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SUMMARY:Programs: "An Introduction to Smartphone Photography"  with Michael Koren
DESCRIPTION:EDIT\n\n\nIntro to Smartphone Photography \nWorldwide almost 5 billion people use smartphones among a population close to 7.5 billion. Conservative estimates guess that about 1.1 trillion photos will be taken in one year with those mobile phones. More than 98% of consumer cameras sold worldwide were built in to a mobile phone\, the rest of the sales were compacts\, mirrorless and DSLR cameras. Because of the camera in a mobile device\, photography and picture taking is more popular than ever before in history. \nWhy all the excitement and move towards mobile? That’s the question we’ll attempt to answer. Learn about motivations and rewards of taking pictures with a mobile phone\, favorite camera and editing apps and ways to get better with your mobile photography. \nMichael Koren is a free-lance sports and event photographer in the Baltimore Washington metro area specializing in youth sports game-time action and team portraits. Prior to this Michael worked professionally shooting model portfolios\, corporate portraits\, product photography for catalogs\, and client advertising campaigns. \nMichael’s passion for photography is shared through his skill as a \nphotography educator. Michael teaches classes at Montgomery College on a variety of photographic topics from mobile photography to street photography. He also teaches smartphone\, street and action photography at Capital Photography Center. Additionally\, he has served as President\, Director and Education Chair of the Silver Spring Camera Club in Maryland. He has led numerous seminars and workshops for local camera clubs\, Ritz Camera\, Calumet and the Washington School of Photography with topics ranging from beginner photography to hands on advanced level workshops and classes. \nAs well as all the above\, Michael still finds time to organize two Meetup groups dedicated to photography. The first is all about mobile photography. He leads the iPhone Photography Meetup Group on outings around the metro area and offers instruction on best techniques and the latest apps for the mobile camera. Secondly\, the Photographers of the Washington/Baltimore Metro Area creates a fun\, supportive\, light-hearted community of people who want to share their passion for photography through photo walks and informal gatherings. \nVisit Michael’s website to learn more. \nhttps://www.michaelkorenphotography.com/ \n \n  \n\nGrind: Extra Fine (Tiny Circles & Effect: Auto Adjust)\, Brew: Tripstamatic (Full Pic & Darkest Blended Circles)\, Serve: Black (Clear Tone & Paper Cup Texture)
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/november-6-2018-program-an-introduction-of-smartphone-photography-michael-koren/
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SUMMARY:Education & Training: "The Art of Photographic Composition" with Mike Whalen 
DESCRIPTION:The Art of Photographic Composition   \nBy Mike Whalen \nGood composition is another piece of the puzzle in creating stronger\, more pleasing images. Most photos are composed of multiple elements and sub-elements that are framed together. How we choose to include and visually position these elements will contribute to the success or failure of the final image. This presentation will provide guidelines to improve your compositions. \nAspects of photography can be comparable to other art forms. For example\, music can have a distinct melody\, harmony\, background singers\, etc. All these individual parts work together to produce a song that is greater than the sum of its parts. Such is true with photographs. We typically have a main subject or focal point\, foreground\, background\, supporting elements. A good photographer will include the pieces that work together to enhance the subject and eliminate the distracting or conflicting elements.  Sometimes we just get lucky\, but generally\, a good image needs to be thoughtfully “composed” right before we release the shutter. \nThis presentation will include discussions and examples of:   \n\nSubject placement\nColor\, contrast and texture\nLines: leading and S-curves\nBackgrounds considerations\nBalancing subject with other sub-elements\nFraming (frame within a frame)\nCreating depth perspective on a 2D image\nLeaving room during framing\nSimplicity versus complexity\nCropping in post\n\nReferences \nWeb links: \n20 Composition Techniques That Will Improve Your Photos: \nhttps://petapixel.com/2016/09/14/20-composition-techniques-will-improve-photos/ \nVisual Flow: Mastering the Art of Composition\, with Ian Plant: \nhttps://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/videos/photography/visual-flow-mastering-the-art-of-composition-with-ian-plant \n11 Thoughts: An Introduction to Photographic Composition: \nhttps://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/11-thoughts-introduction-photographic-composition \nBooks \nMaster Composition Guide for Digital Photographers Paperback – Ernst Wildi \nThe Photographer’s Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos – Michael Freeman \nLearning to See Creatively – Bryan Peterson \nPhotography and the Art of Seeing – Freeman Patterson \nBIO of Mike Whalen \nAs a teen\, Mike learned a few photo basics from his father\, a photographer and artist. He dabbled with film camera in the 80’s and 90’s\, and after that with a few digital point-and-shoots.  However\, it wasn’t until 2006\, when he purchased a basic Canon DSLR\, that he began to see the potential of this “new” digital technology. \nAfter a chance meeting with member\, Willa Friedman\, in 2008\, where he learned about NVPS\, he joined in 2009. He has served on the board from 2010 to the present and served as president in 2013. In 2018 he was awarded the distinguished service award.  From participating in many NVPS competitions\, he received numerous annual awards including\, “Photographer-of-the-Year”\, “Color-Print-of-the-Year” and “Image-of-the-Year” at various times. In recent years\, he also scored three cover shots on the Spring editions of Washington Gardener Magazine and in 2016\, he won Nature Visions “People’s Choice” award. Mike also donates his time regularly\, as a pet photographer for the Fairfax County Animal Shelter and\, volunteers as a photographer for charitable organization’s annual DC events such as: The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition and The Epilepsy Foundation of America. \n          \n  \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-and-training-understanding-composition/
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: "US Botanical Garden" - Washington DC
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Botanical Garden located at the foot of Capital Hill on the Independence Avenue side of the Mall. Exhibits at the Garden range from roses to orchids\, the rainforest of the Mid-Atlantic\, endangered plants and the latest in home gardening. The indoor galleries display flora of the jungle\, desert and primeval settings. This diversity of form and color will provide some outstanding photographic opportunities. \nUnfortunately\, a limited number of tripod permits will be provided. Accordingly\, participants are encouraged to bring along a monopod or similar camera support that can be used without any limitation. We will\ndevise a system to rotate the limited number of tripod permits to enable all participants to get the shots they need. \nWe will meet at the Garden entrance at the opening time of 10:00 AM. Street parking is available adjacent to the entrance. \nThe following are the official guidelines for photography at this location: USBG encourages visitors to take casual photographs for their own personal use.\nPhotos must be taken with hand-held cameras or cameras on a permitted tripod (see permit information below). The use of external flash equipment or bulky accessory equipment is not permitted. We do not allow visitors to do photo shoots or video shoots at the Garden. Commercial use of all photographs is prohibited. All photography is at the discretion of the USBG. \nPhotographic or filming activities can in no way affect the public’s enjoyment of\, or access to\, our exhibits. Other rules for photography activity at the U.S. Botanic Garden include: \n• Professional or otherwise paid photography is not allowed.  \n• Posed photography sessions are not permitted. This includes\, but is not limited to\, wedding\, fashion/beauty\, pregnancy\, graduation\, engagement\, prom\, and family photography. \n• Videos and photographs must be for personal\, non-commercial use.  \n• Visitors taking photos must stay on pathways and not block access or passage of other visitors. Walking in planted areas; sitting on curbs\, railings\, plants\, or floors; or placing anything in planted areas is prohibited. \n• Portfolio photography for aspiring models and photographers is not permitted. \n• Plants may not be moved\, cut\, or rearranged  \n• Original artwork\, sculpture\, or other creations on exhibit are protected by artists’ copyrights and may not be photographed for the purposes of reproduction or copied in any way. \nFor advance permission to use tripods\, equipment\, easels\, or art material containing solvents\, please contact Laura Anthony at 202-226-7674 or lanthony@aoc.gov. Pre-approved permits are obtained onsite at the visitor desk in the Conservatory. The USBC website: https://www.usbg.gov/
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/14272/
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SUMMARY:Competition: "No Theme" with Judge Josh Taylor
DESCRIPTION:There is no theme for the competition\nJosh Taylor has presented photography workshops at the Smithsonian National Orchid Show\, Edith J. Carrier Arboretum at JMU\, U.S. Botanic Garden\, Brookside Gardens\, Sarah P. Duke Gardens\, Nature Visions Photo Expo\, Adkins Arboretum\, and Longwood Gardens. In addition to being a former Canon Camera instructor\, Josh speaks at camera and garden clubs\, judges photographic competitions\, and exhibits his photographs in gallery shows. He is a member of Garden Writers Association\, National Association of Photoshop Professionals\, and member and past president of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society. Josh was voted best garden club speaker in 2005 and was a judge for the 2009 Garden Writers Association National Media Awards and the 2010 Nature Visions Photo Expo. Longwood Gardens selected Josh as its Instructor of the Month (October 2010) and was a selected photographer to assist the public in photographing Bruce Munro’s Light: Installations (2012) and The Main Fountain Garden (2017 and 2018). Now\, he’s enjoying his retirement from photography. \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/november-20-2018-competition-open-judged-by-josh-taylor/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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SUMMARY:Member's Gallery: "Digital" with Paula Neumann and "Prints" with Georgette Grossman
DESCRIPTION:Paula Neumann\n A Week in Normandy \nPaula’s interest in photography has developed over time. Paula was definitely more comfortable with a point and shoot camera until relatively recently. Her first experience with an SLR was as team photographer for her daughter’s summer and high school swim teams. From 2000-2010 she took 10’s of 1000’s of photos at meets. She learned some basic Photoshop skills and posted images on team websites and provided images for end of season slideshows. When her daughter headed off to college in 2010\, Paula decided that she needed to develop a serious hobby to fill the void at home. She took three photography classes at the art league in Alexandria over the next 2 years and has been hooked on photography ever since. \nPaula joined the NVPS in 2013 after she retired from her 26 year career as a pathologist at Inova Alexandria Hospital. Her years behind the microscope have trained her to look at things carefully and critically\, to notice patterns and details. Her love of the outdoors and travel have provided her with ample photographic opportunities. She enjoys photographing flowers\, landscapes\, and architecture. She has become more adept at post-processing and primarily does this in Lightroom. She is currently using a Canon 7D Mark II camera. She uses her images to make travel books\, calendars and photo cards and shares them online. NVPS continues to be a valuable resource for education and growth. She enters the monthly competitions with regularity and has received a variety of awards\, but mostly she enjoys learning from the critiques of both her own and other members’ images. Paula’s goals in photography include branching out into portraiture and abstract imaging\, learning to be more patient with bird photography and learning to be more creative in post-processing. \nHer digital presentation is titled “A Week in Normandy” and is a collection of images from a recent trip to Normandy\, France. Normandy is a photographer’s delight with its long and varied history\, quaint villages and half-timbered buildings\, its beautiful countryside with apple orchards\, pastures\, fields and farms\, and its spectacular coastline and beaches. \n\n  \n  \nGeorgette Grossman\nUnder the Tuscan Sky \nTake a tour of Tuscany through my photographs. The scenery is remarkable. Light and shadows play on the wheat-field landscapes giving them velvety contours. Clouds billow against the blue skies. Colorful laundry hangs out windows to dry. Poppies and olive trees mingle in the fields. Cypress trees line the driveways. \nThese images were taken in May 2018 while I was on a landscape workshop with John Barclay and Rad Drew. \nGeorgette’s journey in photography began 12 years ago when her granddaughter\, Ava\, was born. Not capturing the cute smiles she wanted\, she switched from a point’n’shoot to a DSLR (Nikon D80). She attended her first Nature Visions show at Meadowlark in 2007 and discovered there were camera clubs in the area! She joined NVPS in January 2008 and was hooked on photography as a hobby. She was the president of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS) from 2014 to 2015. \nGeorgette advanced her photography skills by taking hands-on classes. Some of her instructors included John Gonsalves\, Eliot Cohen\, Corey Hilz\, Nikhil Bahr\, Josh Taylor\, Mike Moats\, Don Rosenberger\, and Denise Silva. By attending NVPS lectures\, workshops\, and field trips she believes her photography has evolved to a higher level. Participation in competition has helped to give her a critical eye when capturing and post-processing her images. She reads online columns daily to keep “up to date” on new camera equipment and software tips. Recently Georgette switched from a Nikon D7200 camera to a Fuji X-Pro2 and a Fuji X-T3 to lighten her load.  \nGeorgette captures moments she wants to remember. Her subjects include abstracts\, people\, places\, and nature\, but her favorite subject is flower close-ups and macros. Lately she is dabbling more with B/W images. \nSeeing her images in print completes the photography journey. Georgette has shown her images at  \n\nThe Art League in Alexandria\, VA\, \nthe Glen Echo Annual Labor Day Art Show\, \nthe ArtSpace Herndon Fine Art Photography Exhibit\, \nNature Visions annual exhibit\, and \nthe Annual Joseph Miller Abstract Photography Exhibit. \n\nFrom August–October\, 2018 she had a solo exhibit at Beanetics Coffee Roasters coffee shop in Annandale\, VA. It was entitled Under the Tuscan Sun. \nGeorgette’s images can be seen at http://pixels.com/profiles/georgette-grossman    \n  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/november-27-2018-members-gallery-digital-paula-neumann-print-georgette-grossman/
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum: "Page Arizona" with Judy Graham
DESCRIPTION:Judy Graham \nTitle: “Spend a Couple of Days in the Page\, AZ Area” \nDescription: If you are planning a photography trip to the American Southwest\, plan to spend a couple of days photographing the spectacular scenery surrounding the Page\, AZ area. \nIn the spring of 2010\, Judy Graham hired Charly Moore\, the owner of Overland Canyon Tours\, to guide her and a friend to a couple of remote locations near Page\, AZ for photography. At the time Judy was unemployed and was trying to decide what to do next with her life. She mentioned this to Charly and on the spot\, he offered her a summer job guiding photographers from all over the world for Overland Canyon Tours. That summer Judy packed up her camera gear and hiking clothes and moved temporarily to Page\, AZ.  She traded in an office for a 4-wheel drive Suburban to haul photographers and their camera equipment off-road. As a guide she led photographers in slot canyons on Navajoland and to remote jewels of the southwest\, such as the infamous Wave and White Pocket. She was also responsible for first aid\, water and food management\, and snake removal. \nJudy has lived in the Washington\, D.C. area most of her life.  She retired March 1\, 2018 after a long career in the field of human resources management for corporate America. Judy joined NVPS in January 2011 with the goal of meeting local photographers\, doing more local photography\, and learning more about the art of photography. While she remains primarily drawn to stark dramatic landscapes\, she’s learning to appreciate photographing what’s in her own backyard\, especially if it’s a chance to do so with one of her many NVPS friends. This past summer she participated in the NVPS Mentor Program learning macro flower photography. \nJudy currently shoots with a Canon 5D MK IV. Several of her photos of the southwest were featured on the front and back covers and the pages in between of Gateway to Canyon Country\, a glossy magazine distributed in northern Arizona to tourists who pass through the region. As for future plans\, she has trips lined up to photograph Arizona wildflowers in the spring\, to OBX to photograph the Milky Way in April\, and to Alaska in August 2019 where she will be staying at Camp Denali for a couple of days giving her access to parts of the park restricted to others.  
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/november-27-2018-members-forum-page-arizona-judy-graham/
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