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  • Education & Training: (Zoom) “How’s Your Storage?” with Stan Bysshe

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    Stan has been a member of NVPS since 2010-2011. He has served on multiple Board positions and is a past President. For the last ten years he has helped with photo workshops in Washington State, New Mexico, Alaska and Montana. He has also contributed to the Smithsonian North American Songbird project. After 30 years of […]

  • Education & Training: – (In Person) “Bring Your Camera Night”

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    NVPS will have an in-person meeting on the fifth Tuesday in January, January 30, at the firehouse. It will be a “Bring Your Camera Night,” with several stations set up to encourage you to try something different with your camera — a welcome diversion during the winter! We’ll also have a swap meet where you […]

  • Education & Training: (Zoom) Post-Processing “Your” Photo with Gary Perlow

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    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!

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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 […]