Events
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Education & Training – (In Person) Bring Your Camera Night
Education & TrainingOur in-person meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, will be “Bring Your Camera Night,” with several stations set up to encourage you to try something different. A first for the club, we will have access to the firehouse garage and an opportunity to shoot images of the trucks, equipment and hopefully some firefighters. Let’s plan on […]
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Competition: (In-Person) (Digital & Print) No Theme with Judge Frank Van Ripper
CompetitionsBIO: Frank Van Riper is an award-winning documentary and fine art photographer, journalist, author and lecturer whose work has been published internationally. His photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC) as well as in the Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine.) His 1998 book of photography and essays, Down […]
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Field Trip: Great Falls Park (VA) at Sunrise
Field TripsGreat Falls marks the end of the “piedmont”, where the Potomac River starts the final descent to the tidal Potomac that runs through Washington DC. After dropping over the falls, it runs through Mather Gorge. The 800-acre park offers many opportunities to photograph landscape, nature, and history. Sunrise is 7:00 AM, the same time the park […]
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Member’s Gallery (In Person) (Prints) – Some of My Favorite Prints with Philip Winters
Member's GalleryBio Phil began taking pictures as a kid with an old family camera. Through his teens and after high school, he had a series of SLRs, including one of his father’s older rangefinders. Fast forwarding, Phil has had various digital cameras and now uses a Sony 6300 and 6600, which he’s very happy with. He […]
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Members’ Forum (In Person) – Blur with Gary Perlow
Member's ForumBio: Gary Perlow, an ex-New Yorker, has been living in the northern Virginia area for over 30 years. He was a home builder who especially enjoyed designing kitchens and bathrooms. He is presently actively involved in commercial real estate investment. He began taking photographs seriously around 2013, and has been a member of NVPS since 2018. His favorite genres are conceptual, landscape, and portrait. Always looking to […]
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Member’s Gallery – (In Person) (Slideshow) A Month in Portugal and Spain with David Kravitz
Member's GalleryBio During his high school years, David Kravitz had his own dark room and enjoyed exploring black and white film photography. Then life intervened. After college, graduate school, and a 40-year academic career, he has returned to photography, as he always intended, though he has left film for digital. He joined NVPS in 2019 and […]
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Programs: (Zoom) – The Fine Art of Black & White Photography with Jennifer King
ProgramsJennifer King is an internationally acclaimed nature photographer known for her distinctive artistry and her passion for teaching photographers around the world. Drawing on her background in fine art and design, she brings a thoughtful, creative perspective to landscape and wildlife photography. Jennifer has earned an international reputation for her award-winning black-and-white work. She was […]
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Education & Training: (In Person) Anonymous Critique with Judy Guenther, Bill Millhouser, and Deb Rose
Education & TrainingDescription Like most NVPS members, Judy, Bill and Deb have entered countless photo competitions and have had numerous favorite images shot down by judges. It is important to pay attention to detail when taking a photo and processing it. But it is also important to remember the reason why you took the photo, what it […]
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Competition: (Zoom) Theme: Industrial with Judge Russ Young
CompetitionsI began photography as the high school yearbook photographer using a 4x5 Speed Graphic; the very definition of immersion. My senior year, I worked after school as the darkroom monkey for a commercial & industrial photographer. These experiences still shape my imagery as I still shoot film and large format. I taught for The University […]
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Programs (Zoom) – Independent Book Publishing, Sequencing, and Image-Making with Jake Benzinger
ProgramsBiography Jake Benzinger is a photographer, book artist, writer, and educator based in Providence, RI. He received his BFA in photography from Lesley University, College of Art and Design, and is currently an MFA candidate at Rhode Island School of Design. His work reflects upon how text and image ask for and negotiate with faith, […]