Events
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Education & Training: (In Person) Preliminary Portfolio Review with Ginger Werz-Petricka, Willa Friedman and George Hogeman
Portfolio ProjectDuring this review, the portfolio co–chairs, Ginger Werz–Petricka, Willa Friedman and George Hogeman, will offer suggestions on the draft copies of portfolios for half of this year’s participants. They will look at the Artist Statements and images to see how they fit and represent the premise as laid out in the Artist Statement. Self–analysis is […]
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Competition: (Zoom) Theme – Simplicity with Judge Deborah Loeb Bohren
CompetitionsRaised on film and in a darkroom, Deb believes the essence of photography is the art and science of painting with light. She likes to use her camera like a paintbrush and thinks of her work as visual alchemy: a transformation not of matter into gold but rather of light, color and line into art. Minimalism, […]
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Field Trip: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Field TripsNVPS February 2026 Field Trip Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception For our February field trip, we will visit one of Washington’s most breathtaking architectural landmarks: the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. As the largest Catholic church in North America, the Basilica offers an extraordinary range of photographic […]
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Member’s Gallery (Print) (In Person) – Memories from More Than 25 Years of Photography with Patricia Deege
Member's GalleryBio Patricia has been a member of NVPS since the late 1990’s. Before then, she had a good Nikon film camera but little knowledge of the “how to’s” of photography. F-stops, shutter speed, depth of field, etc. --what did that mean? Starting as a total beginner, she learned much of her photography craft through attendance […]
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Member’s Gallery (Print) (In Person) – Mostly Birds with Clark Barker
Member's GalleryBio Clark’s first real camera was a used 35mm fixed lens Voigtlander, followed by a Minolta SRT101 after college and gainful employment. After a couple more Minoltas, a digital 8 megapixel Olympus and several Canons, he went mirrorless with a Canon R5 the first day it was available. Most of the pre-digital photos were 35mm slides. Clark’s […]
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Member’s Gallery (Virtual): (In Person) The Places I Visited in 2024 with Kieulan Nguyen
Member's GalleryBio Kieulan Nguyen has been a photographer for a long time, and her work consists of macro, landscapes, travel, street photography and black & white photography. Her approach to photography is using her camera to find beauty in the things and people around her. She uses different techniques such as high key, intentional camera movement (ICM), long […]
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Member’s Forum: (In Person) Why Architecture? with Judy Guenther
Member's ForumBio Judy Guenther enjoys photographing a wide variety of subjects during her world travels. Capturing the beauty and art in nature and the interesting people of the world is a special joy for her. She is also drawn to the details, patterns, abstracts, and design of architecture, especially modern architecture. She has won several awards, […]
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Programs – (Zoom): For the Love of Boats with Alison Langley
ProgramsBio and Description Alison Langley’s work lives at the intersection of two lifelong passions: sailing and photography. Each informs the other, creating visuals that are rooted in experience, patience, and deep familiarity with life on the water. Her formal education began at New York University, where she studied film, and continued at the Rhode Island […]
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Member’s Forum (In-Person): Iceland and Noisy Birds With Stan Bysshe
Member's ForumA two part presentation on the challenges of photographing wildlife in low light and secondly an update on the latest noise reduction software for post processing. Stan joined NVPS in 2011 looking for help with his photography. Up until that point his 40 years with a camera were primarily spent underwater. There he graduated from […]