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SUMMARY:Programs: "B&W Photography" with Jim Steele
DESCRIPTION:Jim Steele \nWhile coming from a traditional film/darkroom background\, Jim is equally comfortable in both traditional and digital technologies.  His work includes landscape\, flowers\, figurative\, and surreal photography.  He has a studio at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria\, VA. His photographs are included in many corporate and private collections. \nHe has guest lectured in photography at Georgetown University and taught for the Art League in Alexandria Virginia\, the Smithsonian\, and Glen Echo’s Photoworks. He frequently lectures on the subject of visual literacy and darkroom and digital workflows. \nHe and his wife are members of the Photography Initiative at the National Gallery of Art in DC. \nJim’s interest (obsession) in flower photography started when he was walking to his car one day and noticed a tiger lily in the flower bed beside the driveway.  It was starting to wilt and he thought it was still beautiful.  He took it down to the studio to photograph\, and\, using focus stacking to overcome the shallow depth of field\, he ended up with a final focused digital file consisting of over a hundred stacked images. The rest is history.  \nMany of Jim’s favorite images are scenes he has been drawn to that most people might not photograph.  Jim calls them  “Images I Like\, But Nobody Else Will.” \n  \n \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/february-5-2019-programs-bw-photography-by-jim-steele/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Programs
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SUMMARY:Portfolio Project: Interim Review with Kevin Egan & Ginger Werz-Petricka
DESCRIPTION:On February 12\, 2019\, three of NVPS’s most experienced photographers (Ginger Werz-Petricka\, Kevin Egan\, and Kathryn Mohrman) will lead the initial review of portfolios for NVPS members who are participating in the Portfolio Project this year.   Whether you have a portfolio for review or not\, it will be a fun and interesting learning experience.  Although the reviewers may comment on individual images\, the Portfolio Project emphasizes a body of work and how the individual images work together as a cohesive whole. Our reviewers will also provide their thoughts about the Artist Statement that begins each portfolio\, giving feedback on how it correlates with the actual portfolio.  They will also look for continuity\, repetition\, and the order of images\, and give helpful suggestions. \nPortfolio Project participants will use this coming Tuesday’s feedback to hone their work and ready it for the final review on May 21\, 2019. \nPortfolios are an important way for photographers to display their artistic vision and develop different projects for bodies of work.  Seeing the various portfolios and hearing the reviewers’ comments will hopefully give everyone ideas for portfolios of their own. \nGinger Werz-Petricka
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/january-15-portfolio-project-initial-review-and-feedback-ginger-werz-petricka/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training,Portfolio Project
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center\, Air & Space Museum
DESCRIPTION:The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is the destination for the NVPS February Field Trip\, scheduled  to meet at 10:00 AM on Saturday\, February 16th.    The museum is located in Chantilly near the Dulles Airport\, accessible from Route 28.  The Center is the companion facility to the National Air and Space Museum at the National Mall. \nThere are hundreds of aircraft and spacecraft on display including a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird a super-sonic spy craft\, the Boeing B-29 Super Fortress Enola Gay that delivered the decisive atomic attack on Japan that ended the WWII in the Pacific theater\, the Space Shuttle Discovery\, among many others.  Other current exhibits include:  Aerobatic Flight\, Application Satellites\, Business Aviation\, Clouds in a Bag\, and Cold War Aviation. \nThe Center is located at 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway\, Chantilly.  As tripods are not permitted inside of the Center\, photography can be challenging.  None-the-less\, the myriad artifacts\, displays and architecture provide rich opportunities for creative captures. \nThe museum opens at 10:00 AM.  There is no fee for admission\, however there is a $15.00 fee to park your car.  Accordingly we encourage and will facilitate forming carpools.  Refreshments to follow photography will likely be had at one of the several excellent Breweries in nearby Sterling or Ashburn (TBD).
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trip-at-steven-f-udvar-hazy-center/
LOCATION:Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center\, 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy\, Chantilly\, VA\, 20151
CATEGORIES:Activities,Field Trips
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SUMMARY:Competition: "No Theme" with Judge Roy Sewall
DESCRIPTION:Roy Sewall Bio\nRoy’s interest in photography evolved from travel in six continents\, yet he found his own community to be one of the most photogenic locations in the world. \nFrom Roy’s interest in photography evolved from travel in six continents\, yet he found his own community to be one of the most photogenic locations in the world. \nFrom 2001 to 2009 Roy concentrated on capturing scenes of the Potomac River and the adjacent Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal. He then developed diverse bodies of work that include foreign and domestic destinations\, architecture and design\, people\, nature\, old places and things\, and abstracts. But since 2012 his foremost passion is his ongoing project called “Mysterra” – illusions that convey fantasy\, whimsy\, and spirits. \nRoy has done extensive work for private and commercial clients\, as well as Potomac River and C&O Canal-related government and non-profit organizations. \nRoy’s considers the ultimate destination for a photograph to be a large fine art print\, 12″ x 18″ or larger. He has exhibited in numerous DC-area group and one-person shows\, as well as in his own studio.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-no-theme-with-judge-roy-sewall/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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SUMMARY:Members Gallery: "Prints" with Stan Bysshe; "Digital" with Tom Schum
DESCRIPTION:Stay Photographically Nimble\, Find Your Go To Place By Stan Bysshe \nWe all love to take pictures. I’d like to think that over the last forty years I have learned something about photography but I keep finding new ways to improve. Traveling to far off photogenic destinations can be inspiring\, but those trips\, for me\, are often separated by long time gaps. So the challenge becomes how to stay photographically nimble. When I was photographing primarily underwater\, I loved to visit the same reef time and again. Now\, shooting exclusively on land\, I have found my go to location near my home\, Huntley Meadows. Of course I travel locally to other spots\, but I try to get to Huntley at least once a week. Some mornings nature surprises me\, some mornings are slow\, but in every instance I have a camera in my hands and I have to deal with the conditions and subjects as they present themselves. Besides being outdoors\, I love that my time at Huntley is spent finding a special moment in nature and trying to capture it.  \nAll images were taken either with a Nikon D5 or D500. All were on a tripod and with one of two lenses\, Nikon 80-400mm and Nikon 500mm f4.  \nI love to print but try to keep it simple. I use an Epson Sure Color P800 with Epson papers\, pre cut mats and mat boards. \n    \n\nTom Schum (tomschumelectronics.com) Bio\nSince I was a teenager\, photography has been a hobby.  I shot and developed and printed monochrome 35mm in 1967-1970\, but took a long break to raise a family and pursue an electronics engineering career. \nLate in my career I was able to re-start the photography hobby\, this time digital.  After having a great time with a pocket Minolta Dimage X\, I bought a Canon 30D in 2004 and a Sigma point and shoot in 2006.  This was followed by more Sigmas and eventually some Fuji cameras. \nNow that I am retired I welcome lots of uncommitted time\, the ultimate luxury.  What better way to spend it than to aimlessly wander around town acting like a tourist? \nBy the time I retired\, I had spent way too much time sitting in front of the computer processing hobby images.  I concluded I don’t need to learn more about this end of photography. While I like to look at some of the arty images done by the many gifted members of this club\, I prefer to leave electric wires\, visual clutter\, litter\, and bird poop in my own images.  I like the authenticity. \nI like to watch and listen as the latest Lightroom and Photoshop techniques are ably explained and demonstrated in full detail at the NVPS meetings.  And\, I especially like not having to remember any of it. I’m not progressing in my technical skills. It’s too much like work! \nMy photographic vision is similarly hap-hazardous\, but every hundred or so snaps I get a keeper.  I even print now and then. I used to have an Epson R2000 but threw it out after years spent buying way too many ink cartridges.  I can highly recommend Nations Photo Labs on the web\, so long as you turn off their “color correction”. \nSo\, I don’t really have a photographic vision\, only just to shoot and enjoy. \nI like landscape\, street (if I can avoid bothering anybody)\, some wildlife\, standard tourist type photos and\, of course\, grandchildren (one so far). \nI joined NVPS in 2017 and prefer to shoot my Fuji X-T100 with manual lenses.  I have no future goals or plans for the development of my photography. \n    \n   
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-with-stan-bysshe-digital-with-tom-schum/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member's Forum: "A Once in a Lifetime Trip to Israel" with Kirk Johnson
DESCRIPTION:A Once in a Lifetime trip to Israel \nKirk Johnson Biography \nSince joining NVPS in August 2012\, Kirk Johnson has been taking digital photographs of a variety of subjects\, such as architecture\, street and urban\, portrait\, black-and-white\, floral and abstract. \nArmed with his trusty Nikon D5300 and LG G6 smartphone and a variety of post-processing tools (Photoshop CS6\, NIK Collections\, Topaz\, Portrait Professional 18\, and Photomatix)\, Kirk has been recognized internationally\, nationally\, and locally with a variety of photographic awards including: 2017 International Fine Arts Photography Award (FAPA) – Nominee Award for Abstract photography; the Great American Country  (GAC) – Hunt for Americana Photo Contest – United States Southern Region Finalist – in 2014; numerous NVPS monthly competition awards.  Additionally\, his photographs have appeared in Bliss Magazine and twice in Shutterbug.com “Photo of the Day.” \nKirk\, who retired from the U.S. Navy in 1999 as a Lieutenant Commander\, currently lives in Alexandria\, Virginia with his wife\, Leslie and their dog\, Orville.   Presently\, Kirk is a Principal Director working for the federal government in Washington\, D.C. \nFor the February 2019 Member’s Forum Kirk will discuss his October 2018 trip to the Holy Land and share some background information on a number of sites he and his wife\, Leslie\, visited along with photographs taken during the one week stay.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-israel-with-kirk-johnson/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Forum
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