
rossbachphoto@hotmail.com
http://rossbach-workshops.cms2.picaholic.net
11/1 |
Class on using Flash Photography at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens (9-11 AM) followed by a trip to Scott’s Run where we will set up an outdoor flash arrangement and photograph live models. 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Cost: $50. Individuals wishing to photograph the models must pay each model they photograph $25 per one-hour session. |
11/7 |
Meadowlark Field Day. A sunrise to sunset day of photography. Included in the event are lectures by Joe Rossbach, Corey Hilz, Nikhil Bahl, Tony Sweet, and William Folsom. You will also be able to photograph live hawks and owls. See: http://www.nvrpa.org/parks/meadowlark/ for details. William Folsom will be giving his class on ART & SCIENCE OF COMPOSITION in the Library of the Visitor’s Center from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM. |
William B. Folsom
571-213-8696
wbfolsom@verizon.net
www.wfolsom.com
11/7 |
“Exquisite Control from Capture to Print” Free Lecture by Dan Burkholder, one of the first photographic artists to embrace digital technology in the early 1990’s. Author of "Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing" and "The Color of Loss," Dan has taught digital imaging workshops for 14 years on three continents. 7-9pm. Register at www.VisArtsCenter.org |
11/8 |
“The Art of Seeing, Interpreting, & Creating Through the Camera”
Free Lecture by Bruce Barnbaum, |
11/15 |
“A Day with Andre Gallant”.
Author of numerous photography books, André Gallant teaches workshops with Freeman Patterson, with whom he has co-written two books. André's images are inspiring and his ability to explain his photographic vision and the techniques will be educational and motivational to every photographer. 10am-4pm.
$65 |
VisArts
155 Gibbs Street
Rockville, Maryland
www.AlanSislenPhotography.com
http://www.VisArtsCenter.org
3/31 - 4/7/2010 | Paris. Spend a glorious week in Paris next spring with Chan Chao, an exhibited and published photographer. Participants will take photographs and participate in critiques on a daily basis to gain knowledge and experience. $2,800 w/o airfare. |
Angela Iovino
202-669-1562
chantchao@verizon.net
info@culturalstudyabroad.com
http://culturalstudyabroad.com/europe/paris/
1/11 – 1/17 | Photo tour to Bosque del Apache and White Sands, New Mexico - Visit Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, the world-famous winter home for tens of thousands of migrating Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese. Next travel to White Sands, famous for its undulating white gypsum dunes, dotted with solitary yucca plants for beautiful landscape photographs. Fee includes all instruction in the field, lodging and all meals $2295 |
1/18 – 1/24 | Photo tour to Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Antelope
Canyon Arizona - Photograph in the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon at first
light, the towering buttes of Monument Valley with its spiritual Indian
feel, and inside Antelope Canyon, the most beautiful slot canyon in
the southwest. Unique rock formations, gnarled trees, and fiery orange
rocks make these locations exciting and moving at all times of day.
Fee includes all all instruction in the field, lodging and all meals $2495 |
4/18 – 4/24 | Photo Tour Great Smoky Mountains, Tenn. - Waterfalls and Wildflowers - With one of the greatest varieties of wildflowers in the world, this mountainous park bursts forth in an unrivaled display of blossoming color. Also see some of its most beautiful and accessible waterfalls, and enjoy the many streams that tumble over smooth rocks on their journey down the mountainsides. Fee includes all instruction in the field, lodging in a luxurious private lodge overlooking the Smokies, and all meals $1895 |
10/9 – 10/17 | Photo Tour and Photoshop / Lightroom workshop, Outer Banks of NC - Two separate workshops, take one or both. The photo tour segment is a blend of photographic instruction and a pristine location. The Photoshop segment will improve your knowledge of Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, Lightroom and Photoshop and increase your workflow efficiency. Fee includes all instruction, lodging at a luxurious beachfront house, and all meals. $1175 per segment |
Mollie Isaacs
757-773-0194
awakethelight@cox.net
www.awakethelight.com
11/16-19 |
Monument Valley. Four day workshop Cost of $1,199 includes all instuction, food, lodging, and transfer from Flagstaff, Arizona. |
Geoff Johnson
817 675 9838
grizzjohnson@yahoo.com
www.charlesellenberger.com
10/31 | Photographing Waterfalls & Flowing Waters (Course NoAEO2422) A four hour Sat morning photo “in-the-field” workshop with pre (1 hour organization for techniques to use) on 29 Oct and post (2 hour sharing) on 5 Nov) $ 70. Field Trip to local stream and waterfalls. Other days meets at 7PM at Chantilly HS |
11/17 - 12/8 | Composition, Creativity, and the Camera (Course No AEO2426) Four two & ½ hour sessions Cost $ 105. Meets Tues 7 PM at Chantilly HS. Course will include lessons on composition & creativity and emphasize working with table top settings composed of both familiar and unusual subjects using a variety of light sources and backgrounds. |
Wayne Wolfersberger
703-476-6048
wayne.wolfersberger@gmail.com
Fairfax County Adult & Community Education
(Note, county residency is not required.)
www.fcps.edu/aceclasses
(Photography classes are listed under the Studio Art Classes)
Josh Taylor’s fall workshops/classes/lectures are posted on his web site at archiphotoworkshops.com. There are classes for Canon camera owners, field trips, and photography opportunities for all skill levels and camera models. Also, check out Josh’s blog for tips on how to shoot dramatic images, creative post-processing techniques, and where to find and access the some of the best places to shoot.
Josh Taylor
archiphotoworkshops.com
10/30 - 11/1 | Great Falls National Park, Virginia/Maryland
Tuition: $175 Limit: 5 participants Schedule: Oct. 30 - From sunrise
to sunset with a break for lunch. Nov. 1 - 2pm to 6pm. In this autumn workshop we will photograph the Potomac River, reflections, textures, patterns, wildlife and some colorful forest scenes. |
11/13-15 | Chincoteague Island, Virginia Tuition: Early bird rate until September 1 - $259 ($299 after September 1) Schedule: Start - 1pm Nov. 13, End - 1pm Nov. 15. We will photograph wildlife, landscapes, ocean views, beach scenes, textures in the sand, marshes and plant life and more. |
Nikhil Bahl
www.nikhilbahl.com
nikhil@nikhilbahl.com
240-246-6654
10/31 |
Digital Workflow Using Apple’s Aperture Software.
Location: Vienna VA, 10:00am – 2:30pm, $100 |
11/7 |
Nikon D3000/D60/D40x/D40. Location: Ashburn VA, 1:30 – 5:30pm, $125 Learn about all the buttons, dials and menu options of the Nikon D3000/D60/D40x/D40 in an easy to understand manner. This class teaches you how to take advantage of what your camera’s capabilities and use it to capture the best pictures. |
11/8 |
Field Photography Session at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.
Location: Vienna VA, 7:00 – 9:00am, $45 |
11/8 |
Macro & Close-up Photography.
Location: Vienna VA, 10:00am – 12:00pm, $50 |
11/8 |
HDR & Focus Stacking.
Location: Vienna VA, 12:30pm – 4:30pm, $100 |
11/14 |
Nikon Flash: Using the Creative Lighting System, Part 2.
Location: Ashburn VA, 1:30pm – 5:30pm, $125 |
11/15 |
Art and Science of Composition.
Location: Vienna VA, 10:00am – 12:00pm, $50 |
11/22 |
Introduction to Light and Lighting.
Location: Vienna VA, 10:00am – 12:00pm, $50 |
Corey Hilz
703-473-4618
corey@coreyhilz.com
www.coreyhilz.com
The NVACC web page can be found at: www.nvacc.org. The combined calendar for the NVACC can be found at: http://www.nvacc.org/Calendar.html.
During the period 1998-2008, as part of an effort to promote communication and cooperation among area camera clubs, NVACC founders developed a series of booklets to capture the considerable expertise of the many accomplished photographers in Northern Virginia and to share it with others.
For years, printed copies of these booklets were made available through member clubs for a small fee that covered the cost of reproduction. [But hard to find in recent years].
Now, however, the booklets are again available: http://nvacc.org/Field%20trips%20Guidebook/NVACCPublications.html
Individuals are invited to download one machine-readable copy and one print copy for personal, noncommercial use. Written permission from NVACC is required for any other use.
In recent years, photography has seen significant change as an art form and there has been an explosion of technical advances in both photographic media and tools for example, digital and film as well as cameras, lenses, computers, and software). For that reason, the detail of some of these booklets may seem dated. However, the ideas and techniques presented transcend both progress and the digital-film divide.
We remain committed to sharing artistic and technical know-how. Thus new booklets as well as revisions to the existing ones that incorporate new technology and ideas will appear here.
If you have questions, suggestions, or comments concerning our booklets, please contact us at JoeMiller@NVACC.org.
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