Judy’s presentation will celebrate the National Parks, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016.  She has visited 190 of the 417 total properties in the system.  Her images will showcase the variety and splendor that you can find in these treasures, both near and far, big and small.

Judy McGuire became interested in photography and travel when she was 10 and took her first road trip to the western states with her family and her Kodak Brownie camera.  She took snapshots documenting family, friends, pets and travels for many years before getting a Nikon SLR for slide photography, and currently shoots with a Nikon D7200.

Since she joined NVPS in 2001, the club’s activities and members have been a constant inspiration for learning and improving her photography.  Judy believes regular practice is critical to developing skills – as she tried to impress on young students during her many years of teaching piano.  But in photography – as well in music – another part of the experience is enjoying the results!

Judy is most interested in travel and nature photography and loves to photograph anywhere, searching out back roads as well as obvious sites.  She enjoys giving slide shows for various groups, and makes calendars and note cards using her photographs.  Her work has been juried into Nature Visions and the Joseph Miller Abstract Exhibits, and published in Virginia Wildlife Magazine.  She has won a number of awards in NVPS competitions, including Slide of the Year, Advanced Digital Image of the Year and Advanced Digital Photographer of the year three times.