Activities
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Member’s Forum: (In Person) Creative Ways to Enhance Ordinary Photos With Ed Marion
Member's ForumEd hopes you will enjoy a presentation on “Creative Ways to Enhance Ordinary Photos,” sharing these discoveries and inviting others to see the extraordinary potential in everyday photography. Medical Photographer During his 45-year medical career, Ed Marion consistently used photography documenting patient records and preparing visual materials for teaching purposes. Prior to the advent of YouTube and digital […]
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Member’s Gallery (In Person) (Digital) – Flowers and Gardens with Joan Barker
Member's GalleryDescription: Joan Barker offers a kaleidoscope of her time with flowers in the last three years. She shares a wonderful adventure of beauty. Bio: Joan joined NVPS in 2015. Although she has always enjoyed photographing family and places she visited, she was not sure that she would enjoy being a part of a photography club. Joan […]
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Programs: (Zoom) The Art + Science of Photographing Birds in Flight with Annalise Kaylor
ProgramsBio Annalise Kaylor is a wildlife photographer and science photojournalist whose work has taken her on assignments to 40 countries (and counting!) around the world. With an emphasis on narrative-driven documentary photography, Annalise’s photo andvideo work has been seen in The New York Times, The Washington Post, AudubonMagazine, and the Associated Press, as well as […]
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Education and Training: (In Person) Astrophotography for Photographers with George Hogeman
Education & TrainingBio George Hogeman has been interested in astronomy longer than he has been a photographer. One of his early jobs included teaching astronomy and running a small planetarium at a Connecticut boarding school. He enjoys tracing the constellations, tracking the planets and identifying deep space objects. He also doesn’t forget observing the Moon and Sun. He now […]
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Field Trip: Tree Lights & Fireworks at National Harbor (rain date: November 22)
Field TripsLet’s kick off the holiday season with a dazzling evening shoot at National Harbor! Our November field trip will capture the magic of the Holiday Tree Lighting and Fireworks Show—a spectacular blend of light, color, and celebration. With the Potomac River as our backdrop and the Waterfront District aglow, this outing offers rich opportunities for night photography, festive […]
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Competition: (In Person) (Digital & Print) No Theme with Judge Brian Zwit
CompetitionsBrian, formerly just a photographer and educator in northern Virginia, added filmmaker to his resume during the pandemic years. While still enthralled with still photography, he is using video to expand his storytelling options and range of subjects. When shooting stills, his favorite subject is the elegance and majesty of nature, particularly landscapes. When filming […]
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Member’s Gallery: (In Person) (Prints) 65 Years of Making Images with Alan Goldstein
Member's GalleryThis presentation is a little different from the usual. It is a curated collection of eighteen of the thousands of images Alan has created over the time he has been engaged in photography. Creation years range from 1960 to 2025, and the source media ranges from drugstore prints to Polaroids to slides to digital images. In […]
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Member’s Gallery: (Virtual, In Person) What I Have Seen – A Walk Through Pictures with Seton Droppers
Member's GalleryBio Seton’s lifelong journey as a photographer began in childhood, wandering through fields, forests, and creeks with a curious eye and muddy shoes. At age seven, he received his first camera—a mysterious box that transformed light into memory. That gift sparked a six-decade relationship with photography, one rooted not in technical precision but in the […]
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Member’s Forum: (In Person) The World of Bubbles – Fun Projects for Slow Days with Lidia Slominski
Member's ForumBio Lidia has a full-time job, a husband and 2 teenage boys. Art is her way to process emotions and express her views of the world around without using words. She always loved taking photos; she continues to feel inspired every time she looks around, whether alone, with her family or at work, by anything […]
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Programs: (Zoom) Distilling the Essence of Architecture with Angie McMonigal
ProgramsJoin Angie McMonigal as she discusses techniques for creating more dynamic architectural images focused on detailed and abstract interpretations. She'll share examples from various cities throughout the US and Europe, emphasizing compositional techniques to make your images stronger. Bio: Angie is a fine art and commercial architecture photographer based in Chicago striving to bring a detailed, […]
