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SUMMARY:May	3-5\, 2019 – Field Trip: Chincoteague Island\, Virginia
DESCRIPTION:Stan Bysshe\nPlan a fun weekend shooting images in Chincoteague on the Eastern Shore of Virginia under the guidance of our President and Bird Photography extraordinaire Stan Bysshe. The drive will take between 3 and 4 hours depending on your starting point. Ten rooms have been reserved at the Comfort Suites in Chincoteague (757-336-3700/5452). Rooms should be reserved by April 3rd to get discounted rates. \nMay 3rd is the Annual Chincoteague Seafood Festival from 10 AM to 4 PM. Here’s the website: https://www.chincoteaguechamber.com/events/51st-annual-chincoteagueseafood-festival/
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/may3-5-2019-field-trip-chincoteague-island-virginia/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Field Trips
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SUMMARY:May 7\, 2019 - Programs:  "Low Light  Photography" with Brian Zwit
DESCRIPTION:Brian Zwit is a nature and outdoor photographer and educator based in northern Virginia. He loves to photograph the elegance and majesty of nature and he especially likes to photograph landscapes but avoids the well-known locations\, preferring instead the solitude of the backcountry. He looks for new and creative ways of presenting landscapes\, including photographing them on real and instant film and post-processing them in new ways\n\nWhile focusing on fine art nature photography\, Brian also enjoys other genres of photography and has photographed protests\, dogs\, and city and street life. His images are exhibited in private residences and corporate offices and have been used in regional magazines and for corporate and international publications.\n\nBrian has been teaching photography for more than ten years for workshop companies and non-profits\, including the Ward Museum\, Chincoteague Bay Field Station\, and camera clubs in the mid-Atlantic. Brain is an exceptional Lightroom instructor and he has had more than 750 students attend his Lightroom training. Brian also speaks to camera clubs\, schools\, and other organizations on creativity and photographic techniques. He is well known for his ability to distill complex topics to their essence and explain them in simple\, easy to understand ways.\n\nBrian’s favorite assistant is Dingo\, a Parson Russell Terrier\, who really is not very helpful but is always ready for a walk in the woods. They are collaborating on a children’s book tentatively called What’s Dingo Thinking?. She also reminds him not to get too obsessed with photography and enjoy just being in nature.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/may7-2019-programs-low-light-photography-by-brian-zwit/
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SUMMARY:Competition: "Oldies (No Date Restriction)" with judge  David Blecman
DESCRIPTION:David Blecman \nDavid Blecman\, a member of the Professional Photographers of America\, started his photographic career in 1978\, and started Positive Negatives in 1997.  \nHe is now an internationally recognized photographer and instructor\, having taught in over a dozen countries to photographers\, models\, and makeup artists. His personal mentoring programs for photographers and commercial models continues to grow in popularity.  \nDavid has photographed projects for such clientele as Sears\, Color Me Beautiful\, JC Penney\, Bath & Body Works\, Foot Action\, Kaybee Toys\, Littman Jewelers\, Seagrams Americas\, Holiday Inn\, Wyndham Hotels\, Days Inn\, Hilton Hotels\, The White House\, Black Market\, Water Water Everywhere\, Cornell University\, etc. \nDavid has also been hired to photograph such celebrities as President George W. Bush\, Christina  Aguilera\, Jimmy Buffett\, Steely Dan\, Moody Blues\, Beyonce and Destiny’s Child\, Celine Dion\, Gene Simmons and KISS\, and numerous others. \nDavid currently shoots for magazines\, clothiers\, fashion designers\, and numerous other print and commercial accounts\, as well as for models\, actors\, and their agencies.   \nHe has  been published  hundreds of times\, and his specialties include\, but are not limited to; child and adult models\, architectural\, food\, fashion\, swimwear\, location and studio work\,  products\, headshots\, etc. \nDavid continues to speak at modeling and photography venues\, judges at pageants\, teaches at modeling agencies\, and  continues to teach and mentor photographers\, models\, and makeup artists internationally. \nMore recently\, David is mentoring a group of over 1050 amateur photographers\, and is getting them exposure and recognition by having their work displayed and sold at local venues. \nOldies \nThe restriction that photos be taken withing 2 years of the competition date is removed. Photos  from any past date taken can be submitted. All other requirements and restrictions still apply.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competitions-oldies-no-date-restriction-with-judge-david-blecman/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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SUMMARY:Portfolio Project: Final Portfolio Project Review with Brian Zwit
DESCRIPTION:This is it everyone! The final Portfolio Review is on May 21 and we have a special surprise for you. Local photographer and workshop leader Brian Zwit has agreed to be our reviewer\, www.brianjzwit.com. Many of you will remember the wonderful job Brian did as our reviewer for the 2016 Portfolio Project. We are lucky that he has agreed to come back this year. \nIt’s time to start wrapping up those final images and work on your presentation. Please have your digital portfolios finalized by midnight on Tuesday\, May 14\, to give Brian enough time to review them. As was stated before\, we will have a digital presentation of everyone’s work\, with the Artist Statement followed by 12 of your images\, from which Brian will make his comments. For the final review we will be going alphabetically by first name from Z to A. Be sure to put your best images in the gallery for the presentation\, starting strong and ending strong. Review your Artist Statement – is it concise and easy to read\, both in content and on the screen? \nWe’ll be putting the presentations on the back tables where we have members’ gallery so they can be viewed by everyone\, and where you can discuss your work with other members. \nThe Portfolio Project is always a wonderful showcase of the talent\, imagination and skill of the NVPS membership. We hope everyone will be there to celebrate and enjoy the presentation. \nBy the way\, the next Photo Slam will be on June 9 in DC at ‘Busboys and Poets’. This could be an excellent venue for you to show your portfolio! \nCheck out the details at http://glenechophotoworks.org/2019/04/15/photo-slam-2019- the-event/ . The winner will be part of a show at Glen Echo this year. As per the website: “Content for entries is open\, with no limitations as to theme or subject matter. Photographers working in both film- and digital-capture are encouraged to participate\, though the format of the entries must be digital. Both black-and-white and color entries are encouraged. As stated above\, entrants are strongly encouraged to organize their portfolios according to a unified theme or vision.” \nThe submission deadline for the Photo Slam is June 5 and the event will be on June 9. \nWhat a timely event for your work! \nFinally\, would you be interested in learning about the Portfolio Project and co-chairing with Ginger for the next club year? Please let Stan or Ginger know if you are interested.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/may-21-2018-portfolio-project-final-review-and-feedback-ginger-werz-petricka/
CATEGORIES:Education & Training,Portfolio Project
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SUMMARY:Georgette Grossman will be at the “Review My Image” table
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, May 28\, Georgette Grossman will be at the “Review My Image” table from 7 to 7:30 p.m. \nBring your image on a laptop\, tablet\, or as a print and discuss it with Georgette to develop ideas for changing or improving it — or maybe leaving it as is. If you bring image processing software on a tablet or laptop\, you can see potential changes on the spot. \nThis opportunity is the last “Review My Image” session of the NVPS 2018-2019 year; we’ll start again in the fall.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/tuesday-may-28-2019-georgette-grossman-will-be-at-the-review-my-image-table-from-7-to-730-p-m/
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SUMMARY:Member's Gallery: "Prints" with Ron Taylor; "Digital" with Kieulan Nguyen
DESCRIPTION:Member: Ron Taylor – Favorites \nDescription: The collection includes some of Ron’s favorite images. \nThis collection includes some of Ron’s favorite images. He has been making photographs on an occasional basis for several years. Ron uses Nikon equipment.  His walkabout camera is a Nikon D750 with a Nikon 24-120 lens. He uses use a Tamron 150-600 lens for distance shots and a Nikon D105 for close-up work. \nRon began competing in Class 1 in 2016\, was promoted to Class 2 in 2017 and to Class 3 in 2018.  He was named both Class 2 Monochrome Photographer of the Year and Versatile Photographer of the Year last year.   \nIn addition to serving as Co-VP Competition in 2018 and 2019 he served as Vendor Manager for the 2018 Nature Visions Expo.  His image “Black and White Sunflower “ won First Place at the 2018 Nature Visions Expo. \nFor the past eighteen years Ron has headed his own company\, The Ron Taylor Group\, specializing in leadership and project management training and consulting.  During that time he has served as an Adjunct Professor in the graduate programs at both Virginia Tech and George Mason University and as President of the Washington DC Chapter of the Project Management Institute which\, with over 10\,000 members\, is the largest such organization in the world. \nRon has been married for 30 years to Yvonne.  His son\, daughter-in-law and grandchildren have been living in New Zealand for the past 5 years\, and he is delighted to say they returned to the U.S. in March and are now living only three time zones away in California. \nRon’s future photography plans include continuing to learn from others and trying to become a better photographer. \n \n\nMember: Kieulan Nguyen   \nDescription: Return to my Motherland after 43 years \nKieulan Nguyen has been doing photography for a long time\, but it wasn’t until 2010 that she took her hobby seriously.  Kieulan is a Canon and Fuji shooter. She enjoys macro\, landscape\, urban photography. Now that her children are grown up\, she has more time to travel so travel photography is something that now interests her.  Because photography keeps evolving\, she never stops learning. She is always looking to bring new and fresh air into her pictures. Being creative is very important for her because it reminds her that she does not take pictures\, but rather makes pictures.   \nKieulan often thought there were so many countries she would love to visit. Viet Nam rarely made her bucket list despite it being her motherland.  After seeing so many wonderful images taken of her country\, her desire to go home grew over time. So after a 43 year absence\, on a spur of the moment in 2018\, she agreed to join her friends to go back for 3 weeks.  That was the best decision she has made.  \nKieulan’s collection is of photos she took during her trip to Viet Nam.  During her visit she spent 12 days driving along many winding country roads from Ha Noi to Ha Giang\, Hue\, Hoi An\, Phan Rang and Phan R. Most of the time it rained\, but it did not stop her.  Every place she visited had its own charm and beauty. She loved every moment she was there. Through her modest lens\, she wants to share with you these images of a beautiful country she is so proud to call home. \nUntil then … Viet Nam\, she will definitely return! \n \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-with-ron-taylor-digital-with-kieulan-nguyen/
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SUMMARY:Member's Forum: "Baseball" with Frank Napoli
DESCRIPTION:Baseball  \nFrank Napoli Biography \nI began my “career” in photography back in the mid ‘70s. Two close friends were photographers (one of them a young lady with whom I definitely wanted to spend more time)\, so I decided to get a camera and become “a photographer”.  I bought a used Nikkormat FT2 body (which I still have) and one of the aforementioned friends gave me a 50mm lens\, so I was set! We spent time together shooting a lot of film (mostly Kodachrome 64 for its tight grain pattern)\, attending the Nikon School of Photography\, and sending the film via mail order to Kodak for processing. (It was about a 10-day turnaround time before we got to see our pix; a far cry from our instantaneous  “chimping” feedback today!) \nI’ve always considered starting with the FT2 to have been a great advantage to my basic foundation in photography—it’s a manual focus\, match needle metering body\, with no automatic modes (either focus or exposure) of any kind. It forced me to learn and understand the basics of exposure and focus\, which I strongly recommend to everyone.  \nAs time went by I was able to amass a fairly reasonable camera bag full of vintage Nikon equipment – a 200mm and 300mm telephotos\, a 55mm macro\, a 35mm wide angle\, a second body (Nikon EM\, which gave me auto-exposure and a motor drive for the first time!)\, a Vivitar 283 flash\, and the usual assortment of filters\, tripods\, monopods\, manual release cables\, and other accessories.  \nAt the time I was shooting primarily wildlife (I’m also an avid birder—ask me about the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in PA)\, and family and work events. I used to keep my camera with me in the car almost all the time\, and would often pull off the road at a moment’s notice to shoot something interesting. I remember\, for instance\, driving down I-70 and seeing a Red Tail Hawk swoop down to take a mouse and light in the median with its prey—I pulled over and got a few good shots of “dinner”.  \nI continued shooting regularly after I got married\, often with my wife (she has a considerable collection of camera equipment too\, although she doesn’t shoot much anymore) until my son was born. After that we no longer had room for a camera bag when we traveled\, and started buying cardboard throw-away (film) cameras to stuff in the diaper bag.  Eventually\, I bought my wife a Canon “Digital Elf”\, an early digital point-and-shoot camera not much bigger than the cardboard throwaways\, and the Napoli family entered the world of digital photography\, where we were both very comfortable\, since we both work in IT. Although we made great pictures with the Elf\, I missed the control of my FT2 and selection of lens\, and one day wondered out loud if Nikon digital bodies could use my old “film” lenses. My wife secretly grabbed one of my lenses\, went to the local camera shop (boy do I miss the convenience of local camera stores!) found out that the Nikon D200 would work with all my old lenses\, and bought me one for Christmas that year.  I’ve since upgraded to a D500 and added several state-of-the-art auto-focus lenses\, but still occasionally pull out the 55 macro or the 300 tele. I worked with Georgette Grossman at the time\, who invited me to NVPS\, and the rest\, as they say\, is history. \nMost of my photography since my son was born in 1997 has documented his life. In addition to his career as a singer\, choir director\, and music educator\, throughout elementary and high school he played baseball\, and played catcher/third baseman on the baseball team at DeMatha Catholic H.S. In my presentation tonight I’ll show some of my baseball pictures and I’ll discuss my approach to capturing them\, some of the problems I’ve encountered while shooting them\, and techniques I’ve used to overcome those issues.  Enjoy! \n  \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-baseball-with-frank-napoli/
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