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SUMMARY:Programs: (Zoom) An Illustrator's view of Landscape Photography with David Akoubian
DESCRIPTION:David started photographing in 1972\, mainly as an aid for his illustrating and paintings of nature. He found that the rewards of photographing were better than drawing or painting\, so he put down the pencils and brushes and continued with the camera and lens. In 1992 David decided to pursue photography as a profession. Since that date in addition to photographing he has taught classes and workshops around the US and Iceland. Currently he resides in the North Georgia Mountains in a place they call Bear Woods. Many of the bird images he creates are in his backyard which is a certified Wildlife Sanctuary. David’s work has appeared in many magazines and guide books\, and he volunteers his time and efforts to several conservation groups in Georgia as well as Wyoming. He is a Tamron Image Master\, an f-stop Gear Pathfinder\, and a Kase Filter Ambassador. \n\n\n\nIn this program you will learn how David approaches landscape photography while basing his compositions and vision from his days as an illustrator. He likes to use the same techniques that he worked with as a painter in his photography like incorporating elements to lead the viewer’s eye through the frame. David feels the quality of the light is critical to capture his vision and most of his images are done in a single frame simply utilizing great light. David will talk about the traditional “Rules” as well as why breaking them is so important. David will discuss photographing iconic locations\, then finding the “different” image as well. David will discuss settings and gear that is critical for capturing the image properly. Join David as he takes us on an inspirational trip through the landscape.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-zoom-an-illustrators-view-of-landscape-photography-with-david-akoubian/
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SUMMARY:Field Trips - L'Enfant Plaza Trains & Architecture
DESCRIPTION:Joint Field Trip with the Prince William Photography Club \n\n\n\n\n\nwww.studios.com\n\n\n\nPlease join us for a special joint field trip with members of the Prince William Photography Club. This is a chance to meet and shoot with new people who love photography and their photography club as much as we do ours.  \n\n\n\nIn February we will meet up at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station\, where we can photograph the architecture\, trains and people in the Metro station as well as the VRE train station located there as well. If the weather permits we can also spend some time photographing the exterior of the International Spy Museum (1 min. walk)\, the new\, all-glass Metro headquarters (6 min. walk) and HUD headquarters (8 min. walk). \n\n\n\nWhen:Sunday\, February 11 from 2:00 – 4 :00p.m.   \n\n\n\nThere is no rain date for this event since it will take place indoors.      \n\n\n\nEquipment and Notes: \n\n\n\nBring lenses you would use for street photography (35mm or 50mm) and architecture photography (wide angle)\, or travel light by bringing a good walk-around lens like a 24-120 or 28-300. Since the Metro station is indoors\, a 2.8 lens or better glass would help you keep your ISO down.  \n\n\n\nTripods are prohibited in the Metro station. \n\n\n\nThere is free parking on Sunday on nearby streets\, including Independence Avenue\, but the most convenient mode of transportation would be to take the Metro to the L’Enfant Plaza station. \n\n\n\nYou will need to bring or purchase a Metro farecard in order to enter the Metro station (which you will have if you have arrived by Metro). \n\n\n\nWhere: \n\n\n\n      L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station \n\n\n\n      600 Maryland Ave.\, SW \n\n\n\n      Washington DC \n\n\n\nNVPS and PWCC members will meet just inside the turnstiles at the Maryland Ave & 7th St. SW entrance at 2 p.m.  \n\n\n\nWe hope you can join us!Rena Schild and Steven GlintzField Trip Coordinators 2023-2024 \n\n\n\n\nwww.wjla.com\n\n\n\nRena Schild\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwww.tripadvisor.co.nz
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trips-lenfant-plaza-trains-architecture/
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SUMMARY:Portfolio Project – (In-Person) Interim Review\, Group 1
DESCRIPTION:During this review the Portfolio co-chairs\, Deb Rose and Tana Ebbole\, joined by Ginger Werz-Petricka\, will offer suggestions on the draft copies of portfolios for half of this year’s participants. They will review Artist Statements and images and consider how they represent the theme or topic as presented in the Artist Statement. Self-critique is a valuable tool for photographers to learn as they develop their personal photography projects and learn how to review their work with a critical eye. Even if you are not participating in Portfolio Project this year\, please join in and see some amazing photos and the hard work that has gone into developing these portfolios. \n\n\n\nThe Preliminary Review for Group 2 will be held on March 12. Final reviews will be April 9 for the first group and May 21 for the second group. \n\n\n\nIf you would like more information about the Portfolio Project\, visit the NVPS Portfolio Project website where you can view previous years portfolios. You can also contact Portfolio Projects by emailing Portfolio Project on the Board Contacts. \n\n\n\nIn Person at the Dunn Loring Firehouse
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/portfolio-project-interim-review-group-1/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Portfolio Project
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SUMMARY:Competition with Prints:  (In Person) with Judge Alain Lázaro Gutiérrez Almeida (Alain) - No Theme\, Open
DESCRIPTION:Competition Theme:  Open within the last three (3) years \n\n\n\nBio\n\n\n\nAlain Lázaro Gutiérrez Almeda\n\n\n\nAlain Lázaro Gutiérrez Almeda is a professional photographer with more than 20 years of experience.  He was born and raised in Havana\, Cuba. \n\n\n\nWith a background in photojournalism\, he has developed an extensive portfolio that includes documentary-style photography\, portraiture\, cultural travel photography\, street photography\, action shots\, landscapes\, and night photography. \n\n\n\nAlain is an energetic person with an engaging personality who enjoys collaborating with others in a creative environment.  You can learn more about him\, his passion for photography\, and how it has changed his life\, from this short video made about him in 2017:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBtcOghTg0 \n\n\n\nSince he moved to America\, Alain has created his own company “Thru Alain’s Eyes” that designs\, coordinates\, and guides individualized tours that meet the legal requirements for Americans visiting Cuba and allow his clients to support and engage with the Cuban people\, experiencing Cuba like a Cuban. Unfortunately traveling to Cuba is not an option today\, so next year\, Alain is expanding his trips to Spain starting next March 2024. \n\n\n\nAlain also conducts workshops on photography fundamentals for Washington Photo Safari and assists Director\, David Luria\, with workshops and trips. \n\n\n\nAlain’s work can be seen on his website www.alaingutierrezphotography.com\, on Instagram at  https://www.instagram.com/alainmenox/\, and at https://alainlazaro.myportfolio.com/. \n\n\n\nIn Person at the Dunn Loring Firehouse
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-with-prints-in-person-with-judge-alain-lazaro-gutierrez-almeida-alain-no-theme-open/
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SUMMARY:Members Gallery (In Person) (Print): These Are a Few of our Favorite Things... with Art and Deb Rose
DESCRIPTION:These Are a Few of our Favorite Things…. \n\n\n\nArt and Deb’s interest in photography blossomed over 20 years ago during a family trip to Australia. Their passion for both travel and photography continued to grow. Once retired from their careers\, they are living their dream to travel and capture their experiences through photography.  \n\n\n\nTheir travels have taken them through North\, Central and South America\, Europe\, and Asia.  Domestic road trips include Utah & Arizona\, Grand Canyon\, Route 66\, Louisiana\, West Virginia\, Maine (complete with puffins)\, the Oregon Coast and Covered Bridges from Maryland to the Finger Lakes of New York.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheir interests span many types of photography including landscape\, street\, night sky\, and wildlife. Deb enjoys merging creativity with her photos. Using photoshop\, she blends watercolor painting and brush effects to create photo artistic pieces; and in a process she calls “Photo Alchemy”\, combines differing images to create new artistic compositions.  Art enjoys working in post processing to create realistic composites and impart a range of dramatic looks to his photos.  \n\n\n\nIn this print Members Gallery\, Deb and Art have selected some of their favorite photos to share with you. These are the photos that as soon as they saw them pop up on their computer screens from their cameras they thought: “We have to print that!”  \n\n\n\nTheir photos come from their road trips and travel. Each has a special memory that goes along with the image. See if you can guess why each photo became one of their favorites! 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-in-person-print-these-are-a-few-of-our-favorite-things-with-art-and-deb-rose/
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SUMMARY:Member's Gallery:  (In Person) (Virtual) "A Trip to Southern Maine in the Fall Season" with Jennifer Nguyen
DESCRIPTION:Bio\n\n\n\nJennifer Nguyen\n\n\n\nJennifer Nguyen learned about the Basic Photography and Developing photos using the chemical process during her last year at the Architecture University in Vietnam. She realized that photography was the passion of her life and her hobby\, but she had to stop pursuing this passion when she moved to the United States. She was so busy building her career by working full time and studying part time. After graduating\, she worked full time as an engineer at the Department of Defense and took care of her special needs son. She really didn’t have free time for herself at all. \n\n\n\nAfter retiring\, she came back to her passion and hobby in 2019.  Wow\, learning digital photography was easier\, and more interesting with Photoshop and Lightroom processing. Her photographic interests include landscapes\, nature\, macro\, studio portrait\, travel and ICM photography. She joined the Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS) in 2019 and her skills have improved since then\, because NVPS has many club activities. She received several awards within the NVPS’s monthly competitions with her passion and her inspiration from all other talented members.” \n\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMany photographers adore the Autumn atmosphere with the cool air and the yellow and red leaves\, so Jennifer Nguyen went to Southern Maine in November 2022 to photograph the Autumn view. She visited Acadia National Park\, the area around it and Portland.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-in-person-virtual-a-trip-to-southern-maine-in-the-fall-season-with-jennifer-nguyen/
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SUMMARY:Member's Forum - (In Person) "Epic Journey 2.0:  Around the U.S. in 88 Days" with Alan Goldstein
DESCRIPTION:Alan Goldstein\n\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\nIn 2022\, Alan and wife Marty traveled around the U.S. in their 27-foot mobile home. The trip took 156 days and covered 18\,602 miles. Alan shot 21\,350 photos. This past summer\, Alan and Marty decided to go on another trip. While a good portion was spent in Michigan with Marty’s family\, the rest was to visit those places the couple missed in 2022 as well as visiting the remainder of the lower 48 states. \n\n\n\nThis Members’ Forum will show a small number of the more than 8\,300 photos Alan shot during the nearly 10\,000 miles of Epic Journey 2.0. \n\n\n\nA member of NVPS since 2012\, Alan has been involved in some way or other with photography for the past 56 years.  It all began with a science teacher instructing him on the art of film developing.  At that time\, he was using a Kodak Brownie.  Veering off during his teenage years to using an 8mm movie camera\, he returned to still photography during his college years and while working as a reporter for his hometown newspaper. \n\n\n\nBio\n\n\n\nAlan was supposed to call in a newspaper photographer for photos\, but she lived nearly 30 miles away\, so he opted to take photos himself.  At first\, he used a Polaroid Type 103 for photos since it made instant\, crisp pictures.  But encouraged by a classmate and photographer\, Alan got access to the college’s darkroom\, and processed Tri-X each time he had a news event or other photo request.  This\, plus being a radio disc jockey probably contributed to his less-than-stellar GPA! \n\n\n\nAfter graduating from college\, Alan enlisted in the Navy\, becoming a Navy Journalist and later a Public Affairs Officer. \n\n\n\nHis high school girlfriend had a Nikon SLR\, and that became Alan’s Holy Grail.  As a low-ranking Navy man\, Alan scraped up the money and bought his first true SLR — a Minolta SRT-101.  As he progressed up the Navy ranks\, he upgraded to a Minolta X700. \n\n\n\nFast forward to 2003.  Alan’s brother-in-law was getting married\, and Alan was the photographer.  An acquaintance who was a Nikon rep loaned Alan a D100.   It was love at first click!  Since then\, Alan has had a D100\, D200\, D300\, D800\, D810\, and for the past seven years\, D850. \n\n\n\nAlan considers himself an advanced amateur\, even though he has made more than five figures making pictures.   His biggest job was making progress photos of the deconstruction and reconstruction of the D.C. public library in Georgetown. \n\n\n\nRetired from the Navy in 1994 and retired from Civil Service in 2011\, Alan is happy to spend his time traveling and making images.  He loves photographing just about everything\, but really likes night scenes and landscapes. His photos have been used for greeting cards by non-profits\, used for proposals by environmental entities\, have been used by sports web sites\, have appeared in newspapers\, and even hang in a gas station. \n\n\n\nAlan was the FotoFax editor from 2014 to 2018. Alan says he loves being a member of NVPS.  He has gained some great friends\, enjoys the camaraderie\, and has learned something new at nearly every meeting. \n\n\n\n\nJoshua Tree National Park is named for the abundance of the Joshua trees in the park. Originally declared a national monument in 1936\, Joshua Tree was redesignated as a national park in 1994 when the U.S. Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act. On August 10\, 1936\, after Minerva Hoyt and others persuaded the state and federal governments to protect the area\, President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the power of the 1906 Antiquities Act to establish Joshua Tree National Monument. Today\, the park spreads over 1\,242.4 square miles\, an area slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island.  The park includes parts of two deserts\, each an ecosystem whose characteristics are determined primarily by elevation: the higher Mojave Desert and the lower Colorado Desert. The earliest known residents of the land in and around what later became Joshua Tree National Park were the people of the Pinto Culture\, who lived and hunted here between 8000 and 4000 BCE. Joshua Tree National Park\, San Bernadino County\, Calif. 21 September 2023\n\n\n\nThe Lower Tahquamenon Falls. The Tahquamenon Falls are divided into the Upper and Lower Falls and are on the Tahquamenon River shortly before it empties into Lake Superior. They are the largest waterfalls in Michigan\, and one of the largest in the eastern half of North America. The water is noticeably brown from the tannins leached from the cedar swamps which the river drains\, leading to the nickname “Root Beer Falls”. Tahquamenon Falls State Park\, Mich. 15 August 2023\n\n\n\nAn interpreter in the role of a British gunner fires a mortar during an artillery firing demonstration at Fort Michilimackinac. Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th century French\, and later British\, fort and trading post in the Great Lakes. Built around 1715\, and abandoned in 1783 when the British were victorious in the French and Indians Wars\, it was located along the southern shore of the strategic Straits of Mackinac connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan\, at the northern tip of the lower peninsula of the present-day state of Michigan. The site of the fort in present-day Mackinaw City is a National Historic Landmark and is now preserved as an open-air historical museum. Mackinaw City\, Michigan.    800 North Huron Ave.\, Mackinaw City\, Mich. 13 August 2023\n\n\n\nTexas cowhands drive a herd of Texas longhorns down East Exchange Avenue in the Stockyards National Historic District of Fort Worth\, Tex.  The city of Fort Worth first established the Fort Worth Herd on 12 June 1999 to celebrate Fort Worth’s 150th anniversary by driving a herd of Texas Longhorn cattle from downtown Fort Worth to their home here in historic Fort Worth stockyards. Organizers were very concerned to ensure that the program told an accurate history of the period just after the Civil War\, when longhorns were in South Texas and driven along the Chisholm Trail through Fort Worth. The Chisholm Trail was the most important route for cattle drives leading north from the vicinity of Ft. Worth across Indian Territory (Oklahoma) to the railhead at Abilene. The typical drive comprised 1\,500–2\,500 head of cattle. The era of the cattle drive lasted about 20 years\, ending when the building of additional trunk lines of railway south into Texas caused rail shipments to take the place of trail driving of Texas cattle north to market.  Fort Worth Stockyards\, 131 E Exchange Ave\, Fort Worth\, Tex. 15 October 2023\n\n\n\n\nIn Person at the Dunn Loring Firehouse
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-in-person-epic-journey-2-0-around-the-u-s-in-88-days-with-alan-goldstein/
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