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SUMMARY:Programs: Being a NASA Photographer with Aubrey Gemignani
DESCRIPTION:Bio: \n\nAubrey Gemignani is a Documentary\, Reportage\, and Event Photographer. She is currently a full-time photographer and photo archivist at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in Washington\, DC.\, where she has had the opportunity to photograph a diverse range of events at the White House\, the Vice President’s residence\, Capitol Hill\, Kennedy Space Center\, Wallops Flight Facility\, and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (to cover manned launches to the International Space Station).\nHer documentary and reportage work has been distributed worldwide through news and photo agencies such as Associated Press\, AFP\, Reuters\, National Geographic Online and Getty Images. Publications highlighting her work include Esquire\, The Washington Post\, New York Times\, NPR\, Photographer’s Forum\, Popular Photography\, Pastry Art and Design\, and the Falls Church News Press.\nSome clients include NASA\, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)\, Cue Recording Studio\, Sodexo\, South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)\, Hope for a Healthier Humanity (HHH)\, International Relief and Development (IRD)\, and The National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians (NCAPIP).\nAssignments and her love of travel has taken her to many countries including Vietnam\, Cambodia\, Pakistan\, Thailand\, Kazakhstan\, Russia\, Mexico\, Dubai\, and Italy. \nAubrey holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Photography from Virginia Commonwealth University located in Richmond\, VA. She also completed a Master of Arts in Organizational Management from George Washington University.\nShe is a native of the Washington D.C. area.\n \n\nDescription of presentation: I plan to discuss and show some work from the past (approximately) 5 years of covering the space program for NASA including launches\, landings\, the Obama and Trump administrations\, astronaut tours/talks\, and the rise of the commercial space programs. Most of my work is photojournalistic for NASA and I will touch on the transition to working in a more high speed\, news-oriented position\, versus the freelance portrait and event photography that I was used to. If there are specific topics that you would like me to cover\, please let me know prior to the presentation and I’ll make an effort to address them.\n\nA Soyuz booster rocket launches the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday\, Dec. 3\, 2018\, Baikonur time\, carrying Expedition 58 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos\, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA\, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) into orbit to begin their six and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)\nA horse-drawn caisson carries former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn to his final resting place during the interment ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday\, April 6\, 2017\, in Virginia. Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth on Feb. 20\, 1962\, in a five-hour flight aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft. In 1998\, he broke another record by returning to space at the age of 77 on the Space Shuttle Discovery. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)\nThe Soyuz MS-04 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday\, April 20\, 2017\, Baikonur time carrying Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)\nPresident Donald Trump\, center\, signs an Executive Order to reestablish the National Space Council\, alongside members of the Congress\, National Aeronautics and Space Administration\, and Commercial Space Companies in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington\, Friday\, June 30\, 2017. Vice President Mike Pence\, also in attendance\, will chair the council. Also pictured are retired NASA astronaut David Wolf\, left\, NASA Astronaut Alvin Drew\, second from right\, and retired NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin\, right. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)\nA total solar eclipse is seen on Monday\, August 21\, 2017 above Madras\, Oregon. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach\, Oregon to Charleston\, South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America\, Africa\, and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)\nExpedition 58 Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)\, top\, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA\, center\, and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos\, bottom\, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft for launch\, Monday\, Dec. 3\, 2018\, in Baikonur\, Kazakhstan. Kononenko. McClain\, and Saint-Jacques will spend the next six and a half months onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)\n\n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-being-a-nasa-photographer-with-aubrey-gemignani/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Programs
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SUMMARY:Education & Training - Portfolio Project: First Final Review
DESCRIPTION:April 14\, 2020: Education & Training – Portfolio Project: First Final Review
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-portfolio-project-first-final-review/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training,Portfolio Project
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SUMMARY:Themed Competition with Judge Don Becker
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Through Rain\, Snow\, Sleet or Hail: Get outside with your camera in bad weather! \nBe sure to protect your equipment well as you venture out in bad weather to capture images in Rain\, Snow\, Sleet or Hail!  For those less adventurous\, the image may be captured from inside a building or vehicle\, etc.  However\, falling rain\, snow\, sleet or hail must be a clearly visible and important part of the image. \nDon Becker started his photography business in 1976 and is still operating as Don Becker Photography (www.donbeckerphotography.com). He has had a number of one person and group gallery shows of his fine art photography images\, and his fine art photographs reside in an art museum and numerous private collections all over the world. After the unfortunate demise of Washington School of Photography in 2016\, where he taught for over 30 years\, he and several partners started Maryland Photographic Workshops\, a premier photographic educational organization dedicated to high-quality classes and workshops (www.marylandphotographicworkshops.com). Don’s current primary photographic interests include: studio lighting techniques\, beauty\, fashion\, dance (particularly ballet)\, macro photography\, and scientific and technical photography.\nExamples of Don’s work: \n \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/themed-competition-with-judge-don-becker/
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SUMMARY:Education & Training: Review My Image
DESCRIPTION:Review My Image: Ron Taylor
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-review-my-image-4/
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SUMMARY:Members Gallery: Prints: Shape and Texture By Ginger Werz-Petricka and NatGeo Arctic Expedition by Len Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Shape and Texture\nBy Ginger Werz-Petricka\n \nGinger joined NVPS in 2009 at a point in her life when she really needed to find a creative outlet. Over the years she has been involved with Members Gallery and Education and Training\, but her special interest has always been the Portfolio Project. \n \nShe has been interested in photography since high school and while studying for a fine arts degree in college concentrated on printmaking and photography as her media.  Looking back at early images it has become evident that dramatic light\, shape\, and texture has always been a driving force in her work.  Ginger shot with a Canon 6D for several years\, but after injuring her foot in 2017 has found that her lightweight mirrorless Olympus OMD mark ll has become the camera of choice.\n \n“One of the first questions a photographer always seems to get is ‘What kind of photography do you do?’    My answer is all kinds.  I’m aware that some people think that a photographer needs to specialize\, but if you see the world as shapes\, textures\, light\, and shadow\, any subject is fair game.  Perhaps the exceptions are that I’m not really interested in standing in the woods waiting for birds and animals to make that perfect shot.  I love to get them when they’re cooperative…but.\nFor this collection\, I wanted to include some recent works illustrating the kind of images that make me want to pick up my camera.”\n\n \n\n\n  \n \n \n \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n \nNatGeo Arctic Expedition\nby Len Johnson \nIn the Summer of 2019\, Len took an 18-day trip to Iceland\, Greenland and the Canadian High Arctic on the National Geographic Explorer ship. This ship is relatively small with only 148 guests plus crew. The expedition team of experts included a naturalist\, two NatGeo photographers\, and regional specialists that shared their knowledge and insights on the wildlife\, landscape\, and local culture. \nThis journey included a street festival in Reykjavik\, Iceland to celebrate their 24th Annual Culture Night\, and a visit to the Whale Museum that features a life-size replica of a great blue whale. There was a short flight from Reykjavik to a small landing strip in Kangerlussuaq\, Greenland where the expedition group was transported by Zodiacs to the National Geographic Explorer ship.\nWe then cruised down the length of Kangerlussuaq Fjord en route to Sisimiut\, a former whaling port on Greenland’s west coast. This small-town features brightly painted colored buildings from the 18th century. \nWe began our exploration of the Canadian High Arctic with a visit to the small Inuit community of Pond Inlet where we saw a cultural and arts presentation by village children and elders. We then sailed to Dundas Harbor where we hiked on the tundra. The ship continued its voyage into Lancaster Sound where we saw polar bears on the drifting icebergs. \nAs we continued the voyage to Dundas Harbour on the Southern shore of Devon Island\, we experienced a magnificent cliff exposing a three-billion-year long geological history of the area.\nAs we continued to explore the Arctic and the Russian Far East\, we sailed to Fram Fjord\, Ellesmere Island. We continued on our journey to Philpots Island where we saw massive icebergs that recently calved from the huge glacier descending from the Cunningham Mountains.\nA highlight was Buchan Gulf\, Baffin Island with its dramatic cliffs carved by Ice Age glaciers that had clouds hovering over their peaks. As our journey continued\, we set anchor in the town of Ilulissat on the West coast of Greenland. Here we visited the archaeological UNESCO World Heritage-designated Ilulissat Icefjord in the Sermermiut Valley.\nThe trip ended sailing through Greenland’s ice cap and picturesque waterways until we returned to Kangaamiut airstrip for the journey home.\nThe Member’s Forum video presentation will be a selection from Len’s photos that feature his favorite images including polar bears\, whales\, soaring icebergs\, and massive glaciers. The presentation also includes colorful buildings in Greenland’s Sissimiut community and photos of the World Heritage site of Ilulissat Icefjord captured on this expedition. \nLen Johnson Bio \nLen Johnson received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Illinois and then enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968 during the Vietnam War. He was sent to Fort Monmouth New Jersey for training as a photographer. Upon completion of his training\, he was assigned to a base in Okinawa\, Japan where he photographed military ceremonies\, Bob Hope’s USO Tour visit\, and local cultural activities. While in the Far East\, he also traveled to India\, Thailand\, Taiwan\, Hong Kong\, and the Expo 70 World’s Fair in Osaka\, Japan. \nAfter his military tour of duty in 1971\, he and his wife settled in Arlington\, Virginia and Len began working at a three-person graphic design firm. After ten years as an employee\, he purchased the firm upon the owners’ retirement. He then grew the firm to a 15-person integrated marketing communications firm called JDG Communications. JDG had clients in the government\, corporate and nonprofit sectors and he sold his company in 2009. Since his retirement\, Len has served as a volunteer for the Washington DC chapter of SCORE that mentors small business entrepreneurs. \nHe has been a member of NVPS since September 2015 and appreciates the educational and social opportunities it provides. He photographs using two Fuji X-T3 cameras and likes to shoot landscapes\, nature\, and wildlife. On previous photo journeys\, he photographed wildlife in Africa\, wildflowers in the Arizona desert\, landscapes in Tuscany\, and architecture in Rome and Florence. Len’s next photo adventure will be a photography workshop in Argentina and Chile in March and April of this year. \n    \n\n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/april-28-2020-members-gallery-prints-shape-and-texture-by-ginger-werz-petricka/
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SUMMARY:Member's Forum: Impressionistic Photography by Jim Norman
DESCRIPTION:Jim Norman’s photography focuses on landscapes and wildlife. He is a member of NVPS\, the Loudoun Photo Club\, and the North American Nature Photography Association\, and is a Life Member of the National Wildlife Federation.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-impressionistic-photography-by-jim-norman/
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