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SUMMARY:Programs: Photography in High Key Style with Lisa Langell
DESCRIPTION:Lisa Langell is a full-time\, award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in numerous prestigious publications including the cover of Outdoor Photographer magazine\, plus numerous images in Arizona Highways\, Ranger Rick\, art galleries and more. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the North American Nature Photography Association. She is also a proud ambassador for Tamron\, FotoPro\, and H&Y filters. \nWhether it was working as a master floral designer\, a licensed psychologist\, university faculty\, an international consultant in K-12 education\, the Chief Business Development Officer of an education technology company\, are searcher\, a writer\, or an artist—she enjoyed meeting each challenge.  \nStill\, her strongest calling was photography—ever since childhood—when bird watching ignited her lifelong love of nature and the camera. In 2010\, she turned her passion for photography into a business—and in 2015 she successfully transitioned to photography full-time and left the corporate and consulting world behind. \nThe journey with photography has definitely been Lisa’s favorite–she loves combining her diverse background and skills into her photographic art and instruction.  Bringing joy to others brings joy to her! She thrives on creating innovative learning experiences and pushing photographic boundaries. She equally enjoys enriching\, stimulating and expanding fellow photographers’ minds emotionally\, creatively and intellectually. \nYou may read more about her or see her work at http://www.langellphotography.com.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-photography-in-high-key-style-with-lisa-langell/
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SUMMARY:Education & Training – “How to Get Your Work Out There” by Georgette Grossman
DESCRIPTION:Georgette’s journey in photography began 15 years ago when her granddaughter\, Ava\, was born. Not capturing the cute smiles that she wanted\, Georgette switched from a point’n shoot to a DSLR (Nikon D80) and took classes at Fairfax County Adult Ed with John Gonsalves. Eventually the relationship of aperture\, shutter speed\, and exposure fell into place. John instructed her class to tell a story; fill the frame! She hears his voice whenever she has a camera (or cell phone) in hand!! \nGeorgette captures moments that she wants to remember. Her subjects include abstracts\, people\, places\, and nature\, but her favorite subject is flowers–close-ups and macros. Currently\, she is photographing with a mirrorless Fuji X-T3. \nGeorgette personally believes that part of photography is sharing your work with others: \n\nat camera club meetings\nat competitions\nat exhibits\nin publications\non social media\non your own website\n\nIn this meeting\, she will explore How to Get Your Work Out There.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-how-to-get-your-work-out-there-by-georgette-grossman/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training
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SUMMARY:Competition with Judge Jean-Pierre Plé – Theme: “Old”
DESCRIPTION:Competition Theme: “Old” within the past three (3) years \nOld : People\, places\, or objects that are showing their age. Helpful definitions: 1. Having lived for a long time; no longer young. The hands\, eyes\, faces of older people are classic examples. 2. Made or built long ago. Dilapidated barns\, antique cars or trucks are good examples. No dead\, or dying flowers or plants; in their relative life span they are old but it defeats the purpose of this theme. \nJean-Pierre Plé is a fine art photographer who embraces the concept that photography gives us a chance to see ourselves\, to see our emotions\, and maybe to see something about ourselves that we have never seen before or we were not able to give voice to.  He is drawn to making images where a strong visual and emotional message is formed by shapes\, lines\, or contrast in color or tones.  \nHis photographs have transitioned from an original interest in nature\, landscapes\, abstracts and architecture\, to a current focus on a contemplative approach to photography\, which often depicts his subjects in a non-representational manner.  Sensing a deep desire for photographers to experience greater meaning in their work\, he developed a workshop exploring a contemplative and mindful approach to photography.  While he employs DSLR\, mirrorless and iPhone cameras\, he is also a recovering large format film artist and misses the slow\, methodical\, and mechanical components of large format.   \nHe is a member of the North Bethesda Camera Club.  His work has been part of numerous exhibitions in the Washington\, DC area\, including Washington Printmakers Gallery\, Waverly Street Gallery\, Photoworks Gallery\, Nature Visions\, Herndon ArtSpace\, the Joe Miller Gallery\, PhotoWalk in Crystal City\, Touchstone Gallery\, Lowe House Building\, and the Dupont Underground.  His professional career is in the field of international ocean affairs and he works for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-with-judge-jean-pierre-ple-theme-old/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum
DESCRIPTION:The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly\, VA is part of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum.  The museum is housed in a giant hanger providing ample indoor space to move about and explore. \nThis is a space for photographers who want to play and experiment.  You’ll find static displays\, but as a photographer\, you can add motion by dragging that shutter.  If geometry is your thing\, you’ll find lots of circles\, curves\, lines\, and other ways of assembling your composition.  The materials of the exhibits range from shiny to colorful challenging the photographer to find interesting abstract distortions and or unique color and geometric shapes.  There are a lot of creative outlets so take your time and study the subjects that interest you. \nWhat: \nThe Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum is located adjacent to Dulles International Airport.  The hanger exhibits full size aircraft including the Space Shuttle Discovery\, SR-71a Blackbird\, the B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay”\, and more.  Unfortunately\, there is a closed off area of the hanger under construction / renovation this year.  That means the general aviation and WW2 aviation exhibits will be impacted.  However\, the commercial aviation exhibit\, cold war era exhibit\, and space hanger are still open.  (I’m not certain if the x-wing is still in the restoration hanger or if it’s been moved to Washington DC yet.  Take a peek from the visitor overlook walkway upstairs.) \nAs per the Smithsonian website (https://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center/visiting-tips) The use of tripods\, monopods\, and selfie sticks are prohibited.  Leave that weight at home and walk around in comfort.  Masks are also required while indoors. \nAlso be aware that there is no food currently sold onsite and food and drink is prohibited inside (bottled water is okay).  If you want lunch\, you’ll have to take a short car ride to eateries South on Rt.28 (exits Rt.50\, Willard Rd.\, or Westfields Blvd. all within a couple miles)\, but your original parking pass should get you back in without having to pay again. \nAdditional examples of our club’s work can be found online: \nhttps://nvps.smugmug.com/NVPSGallery/Field-Trips/FieldTrips-2018-2019/Udvar-Hazy-Museum-February/ \nhttps://nvps.smugmug.com/NVPSGallery/Field-Trips/2016-2017/Udvar-Hazy-2017/ \nhttps://nvps.smugmug.com/NVPSGallery/Field-Trips/2014-2015-Field-Trips/Udvar-Hazy/ \n(Honestly\, I didn’t realize we as a club\, visit every other year.  It’s a fun place to go on a winter day.) \nEquipment: \n\nMost any lens with a range of 24-200mm will serve you well. However\, some of the objects hanging from the roof may require 300mm if you want to fill the frame.  You can probably leave the macro lens at home.\nNo tripods allowed\nMasks required indoors\n\nWhen: \nSaturday\, January 22\, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:00pmNo rain date because it doesn’t rain indoors! \nWhere: \nWe’ll meet inside the museum\, outside the museum shop on the left after you pass through the entrance and security. \nParking is $15 onsite\, however\, you can carpool from nearby parking lots to share the cost.  I used to work at 14000 Lincoln Park Dr. Herndon (now Raytheon) and that has a huge open parking lot with easy access to the road leading to the museum parking lot. \nWe hope you can join us! \nRena Schild and Steven GlintzField Trip Coordinators 2021-2022 \n***All photos are provided by Alan Goldstein
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trip-udvar-hazy-air-and-space-museum/
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Welcome to Da ‘Hood with Debra Mastronardi
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Da ‘Hood – a collection of images from various Manhattan neighborhoods. \nStunning photos have always been Debra’s preferred form of art. She gets inspired by what is possible when looking through the lens. She started shooting with film and enjoyed capturing her life’s journey through the camera. Her camera never left her side for over two decades while raising her two children as she captured every life event; however she switched off manual and onto auto functions. There was no time to fiddle around with aperture\, shutter speed\, and ISO. \nNow she is onto the next chapter of her life\, the “empty nester”. She renewed her passion for photography with help from a few friends and started creative shooting again. Her theme for this rebirth is “Life Off Of Auto”. It means more than moving the dial from Auto to Manual. It’s a transition from her children’s needs and schedules to a more spontaneous lifestyle; traveling with her husband while rediscovering her artistic creative side. \nDebra has been an NVPS member for just over 1 year. Some of her favorite styles of photography are cityscape\, landscape and street.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-welcome-to-da-hood-with-debra-mastronardi/
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: Beauty Close to Home: Images from the Pandemic with Rena Schild
DESCRIPTION:When the pandemic shut down sports and events\, Rena turned to wildlife and nature photography.  She will share the local beauty she has captured during the pandemic.    \nRena has been interested in photography since she received a manual film camera as a college graduation gift\, but was sidelined by the practice of law until she had time to take some photography courses in the 1990’s.  She then began experimenting with many types of photography\, including family portraits\, events\, red carpet\, sports\, fine art and most recently bird photography.  Rena is currently happiest capturing athletes and birds in motion but thoroughly enjoys all photography\, especially outdoors.  She joined NVPS in early 2020.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-beauty-close-to-home-images-from-the-pandemic-with-rena-schild/
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum – History and Beauty on the Amalfi Coast with Wayne & Judy Guenther
DESCRIPTION:The last European trip that Wayne and Judy Guenther took prior to Covid restrictions was in November\, 2019 when they travelled with Road Scholar. While this wasn’t a photography workshop\, there were many opportunities to photograph the richness\, beauty\, and history of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Amalfi Coast on the southwestern shores of Italy. They share their experiences and images from the quaint town of Sorrento to the excavated ruins of Pompeii and including the luscious colors of the local food and cuisine. \n\n\nPhoto by: Judy Guenther Photo by: Wayne Guenther \n\n\nWayne Guenther began his photography avocation in the late 1960s but became increasingly involved with Art Photography in the mid-1990s. Membership in Gallery West and the Art League (both in Alexandria\, VA) nudged him to regularly create new work and develop a style.  In 2009 he was a charter member and President of the Workhouse Photography Group (Lorton\, VA) and remained active there until 2012 when he fully retired. Wayne joined NVPS in 2015. He has been accepted in many regional juried art competitions/shows over the past 25 years\, and placed in several NVPS monthly competitions.   \nWayne shot with Nikon equipment for many years until the aggregate weight on his back and shoulders became problematic.  He switched to the micro-four-thirds system in 2014 and uses Olympus E-M1 bodies and a combination of Olympus and Sigma lenses. \nJudy Guenther admits to being primarily a travel photographer. She loves shooting a variety of subjects while traveling\, depending on where in the world she happens to be. From landscapes in the Palouse and National Parks\, to water and ice in Greenland and Antarctica\, to wildlife in South Georgia Island and Montana\, to local portraits and street photography\, and finally to amazing architecture. She has been a member of NVPS since 2015\, is a member of the F11 Women’s Photography Collective\, the Art League in the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria\, and the Maryland Federation of Arts in Annapolis\, MD. She has received several awards including at the Nature Visions Expos (now Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions) People’s Choice Award in Photo Art and Best in Flower Photography in the Nature Category. \n\n\n\n\n Photo by: Judy Guenther  Photo by: Wayne Guenther
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-history-and-beauty-on-the-amalfi-coast-with-wayne-judy-guenther/
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