Members Gallery on November 24th will include Prints by Stephen Gawarecki  & Digital Projection by Judy McGuire.  Join us for their presentations immediately followed by Novembers Forum presentation. The following are the biographies of the members presenting on November 24th:

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.

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 and infrared & 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.

 

Georgette Grossman

Chairperson Members' Gallery