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SUMMARY:Program: Abstract Photography by Don Rosenberger
DESCRIPTION:Bio  \nDon Rosenberger sold all his camera gear and walked away from photography\, but that was back in 1983.  He picked up a camera again in 2005 and has spent most of his weekends and vacation time trying to make up for those years he walked away.   \nSince 2005 he has worked with and been mentored by a great group of well known and some not so well known photographers.   Today Don is still driven by the passion and the urge to always create something better and constantly strives to take his work to the next level.   \nDon served on the board of Nature Visions for 4 years before co-founding Road Runner Photography Tours in 2013.  After 6 years of incredible adventures at Road Runner\, he resigned in order to spend more time pushing his skills into new areas of photography.   \nPresentation Description \nIn this presentation Don will detail his journey into shooting abstracts\, discuss influences and provide suggestions for further study.   By using slower shutter speeds and camera motion we can create a new body of work that allows us to depart from reality. Abstract photography allows to take our art form into a more expressive direction.   With a little practice\, you may also find this to be a compelling form of expression.  
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/program-abstract-photography-by-don-rosenberger/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Programs
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SUMMARY:Education & Training: Review My Image - Stan Byshe; Ask Me a Question -TBD
DESCRIPTION:Review My Image with Stan Bysshe \nAsk Me a Question – TBD
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-ask-me-a-question-tbd/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T193000
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SUMMARY:Education & Training: Changing from Nikon to Micro Four-Thirds; the Good\, the Bad\, and the OK with Wayne Guenther
DESCRIPTION:This presentation provides Wayne’s perspective on the decision process to leave a long-standing camera system\, and a review of my learning curve to adapt to Micro Four-Thirds.  He will have an orientation of the features so we can understand the problems and successes\, but this is not a technical review. Nor is it a system comparison beyond some basic considerations\, one of which (the user interface) still gives me headaches.  If you are using a point and shoot and are thinking of getting into an interchangeable lens system\, this talk may helpful to see pros and cons regarding Micro Four-Thirds. And many of the aspects he will discuss apply to any camera system change; there are pleasant surprises\, disappointments\, and unintended consequences.  Since the Olympus and Panasonic family isn’t widely used\, at the end of the platform presentation we’ll break\, then assemble around tables in the rear to touch and feel the equipment\, and to look at a variety of prints with metadata so you can see what the camera/lens can do.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ok-with-wayne-guenther/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191015T213000
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SUMMARY:Competition - Judge Kristi Odom - Theme: Low Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Themed Competition “Low Perspective” with judge Kristi Odom. \nBIO \nKristi Odom joined Nikon’s elite Ambassador program in May of 2018.\nAn internationally acclaimed photographer and sought-after\nmotivational speaker\, Kristi travels the world shooting\, teaching and\nsharing her insights. From destination weddings in Thailand to\nconservation projects in the jungles of Borneo\, she’s always on the\nmove\, always ready to connect with others. \nShe has received a Master’s accreditation from WPPI (Wedding and\nPortrait Photographers International) and won over 60 international\nphotography awards. Her recent work has been exhibited twice at the\nSmithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. \nHer web site is:  https://www.kristiodomfineart.com/ \n  \nTheme \nLow Perspective:Placing the camera low to the ground (October 15\, 2019): The idea is to change our normal shooting perspective by shooting images with our cameras close to the ground.  This will provide a great opportunity for creative shots.  Common objects can appear completely different when taken from a low perspective and can provide new compositional opportunities.  Get close and shoot up.  Back up and include foreground and foreground objects.  Get your tripod close to the ground\, or free yourself from your tripod and get down low to the ground with your camera.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-judge-tbd-theme-low-perspective/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T090000
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SUMMARY:Field Trip - Waterford\, VA and Barbecue at Roger Lancaster's House
DESCRIPTION:October Field Trip \nWaterford\, VA and Barbecue at Roger Lancaster’s House \nWaterford\, located in northern Loudoun County\, is one of the most photogenic locations in our region. Founded in the early 1700s\, it is today a National Historic Landmark District\, with buildings dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. These include the Waterford Mill (mid-1700s)\, the “Arch House Row” (also mid 18th Century)\, and the Presbyterian church (1882). Waterford\, with a largely Quaker and abolitionist population\, remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War\, but was the scene of a battle. \nMany of us know Waterford from its annual fair in early October. (It will be October 4\, 5\, 6 and this year.) Roger Lancaster knows it as home and has offered to share some of his favorite photographic locations with us during a NVPS Field Trip on Saturday\, October 19. An added bonus is Roger will have the keys to the mill\, the old school and other buildings\, plus he has made arrangements to visit some of the beautiful gardens. \nYou can get a preview of Waterford’s sites and articles on its history at https://www.waterfordhistory.org/ \nAfter touring the Waterford area\, Roger will host a potluck at his house. To keep things moderately organized\, please bring whatever you’d like to drink as well as a dish to share: \nLast name beginning with A – J Salad or hamburger fixings (ketchup\, relish…) \nLast name beginning with K –R Side dishes (potato salad…) \nLast name beginning with S – Z Dessert \nWe will meet at Roger’s house at 9:00 a.m. on October 19. (Maps and directions will be provided separately.) \nField Trip Coordinators for 2019-2020 are Tana Ebbole and Judy Graham\, fieldtrips-2019@nvps.org
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trip-waterford-va-and-barbecue-at-roger-lancasters-house/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Field Trips
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SUMMARY:Education & Training: Review My Image & Ask Me a Question
DESCRIPTION:Review My Image with Georgette Grossman and Ron Taylor \nAsk Me A Question with Judy McGuire (Nikon Cameras)
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-review-my-image-ask-me-a-question-3/
CATEGORIES:Education & Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191022T191500
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SUMMARY:Member's Gallery "Prints" with Curtis Gibbens; "Digital" with Jim Sinsheimer
DESCRIPTION:“Prints” with Curtis Gibbens \nTitle: The Wild Side \nCurtis Gibbens\nCurtis Gibbens has been taking outdoor photography for over 20 years. His interest sparked the first time he stepped on the boardwalk at Huntley Meadows Park. He did not realize such a wetland environment existed in Fairfax County. \nCurtis has many landscape images\, but wildlife is his favorite subject. Most of his wildlife images are birds – they are everywhere\, from national parks to his back deck. \nCurtis enjoys visiting great locations like Yellowstone\, Bosque del Apache\, and Alaska\, but finds the Washington metro area provides many opportunities for nature photography. Mountains are two hours west and the Eastern Shore is two hours east. Curtis’s favorite day trips are Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park and Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge\, Maryland. However\, Huntley Meadows Park is still his favorite photographic location today. \nCurtis has been a NVPS member for almost 20 years. He gained great knowledge throughout the years such as having an eye for photography\, exploring new subjects and locations\, and gaining knowledge of his Nikon equipment. \nHe had an image selected by the North American Nature Photography Association in “Expressions”\, 2016. Curtis was the album photographer for an alternative band\, “The Mood”. He has also been drafted to take pictures at work and church events\, which is when he wishes no one knew of his photography interest. He currently has a government job and can’t wait to retire and to devote more time to photography. Here are some of Curtis’s images. \n  \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n“Digital” with Jim Sinsheimer. \nTitle: Architecture and the Urban Landscape \nAs an architect and design/construction manager for the past 45 years\, I’ve been engrossed in the creation of building and interior spaces\, mostly within the urban environments of Phoenix\, Southern California and lately Chicago. Photography has always been an integral part of my career even from college where we had a small darkroom in the College of Architecture at the University of Arizona back in the early 70’s. I started merely documenting my completed projects\, then progressed to construction documentation. Along the way\, I realized that there was an artistic bent to be captured if I only looked beyond the basic forms. Images became more expressive and expanded into the urban context itself.   I hope to convey the fascinating opportunities of capturing these types of images in my presentation.  \nMy introduction to photography was at around 7 years old when my Dad converted a coal bin (we now had gas heat) to his darkroom.  However\, my interest really took off in college.  I’ve been a member of NVPS since last year having moved recently to Virginia from Southern California to be with our grandson and his family.  My work has been published in Black and White Magazine\, LensWork and will be soon featured again LensWork’s “Seeing in Sixes”.  I have had showings at the California Department of Transportation Headquarters\, the 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles and currently in a large digital wall at the 71 South Wacker building in Chicago.  For several years\, my images have won awards at the Orange County (CA) fair. \nI’ve been a Canon shooter forever – I still have my FTB\, TL and F1 cameras as “museum” pieces. For the future\, I’m working on a portfolio of architectural details to install at the 71 South Wacker digital wall. Travel photography to Europe is also in the plan. Of course\, the Willing Warriors project is of foremost importance. \n  \n \n \n \n… \n \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-tbd-digital-with-jim-sinsheimer/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum: "Work It" with Wayne Guenther
DESCRIPTION:Forum: “Work It” with Wayne Guenther \nThe title of my forum discussion is “Work It!” I shoot all kinds of subjects but it’s relatively rare that I spend more time and attention on what’s in the viewfinder than two or three exposures. I do move position and change in-camera crop and consider the orientation\, but “see it\, shoot\, move on” is my usual photography mode. There are visual situations however\, that so grab my attention that I shoot many more exposures and thus “work” the scene. Sometimes these events are planned and sometimes serendipity. For the presentation I’ll go through my experiences with a melded slide show/narrative with examples of working the subject\, ending with favorite shots from each sequence. \nShort Bio.\nWayne Guenther got involved with photography in 1967 when running around with like-minded soldiers during his first stationing in Germany\, and it grew into an avocation over the next thirty years. He retired from Army Logistics as an Lieutenant Colonel in 1988 and moved on to manufacturing management\, but always had the urge to look for creative photographs when time allowed. In 1995 he was juried into Gallery West\, an art co-op in Old Town Alexandria\, and also joined The Art League of Alexandria. This gave him the nudge to create new work every month which helped develop his base style; it’s strongly graphic\, with patterns and lines\, curves\, and reflections. In 2001 Wayne retired again and started a one-man photography business which led to a contract job at the Lorton\, VA Workhouse Arts Center where he documented the conversion of the federal prison to an arts center and functioned as “staff photographer” when it opened in 2009. He was a charter member of two photography cooperatives at the Workhouse until 2011. He and his wife Judy\, also an NVPS member\, have been traveling widely for ten years\, which has really broadened Wayne’s subject matter and style. Who knew there were landscapes\, people/cultures\, and wildlife out there? Wayne joined NVPS in 2015\, and was Photographer of the Year for Class Three Digital Images\, 2016-2017.\nAfter shooting with Nikon equipment for 47 years\, he sold everything in 2014 and changed to Micro Four Thirds\, using both Olympus and Panasonic equipment. His website is www.wayneguentherphotography.com \nWayne Guenther September 20\, 2018-Updated October 24\, 2018 \n  \n   
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-the-worlds-biggest-digital-photo-frame-with-john-krout/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191029T190000
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SUMMARY:Navigating the NVPS Website and Gallery with Mike Whalen; Portfolio Project Update with Ginger Werz-Petricka;  Also\, Get Ready for the Annual Swap Meet
DESCRIPTION:MikeWhalen\nThis year\, October is one of those months with 5 Tuesdays\, so for the October 29 meeting\, we will have a special presentation by former club president\, Mike Whalen on navigating the club’s website. Last year Mike overhauled the NVPS website and gallery\, giving them both a new look and feel. He will explain the design philosophy and guide us thru the menus\, making it easier to find what you’re looking for.  There really is allot there\, but with a few tips\, the website can be a powerful tool. A quick review of the gallery will also be provided.  Please bring any questions you may have regarding the website or gallery. \nAdditionally\, Ginger will give a brief update on the Portfolio Project\, show several gallery examples from past portfolios\, and discuss the artist statement. \nWe will also be having our customary “Swap-Meet” on this 5th Tuesday\, so bring any equipment\, books\, magazines\, and etc. that you don’t need/want any longer and see if someone else could use it!  These items can be sold\, traded\, or given away\, it’s up to you! If you’re bringing  gear\, come early (7:00PM)  and display it on the back tables.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/october-29-2019-activity-tbd/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training
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