Education & Training
Education & Training: (Zoom) Post-Processing “Your” Photo with Gary Perlow
Do you have a photograph that you just can’t figure out how to post-process to bring out the image that inspired you to push the shutter? We’ll have a chance at the April 30 meeting to see how to use Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw to bring out the best in your photographs! Gary Perlow, one […]
Members Gallery: (In Person) Bring Your Prints Day!
We have a special event for everyone on May 28, the last meeting of the year. Instead of one member displaying their prints (usually of a single theme and with uniform mats and/or frames), we invite all members to bring in up to four prints or photo projects prepared in any manner you’d like. We […]
Education & Training: (In-Person) – Before You Print with Wayne Guenther
The overwhelming volume of photographs these days are viewed digitally on a screen. You upload to social media yourself without much thought of file size (around 1000px) and resolution (72dpi) because it looks fine on the screen. If you want to print, however, you must consider many more things from capture to editing, and matting […]
Education & Training: (In-Person) – Bring Your Camera and Prints
Mixing things up a bit, our regular Education and Training meeting on October 8 will be an in-person, “Bring Your Camera and Prints” meeting at the firehouse. Let’s do shots! Now that you have printed your best images for competition, we will start with a 10-minute presentation on matting by Bob and Willa Friedman. After […]
Education & Training: (In-Person) Here Comes the Judge with Stan Bysshe
Stan Bysshe will offer thoughts on selecting and processing images that you are considering for entry in competitions and illustrate those ideas by working on some anonymous images submitted by club members. Like most NVPS members, Stan has entered countless photo competitions and has had numerous favorite images shot down by judges. It is important […]
Education & Training: (In-Person) Long Exposure Photography with Kimxuan Nguyen
Description: According to Wikipedia: Long-exposure, time-exposure, or slow-shutter photography involves using a long-duration shutter speed to sharply capture the stationary elements of images while blurring, smearing, or obscuring the moving elements. Kimxuan will also go over the technique on how to capture fireworks in a creative way by using the Long Exposure method. Bio Kimxuan studied […]
Education & Training (In Person): Post-Processing Q&A
Description: On Tuesday, December 10, Education and Training will offer an interactive session focused on post processing. In several “mini classrooms” set up in the firehall, the following experienced club photographers will demonstrate the capabilities of common post-processing software and how those tools can be incorporated in your workflow: This will be interactive, so bring […]
Education & Training: (In Person) Storytelling in Portrait Photography with Catherine Wang
Description: Storytelling in portrait photography is the art of conveying a narrative or emotion through a single image. It involves capturing more than just the subject's appearance--using expressions, body language, environment, lighting, and props to create a deeper, meaningful connection. Each element in the photograph works together to evoke a sense of story, inviting the […]
Education & Training: Preliminary Portfolio Review—Group 1 (Changed to Zoom from In-Person owing to weather conditions)
SCHEDULE CHANGE -- E&T will be held over Zoom this evening due to the weather conditions. See the Tuesday eBlast for the Zoom link. Dinner and a Meeting is also cancelled. During this review the portfolio co–chairs, Ginger Werz–Petrick, Willa Friedman, and Fred Krebs, will offer suggestions on the draft copies of portfolios for half of […]
Education & Training: Preliminary Portfolio Review – Group 2 (In-Person)
During this review the portfolio co–chairs, Ginger Werz–Petrick, Willa Friedman,and Fred Krebs, will offer suggestions on the draft copies of portfolios for half of this year’s participants. They will look at the Artist Statements and images to see how they fit and represent the premise as laid out in the Artist Statement. Self–analysis is a […]