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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: Egypt\, Jordan and the Valleys of the Vendors with Bill Corbett
DESCRIPTION:This fall Bill and Judy Corbett joined a group tour to see the pyramids in Egypt\, Petra in Jordan\, and many other antiquities in between.  Along the way\, Bill took the opportunity to photograph not only the iconic sites\, but also the people at work in those places.  Bill often shot surreptiously and silently\, using a wide angle lens\, the camera upside down at hip level\, and set for a high frame rate. The denizens of the “valleys of the vendors” were his favorite subjects \nA photojournalist in college\, Bill Corbett returned to photography fifteen or so years ago with the advent of digital tools.  He enjoys nature and travel photography the most.  He has been a member of NVPS since 2011 and is a past president of Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions (formerly Nature Visions).  Bill and Judy moved to Aldie in Loudoun County in 2017 after 23 years in McLean\, where they raised their three kids.  He served for two decades as a U.S. diplomat and trade negotiator. 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-egypt-jordan-and-the-valleys-of-the-vendors-with-bill-corbett/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T193000
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Flora and Fauna: Four Seasons in the Washington DC Area with Eva Lanyi
DESCRIPTION:For the past year or so\, Eva stayed close to home for her photography adventures.  Exploring local gardens and natural areas for plants and animals to photograph was incredibly rewarding.  She was able to capture nature in all four seasons and experience the changes it undergoes with time’s passage.  Starting and ending with spring\, her slideshow will take you on the journey with her. \nEva has been interested in photography since childhood and still has her first camera\, a Kodak Brownie Starmatic.  She dabbled in film photography for many years until about 10 years ago\, when she got serious with her first digital camera.  Now she spends much of her spare time enjoying photography and improving her skills.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-flora-and-fauna-four-seasons-in-the-washington-dc-area-eva-lanyi/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: Arizona Skies with Debra Mastronardi
DESCRIPTION:Debra will present a collection of images from storm chasing during Arizona’s monsoon season. \nDebra was introduced to photography by a classmate while in college\, and was instantly  hooked.  She gets inspired by what is possible when looking through the lens.  Growing up in New York City combined with her love of travel\, she explored different genres from cityscapes\, landscapes\, architectural\, and most recently\, street.  She discovered she has always been a street photographer at heart but never realized that until she digitized all her photos.  Debra enjoys exploring new genres of photography and honing her street photography skills. She joined NVPS in 2021.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-arizona-skies-with-debra-mastronardi/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Four Season in the Appalachian Highlands with David Lattanzi
DESCRIPTION:For a few weeks every year\, nature photographers converge on the Appalachian Mountains to capture the beautiful fall foliage. Yet this unique region offers year-round opportunities for image making\, as Dave hopes to convey to you. \nDave Lattanzi got into photography over 20 years ago after finding his mother’s old Canon AE-1\, primarily to impress his girlfriend. His love of photography has lasted far longer than that relationship. His photographic journey started with traditional black and white darkroom processes that still influence the way he shoots today. \nHe has a love of both nature and travel photography\, often in combination. He has been fortunate enough to travel the world with his camera\, having visited 50 states\, 5 continents\, and more countries than he can count. But his heart belongs to the West Virginia highlands\, and he is devoted to capturing the unique beauty of those lands. He counts Fay Godwin\, Bruce Percy\, Clyde Butcher\, and Galen Rowell among the myriad photographers that have inspired him over the years. He has been a member of NVPS since 2018. You can see more of his work at lattanziphoto.com \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-four-seasons-in-the-appalachian-highlands-with-david-lattanzi/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221025T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221025T200000
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: Covid Projects to Keep Me Sane with Bob Friedman
DESCRIPTION:This gallery will feature some of the projects that Bob worked on during COVID. Some took planning like “Railroad Crossings” where he traveled to find the crossings. Another was wandering around and seeing a “Lone Person Sitting”. A third project was looking for “Ladders” that looked interesting. And lastly\, the fourth project\, seeing young ladies celebrating quinceañera at Green Spring Gardens. \nBob Friedman Bio:As a teenager\, Bob started his photography journey with a darkroom in his parents basement which he inherited from his brother. The first thing he did when we bought his own home was to build a darkroom in the basement.Today Bob is 100% digital in color and black and white (his preferred medium)Bob has taken courses and workshops at Photoworks at Glen Echo\, and withFreeman Patterson and Andre Gallant in New Brunswick\, Canada. \n \nAwards: \nNorthern Virginia Photographic SocietyPhotographer of the Year – Color Prints 2006-2007Print of the Year – Monochrome 2012-2013 \nJewish Community Relations Council National Contest 2008Two Honorable Mentions \nShows:Penn Camera – Dec. 2009National Parks of Utah\, Two person showMeadowlark Nature Photography Juried Show 2005-2008NatureVisions Juried Show 2009-2017Center for the Photographic Arts – Gainesville\, VirginiaAbstract Photography Exhibition Spring 2012-2017Best in Show. The Art League\, Alexaandria\, Virginia\, April 2017Multiple images in the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at the Smithsonian Institution\, Washington\, D.C.Prints on display in various professional offices in the Metro DC area.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-covid-projects-to-keep-me-sane-with-bob-friedman/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Alaska Brown Bears with Len Johnson
DESCRIPTION:The Alaska Brown Bears presentation is a collection of photos taken by Len Johnson during a photography workshop led by Tom and Cree Bol in July 2022. This was a 7-day adventure that started in Anchorage Alaska. The 8-person group of photographers flew in Piper Cub planes to Salmon Creek Lodge in Lake Clark National Park. We landed on the beach in front of the lodge and stayed there for six days. \nEach day was a new adventure as we traveled in open carts pulled by 4×4 vehicles in search of roaming bears. We also walked out on the beach behind the lodge and came within 30 yards of the mother bears strolling with their cubs. The bears were grazing on sedge grass and digging in the beach sand for clams. Even though we were extremely close to the animals\, they never appeared to feel threatened by the photographers\, and we also felt secure in our distance. Most often a mother bear had two or three cubs near her. Our workshop included early morning expeditions and afternoon sessions that lasted until dusk. \nThe trip ended with a helicopter flight to the Kink Glacier where we landed on the tundra. We debarked from the helicopter and strapped spikes to our boots to give us traction on the ice. The scene was both desolate and beautiful as we carefully walked across the ice. Actually\, it felt like we were walking on the moon! \nThis was a “bucket list” adventure that I look forward to sharing with NVPS and hope it makes you want to experience it yourself. \nBIO \nAfter graduating with a BFA degree in graphic design from the University of Illinois\, Len served three years in the U.S. Army as a photographer during the Vietnam War era. Upon completing his enlistment commitment\, he joined a 3-person design firm in Washington\, D.C.\, where he worked for seven years. He began his business career when he purchased the firm from the owner upon his retirement. Len operated his firm JDG Communications (JDG)\, for 30 years. JDG tripled in size and became an award-winning brand development and integrated marketing firm with national accounts. Government agencies selected his firm for high-profile federal programs\, including the FTC Do-Not-Call launch campaign\, the SBA Business.gov website launch\, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Centennial celebration\, and the rebranding of the U.S. Agency for International Development. \nThe growth of the business with its talented team and valuable government contracts made JDG an acquisition candidate for other integrated marketing firms in metropolitan Washington\, D.C. In 2009 he sold his firm to Sage Communications (Sage). \nHe has been a member of NVPS since 2014 and appreciates the opportunities it provides for learning from experienced professional photographers’ presentations and competition critiques. He also values the friendships he has made through NVPS meetings and events.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-alaska-brown-bears-with-len-johnson/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T194500
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: Flower Photography with Georgette Grossman
DESCRIPTION:This presentation is all about FLOWERS…some photographed in nature\, some in a studio setting\, and some captured in grocery stores with my cell phone! Each flower has its own personality and I love photographing their beauty.  \nBio: \nGeorgette Grossman’s love of photography began in earnest when her granddaughter\, Ava\, was born in 2006. Before then she had played with point’n’shoot cameras but never understood what was really going on inside the “box.” The following year\, when Ava began to move around faster than her point’n’shoot could capture her smiles\, it was time to buy and learn how to use a DSLR (Nikon D80 was her first). Georgette took a class through Fairfax County Adult Ed. Her first instructor\, John Gonsalves\, was wonderful. He told the class on the first day of instruction that we all had expensive cameras with lots of automatic features\, but we were going to learn how to shoot manual! Initially the class was terrified\, but somehow the concept of aperture\, shutter speed\, and exposure fell into place. Tell a story he would say; fill the frame! Georgette’s journey in photography had begun. \nGeorgette learned about the Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS) at Meadowlark in February\, 2008 and she joined shortly thereafter. The club was a source of endless people who LOVED photography as much as she did—folks who were willing to share their talents to help her improve her photography. The meetings provided wonderful programs and hands-on workshops that made learning fun. \nGeorgette especially remembers participating in a Portfolio Project where Joe Miller announced that in this day of digital technology almost anyone could take a decent picture\, but it took effort to capture great images. What a true statement! Monthly competition became a way to learn what makes an image better. Watching everyone’s images being critiqued\, became a useful learning experience. \nIn 2010 Georgette was elected the Secretary/Historian for NVPS. She was elected the president of NVPS for the 2014-2015 term and has served as an Advisor to the Board ever since. \nShe photographed with a variety of Nikon DSLR’s but switched to mirrorless Fuji in 2016. Currently she uses the Fuji X-T3 and loves the fact that she can “see” what the image will look like before she presses the trigger. She also photographs with her Pixel 6 cell phone camera. \nGeorgette uses her photography to share her vision of the world with others. She captures moments she wants to remember; her subjects include abstracts\, people\, places\, nature. Flowers are a favorite. During the COVID pandemic she did not get out to photograph much\, but\, every time she grocery shopped she captured the flowers in the Giant and practiced various post-processing techniques in Lightroom\, Photoshop\, DXO Nik\, and Topaz Studio 2. Some of those images are in her presentation. \nShe had a solo exhibit at Beanetics Coffee Roasters coffee shop in Annandale\, VA. . Her images\, A Man and his Dog and Quiet Lunch were selected for Volume 31 of The Northern Virginia Review\, Spring 2017. Her image African Daisy was the cover image in The Washington Gardener Magazine in 2019. Georgette has exhibited her images at The Art League in Alexandria\, VA\, the Glen Echo Annual Labor Day Art Show\, the ArtSpace Herndon Fine Art Photography Exhibit\, Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions Expo annual exhibit\, Washington Gardener Magazine\, and the Annual Joseph Miller Abstract Photography Exhibit. Her images can be seen at https://georgette-grossman.pixels.com/.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-flower-photography-with-georgette-grossman/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Abstracts – Just for Fun with Joan Barker
DESCRIPTION:This gallery presentation will showcase how much Joan enjoys using Camera Motion and computer manipulation to create images beyond reality. \nJoan joined NVPS in 2015.  Although Joan 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 was using a point and shoot camera at the time and knew nothing about F stop\, Shutter Speed\, or ISO.  Needless to say Joan has learned a lot in the past 7 years and now shoots with the mirrorless Fuji X-T3. \nShe enjoys shooting landscapes\, flowers\, and abstracts.  She loves doing post processing on the computer as it encourages her creative juices.  This naturally led to her interest in abstracts as there are so many opportunities to manipulate an image digitally. During the pandemic\, she joined her churches’ photographic team and spent many hours safely documenting their events both outdoors and eventually inside as well.  \nJoan was an educator and taught elementary school before her children were born. After kids\, she chose part time teaching and eventually administration in Early Childhood.  \nYes\, Joan is happy she joined NVPS as the group has inspired her to try new techniques and enabled her to enjoy the works of so many excellent photographers.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-abstracts-just-for-fun-with-joan-barker/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220524T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220524T200000
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: A Walk With Nature with Sarah Olsen
DESCRIPTION:Sarah loves to travel and capture her experiences through photography.  While working remotely during the pandemic\, she hiked many National and State Park trails throughout the United States including Yellowstone\, Grand Tetons\, Rocky Mountain\, Zion\, Bryce Canyon\, Arches\, Joshua Tree\, Mt. Rainier\, Columbia River Gorge\, Haleakalā\, Grand Canyon\, Saguaro\, Sedona\, Acadia\, and Shenandoah.  Walking with nature has given Sarah an appreciation of the depth\, breadth\, and the beauty of the great outdoors.  This gallery highlights photos from Sarah’s travels over the past two years\, shot entirely on her iPhone.  She frequently pulled her iPhone out of her hiking backpack to capture shots of the stunning landscapes and interesting silhouettes along the way.Sarah is a beginner photographer and new member of NVPS\, joining in the Fall of 2021.  She was inspired by her father and fellow club member\, John Olsen\, to further develop her photography skills.  Sarah has attended several NVPS field trips with her Dad over the years.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-a-walk-with-nature-with-sarah-olsen/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): A View from the Street with Robin Weisz
DESCRIPTION:Robin will present a galley of architecture\, shadows\, reflections\, and street photography. \nRobin was introduced to photography as part of the curriculum in her work towards her BFA in graphic design. Working her way through college as an assistant in the photo lab she spent many hours helping others with their processing of film and black and white prints. From the very beginning Robin found herself drawn to images of architecture\, abstraction and reflections. That continues to be the main focus of her work. Robin is a full-time graphic designer with her own studio\, Robin Weisz Design (robinweiszdesign.com). The studio’s focus is on publication design for non-profits and higher education. Robin’s architectural photography has been featured in many publications designed for UCLA. \nOriginally from New York\, Robin has been a full-time resident of Los Angeles for the past 40 years. Fellow NVPS member\, and high school classmate\, Rena Schild suggested that since the NVPS meetings were now virtual she might be interested in joining. She has enjoyed the virtual meetings and participating in the competitions and feels she has learned a great deal from her membership and the critiques.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-a-view-from-the-street-with-robin-weisz/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T200000
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: People\, Places and Things with Greg Smith
DESCRIPTION:People\, Places and Things (but not in that order!) \nThis presentation is broken into three parts:  People (street photography)\, Things (that caught my eye) and Places (landscapes and places) from our travels over the last few years. \nGreg Smith Bio: \nEnthusiast to Opportunist to Hobbyist to “Something More”? \nGreg became familiar with photography from an early age.  His father\, serving in Ireland and Cyprus\, took many pictures throughout their many travels\, always considering angles and framing the subjects when he could\, and describing what and why as he did so.  Many a slide show was enjoyed!  \nGreg got his first SLR (Minolta) prior to deployment to the Mediterranean Sea with the Marines\, knowing there would be ample opportunities for pictures.  However\, it was when attempting to take a picture of the Duomo in Florence\, Italy he realized he needed a wide-angle zoom\, as he had to take the picture from 3 blocks away to get it all in!  He secured his lens at the Navy Exchange in Naples\, and so the enthusiast was hooked. \nWhen Greg’s wife upgraded her camera\, he took over her Nikon 5600 and began taking pictures again.  He was able to have a cup of coffee with a retired Marine who introduced him to NVPS\, showing him several amazing award-winning photographs.  K-12 invited Greg to visit a club meeting\, which he did\, along with his wife\, and shortly after they joined. \nSince joining NVPS he has enjoyed the inspiration of seeing amazing pictures\, the creativity of other members and the focused opportunities afforded by the themed competitions.   Taking more pictures led to upgrading to a Nikon D750\, and with the encouragement of his wife\, adopted shooting primarily in manual mode.  \nNow Greg enjoys shooting whatever he happens upon: birds and landscapes primarily\, and street photography when afforded the opportunity.  He is becoming more purposeful in his photography\, moving from just shooting snapshots to thinking about compositions and seeking out better environments for capturing images.  He and his wife Gitta are anticipating an RV trip to Denver\, Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Parks\, with many stops along the way\, and hopefully will have many opportunities to expand his skills.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-people-places-and-things-with-greg-smith/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T194500
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Getting to Know You with Susan Blalock\, Suzy McIntire and Terri Lannigan
DESCRIPTION:This evening will be an NVPS first: a Group Member’s Gallery featuring three of our newer and new to gallery presentation members. Susan Blalock\, Suzy McIntire and Terri Lannigan present three mini Member’s Galleries. \nSusan Blalock \nSusan got her love of photography from her grandfather and helped him develop photos for family holiday cards in his home darkroom which was located a closet under the stairs.  She purchased a digital camera several years ago and the pandemic gave her the opportunity to spend more time taking photos.  Finding NVPS was quite the happy accident for Susan when she started to look for a local camera club to join.  NVPS’ weekly meetings\, variety of speakers\, field trips\, and the mentor program were all interesting and last winter she decided to join the Club.  Since the Fall Susan has been working with mentor Will Friedman and so far their focus has been working on black and white images.  Willa’s guidance has helped Susan to improve how she sees images and improved the tonal range of her images.  Susan is still very much a “newbie” and she enjoys nature photography\, long exposure\, and macro\, but is not opposed to giving any genre a try. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nSuzy McIntire \nSuzy has had two wonderful mentors since she joined NVPS in 2019: Willa Friedman and Stan Bysshe. She can’t thank them enough for help to learn her Fuji\, how to shoot in RAW and use HDR and LightRoom\, how to choose a picture for competition\, and the importance of “knowing her bird.” There was excellent discussion of issues around street photography\, and some pictures even got competition awards\, although not when she didn’t listen to Willa. \n\n\n\n\n\nTerri Lannigan \nTerri was introduced to photography by her father\, an avid photographer of nature\, trains and automobiles.  They spent many hours hiking and capturing photos\, mostly landscape\, with her trusty Pentax K1000.  The cost of film was prohibitive during college and early professional years\, and photography fell by the wayside.  With the advent of digital photography\, and with young children\, Terri again picked up the camera for family events and vacations.  As the kids got older\, and time was more available to return to hiking and to devote to the craft of photography\, Terri was lucky to be encouraged by Georgette Grossman to join NVPS.  She hasn’t looked back!  Originally\, thinking that she would focus on mammals and landscape\, she found that vision difficult to realize for short weekend jaunts and ended up developing a love of birds\, insects and tree frogs.  NVPS has been a huge contributor to her growth as a photographer and she is looking forward to continuing to learn and grow through the many resources available here.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-getting-to-know-you-with-susan-blalock-suzy-mcintire-and-terri-lannigan/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220322T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220322T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210730T154706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220114T143023Z
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: Greek Islands 2021 with Kirk Johnson
DESCRIPTION:For this Members Gallery\, Kirk will be presenting photographs that were taken during a November 2021 cruise to the Greek Islands. \nKirk Johnson is a seasoned photographer who has been taking digital photos since 2012.  A Nikon shooter\, Kirk is interested in a variety of subjects that include wildlife (in November 2019 he did a photo shoot in South Africa and Zimbabwe)\, architecture\, travel\, street and urban\, portrait\, black-and-white\, floral and abstract.  Kirk uses an array of post-processing tools to create his final product including Photoshop Creative Cloud Topaz Studio\, Photomatix\, and PortraitPro Studio. \nKirk has been recognized internationally\, nationally\, and locally with a variety of photographic awards including: six photo creations on CBS Sunday Morning (2021 & 2022)\,  2019 Annual Photography Award (APA) – Honorable Mention for Wildlife category\, 2017 International Fine Arts Photography Award (FAPA) – Nominee Award for Abstract photography; the 2014 Great American Country  (GAC) – Hunt for Americana Photo Contest – United States Southern Region Finalist; and numerous NVPS monthly and end-of-year competition awards.  Additionally\, three of his photographs were juried into the 2020 Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions competition and a People’s Choice finalist.  \nHis photographs have appeared in Outdoor Photography.com\, Bliss Magazine\, twice in Shutterbug.com “Photo of the Day\,” and inside the Willing Warriors Retreat at Bull Run (Reflecting Pond and Lincoln Memorial)\, and in the 2020 Burke and Herbert Calendar – for the month of August (Jefferson Memorial).  \nKirk\, a retired Naval officer and Federal employee lives in Alexandria\, Virginia with his wife\, Leslie.  Kirk has volunteered his time in NVPS; as a Members Forum Coordinator\, Members Gallery Coordinator\, and most recently Vice President for Programs. \nYou can see some of Kirk’s photo creations on his website www.kirkjohnsonphotography.squarespace.com.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-greek-islands-2021-with-kirk-johnson/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220322T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220322T194500
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210730T153826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T184628Z
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Close to Home with Willa Friedman
DESCRIPTION:For the past two years\, because of the pandemic\, Willa has been photographing very close to home. This is an overview of the parks in the vicinity and almost all the pictures were taken in the last two years. The only exception that she can think of is the river otter at Huntley Meadows\, but they are unusual and Willa wanted to show what might be seen in these places. \nWilla’s first job after college was as an instructor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York\, She had a choice of several summer projects—filing\, cleaning animal cages or photographing wildlife in city parks for the NYC schools. She claimed to be able to do photography and came home with a camera. Bob taught her everything she needed to know over the following weekend and her work was published. Bob still claims to have taught her everything she knows.\n\nWilla has taken courses and workshops at Photoworks at Glen Echo\, and with Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant in New Brunswick\, Canada\, and Santa Fe Workshop. She has also had extensive courses in Photoshop with Eliot Cohen. She has been a member of NVPS since 2004 and has learned  a great deal from the members and speakers. She is currently coordinator for the solo shows at Beanetics\, or will be when they re-open. \nHer work is on display at the Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria and she has an image in the permanent collection of the Joseph Miller Center for Photographic Arts and has had images published in the Northern Virginia Review  and District Lines and has had solo shows at 1st Stage and Beanetics Coffee Rosters in Annandale and has been  a guest artist at Waverly Street Gallery in Bethesda. \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-close-to-home-with-willa-freidman/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210730T151127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T204915Z
UID:22285-1645559100-1645560000@nvps.org
SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: A Family Vacation in South Africa with Kevin Linde
DESCRIPTION:Twenty nine years after leaving South Africa\, Kevin and his family were able to enjoy visiting the country that he grew up in. Southern Africa offers so many photographic opportunities that range from beautiful landscapes to some of the most incredible wildlife on earth. \nKevin was born and raised in Johannesburg\, South Africa and moved to Canada in 1992 where he met his wife\, Debby. In 1998 they moved to Northern Virginia with their 2-year-old son\, Ryan. Their second son\, Jared\, was born in 1999 when they moved into their current home in Fairfax City. Kevin’s eldest son is now working and living in Austin\, TX and his youngest is a senior at the University of Alabama. Kevin currently works as a physical therapist in a private practice clinic\, which he founded in 2003. \nKevin became interested in photography about 16 years ago when he bought his first Canon DSLR. Prior to that he had a Pentax SLR\, which he owned for about 5 years prior to switching to digital. He learned the basics with this camera but was never that interested in photography. The change to digital provided instant feedback\, which allowed him to learn beyond the basics a lot faster. Kevin also enjoys post processing and continues to improve his skills with practice and online learning. He currently uses Canon equipment that he has accumulated over the years. His favorite subject to shoot is motor racing\, which is influenced by his interest in the sport. Not far behind is nature and animals which he was fortunate enough to enjoy while living in South Africa. He states that the great thing about photography is that you can take a photo of almost anything out there and make it something unique. He has been a member of NVPS for five years and has enjoyed meeting some wonderful people and great photographers. He enjoys sharing his photos but also enjoys seeing the great talent of others. Kevin loves the creativity of photography and looks forward to many more years of creating and sharing images.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-a-family-vacation-in-south-africa-with-kevin-linde/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T194500
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210730T150742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211215T155334Z
UID:22283-1645558200-1645559100@nvps.org
SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Huntley Meadows Park - You Never Know What You Will See with David Crooks
DESCRIPTION:Photos taken of the fairly rare wildlife in the ever-changing Huntley Meadows Park. The atmosphere in the park changes frequently from deftly still too noisy and boisterous. This is David’s favorite place to photograph. If it were possible\, he would go there every day. \nThe photos below were mostly shot in 2021. \nPhotography is David Crooks’ passion and capturing the beauty of nature is the reward. David pursued his love of photography from his early days of chasing cardinals in his  neighborhood to visiting many local and far away parks\, reserves\, and other places where “wildlife” lives. \nHe was a member of the Loudoun Photo Club for about 5 years and then in 2015\, joined Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS). In 2016\, he volunteered to be the Webmaster of the NVPS website. In 2021\, David wrote “Virginia Beltway Photography Meetup Guide Book.” In it\, he describes 25 locations the Meetup Group frequently visited over the past seven years. The book is available on Amazon.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-huntley-meadows-park-you-never-know-what-you-will-see-with-david-crooks/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210729T212540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211207T204156Z
UID:22260-1643139900-1643140800@nvps.org
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/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T194500
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210729T212141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211207T215133Z
UID:22258-1643139000-1643139900@nvps.org
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/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210729T201426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211007T194505Z
UID:22233-1637696700-1637697600@nvps.org
SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: Honor Flight with Colena Turner
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: Chuck Campbell\nIn 2014 and 2015\, Colena served as a volunteer to greet Honor Flight veterans arriving at Dulles International Airport and Reagan National Airport to visit their memorials in Washington\, D.C.. Her Member’s Gallery presentation displays many of the emotions and excitement experienced by the veterans and greeters. \nColena is especially drawn to photographing people. In high school\, she started her photography journey as the family photographer for get togethers\, with a camera gifted to her by a family friend. In 2003\, she purchased her first digital camera and has expanded her interests to nature\, macro\, abstract\, portrait\, event\, and street photography. \nAs a volunteer photographer\, Colena has shared her talent with the Phenomenal Women’s Alliance\, Help Portrait\, Loudoun Foto Trek\, Cornerstones\, Library of Congress National Book Festival\, Smithsonian Folklife Festival\, Wreaths Across America\, Reston Multi-Cultural Festival\, Honor Flight and Reston Association. For the past eleven years\, she has served in the Photography Ministry at her place of worship\, Heritage Fellowship Church. \nColena joined NVPS in February 2012 and has served as coordinator for Member’s Gallery and Ask Me A Question table. She currently serves on the NVPS Board as the Secretary/Historian. Colena continues to learn about the art of photography through workshops\, lectures\, tours and field trips. \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-honor-flight-with-colena-turner/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T194500
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210729T200147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T143018Z
UID:22231-1637695800-1637696700@nvps.org
SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): A Photographic Potpourri with Ginger Werz-Petricka
DESCRIPTION:For November Ginger Werz-Petricka will be showing a variety of images from more recent travels to such far-flung and diverse locations as Washington State\, Maine\, Utah and Tennessee.  \nGinger has been a member of NVPS since 2009.  Over the years she has been involved with Education and Training\, and Members Gallery\, but is mostly known as co-chair of the Portfolio Project.  Her photography often reflects her interest in shape and texture\, with a love of dramatic light.  She also has a special interest in photographing the abandoned\, especially old buildings. 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-a-photographic-potpourri-with-ginger-werz-petricka-2/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210729T185226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T211002Z
UID:22217-1635277500-1635278400@nvps.org
SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: Whimsy\, and Other Odd Bits with Tim Brown
DESCRIPTION:Tim’s Gallery\, Whimsy\, and Other Odd Bits\, is a collection of photos of the kinds of things you don’t see every day. \nTim Brown entered the world of photography gradually after several decades of a life with no apparent artistic interest or talent. Occasional attempts to capture interesting scenes on film\, especially in the desert southwest\, rarely succeeded. The three key threshold events that most significantly advanced Tim’s photography skills and interest are: \n\nGetting a digital camera in 2004\, which enabled unlimited experimentation.\nGetting Adobe Lightroom in 2016\, which provided new life for many pictures previously thought to be worthless.\nJoining the Northern Virginia Photographic Society in 2018\, which opened up an avenue to helpful feedback that boosted both enthusiasm and results.\n\n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-whimsy-and-other-odd-bits-with-tim-brown/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T194500
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210729T184534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210827T150558Z
UID:22214-1635276600-1635277500@nvps.org
SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Love is in the Air with Bob Friedman
DESCRIPTION:The gallery that Bob will share with us are photos of people showing love. \nBob Friedman – Bio \nAs a teenager\, Bob started his photography journey with a basement darkroom he inherited from his brother. He enjoyed printing and did his first composite when he was 17 years old.  He put a friend’s girlfriend’s head on a nude model.  We thought it was funny but the girlfriend did not and they broke up. \nThe first thing he did when he bought a house was to build a darkroom in the basement. \nHe joined the Art League about 8 years ago and has been juried into many monthly shows and even received a Best in Show in an exhibit. \nHe has taken courses and workshops at Photoworks at Glen Echo\, and with Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant in New Brunswick\, Canada\, He has also had extensive courses in Photoshop. He has been a member of NVPS for over 15 years. \nHe has multiple images in the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at the Smithsonian Institution\, Washington\, D.C. and has prints on display in various professional offices in the Metro DC area\, a Congressional office and in many private collections. \nHis current passion is street photography.  Difficult in these times\, but possible as shown in his photos in NVPS Members Gallery. \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-love-is-in-the-air-with-bob-friedman/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20210727T205618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210729T170350Z
UID:22067-1632858300-1632859200@nvps.org
SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: A Photographic Potpourri with George Bradshaw
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: Ed Marion \nA Photographic Potpourri \nThe venerable stew\, which has been with us since at least the 13th millennia BC\, inspired this Member’s Gallery – a mixture of favorite themes whose commonality is based solely upon the photographer’s interests.  Themes will include Things in the Sky\, The Beauty of Nature\, A Touch of Architecture\, A Dollop of Drama\, Snippets of Astronomy\, and more.  \nGeorge Bradshaw’s Photo Bio \nGeorge inherited a photo gene from his father who freelanced in the ‘30s and ‘40s.  But the gene did not express itself until 2015 when\, in retirement\, he bought a Canon 70D; and has been having a blast with photography ever since.  His interests are eclectic\, in the sense that he hasn’t the discipline to focus.  And his compositions have been called whimsical\, which he firmly believes is a compliment.  \nThis most fascinating of all hobbies has opened up the DC area for George.  Despite being a near lifelong Fairfaxian\, he has explored many more local venues in the past few years than in the past few decades.   And George’s bucket list includes getting outside the area to visit his father’s old haunts in NYC where he plied his freelancing.  \nGeorge joined the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) Photo Club in 2015 and became its webmaster.  The OPC has given George many wonderful opportunities to learn about and have practical experience with the photographic arts.  And as the OPC is affiliated with George Mason University\, the experience has included photographing dress rehearsals for Mason’s School of Theater – quite a technical and artistic challenge\, as well as a fulfilling activity.  In 2018 George joined the NVPS and is now the Society’s eBlaster.  He especially enjoys the NVPS Education & Training programs\, which\, along with all the other NVPS activities\, continually drive him forward to “see” his world and discover meaningful compositions. \n  
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-a-photographic-potpourri-with-george-bradshaw/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20200807T205537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210228T185214Z
UID:18850-1621971000-1621972800@nvps.org
SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Exploring Delaware with Deb and Art Rose & Digital: Patterns and Graphics with Wayne Guenther
DESCRIPTION:Prints (Virtually): Exploring Delaware with Deb and Art Rose\nArt and Deb have enjoyed having two “home” states; one in Alexandria Virginia\, and the other in Bethany Beach Delaware. The two locations are polar opposites\, yet complement each other beautifully. \nAlexandria offers the bustle of historic Old Town\, Northern Virginia\, and DC museums and landmarks. They enjoy photographing local places such as Huntley Meadows\, Dyke Marsh\, Mason Neck\, Conowingo Dam\, Battlefields\, and Shenandoah. \nBethany Beach offers the quiet of the ocean\, natural vistas\, and a slower paced lifestyle. They enjoy photographing sunrise on the beach (well\, Deb more so than Art at 5 AM)\, native birds\, and sunsets on the Bay at the Ocean View VFW. \nWith their international travel on hold during the pandemic\, and closure of museums and other sites in Virginia\, they spent more time in Delaware exploring the “First State”\, and made some delightful photography discoveries. They explored many sites including the capitol buildings in Dover\, National Wildlife Refuges of Prime Hook and Bombay Hook\, Assawoman Wildlife Areas\, Great Cypress Swamp\, Delaware Botanical Gardens\, James Farm Ecological Preserve\, Abbott’s\, Warren and Double Mills\, Slaughter Beach\, and Lavender Fields. \nArt and Deb’s interest in photography began 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\, Art as a chemical engineer and Deb as a pediatric physical therapist\, they have been living their dream to travel and capture their experiences through photography. Past travels through North\, Central and South America included the Panama Canal\, Galapagos\, Ecuador\, Peru and Machu Picchu. Travels through Europe and Asia included Singapore\, Thailand\, Vietnam\, Hong Kong\, Italy\, Greece and Malta. They enjoy all types of photography encountered on their travels: landscape\, street\, wildlife\, architectural\, night sky and every flavor in-between. \nMembers of NVPS since 2018\, Art and Deb enjoy learning and developing creative skills to enhance their photography. Deb blends watercolor painting and brush effects with her photography to create photo artistic pieces\, and Art enjoys applying new techniques to landscape\, wildlife and still-life photos. \n“We see photography as a way to connect with others\, capture the experiences of new places\, and discover different perspectives of familiar places”. \n   \n  \n  \nDigital: Patterns and Graphics with Wayne Guenther\n  \nWayne Guenther \nWhen Wayne joined Gallery West (Alexandria VA) artist’s cooperative in 1995\, he was an artist without an identity\, a style.  Wayne shot whatever he liked\, and never examined why he liked the subject or settled on a particular composition.  That gradually changed as he created new work monthly and received a lot of feedback about the “graphic nature” of his subjects and compositions.  By 2001 Wayne had a second solo show that was nearly all graphic interpretations of furniture\, and his statement started with “I like angles\, lines and curves\, so furniture is a natural subject”.  Wayne’s third solo show at the gallery in 2003 was based entirely on interpretations of stairs\, which have lines and curves of course.  Jumping 18 years to today\, Wayne has become a “generalist” in that extensive travel has given him so many subjects to photograph\, but his underlying compositional instinct is still graphic based.  This digital presentation will show examples of this result. \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 Lumix/Panasonic lenses. \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-delaware-with-deb-and-art-rose-digital-patterns-and-graphics-with-wayne-guenther/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20200807T204935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210115T132954Z
UID:18846-1619551800-1619553600@nvps.org
SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Maine with Mike Kane & Digital: Passion for Architecture with Judy Guenther
DESCRIPTION:Maine with Michael Kane\nMike Kane will present a sampling of images from his explorations of the mid-coast of Maine. \nPhotography started early for Mike\, while in high school he picked up an Argus C3 rangefinder and began teaching himself how to make images. He moved onto using a Minolta SRT-101 during his college years while dabbling in his own darkroom but life soon brought a career and children which left little time for exploring with his camera. \nFollowing a 30 year career in local government\, Mike bought a digital camera to reacquaint himself with photography. He joined NVPS in 2009 to meet other photographers and to learn as much as he could about digital photography. \nHis passion for photography grew\, he graduated from the Washington School of Photography in 2011 and had success selling his fine art prints and instructing introductory classes in digital photography. \nIn 2013 Mike and his wife left Northern Virginia for the mid-coast of Maine where he has a small real estate photography business and ample opportunities for expanding his personal catalog of images and prints. \nWith being able to re-connect with friends on Zoom\, Mike re-joined NVPS in 2020. \n  \n  \n  \nPassion for Architecture with Judy Guenther\nJudy Guenther specifically loves the many opportunities provided by architecture: rotundas\, stairs\, bridges\, cultural icons\, specific architects\, skylines\, cathedrals\, exterior\, interior\, reflections\, details\, abstracts and cultural. She has narrowed down the focus of her presentation tonight to the architects Frank Gehry\, Frank Lloyd Wright\, and Santiago Calatrava\, rotundas\, stairs\, and cultural buildings. \nJudy joined NVPS in the fall of 2015. She is an avid travel photographer and enjoys post-processing and creativity. She has spent this period of Covid isolation without travel by working on photos from past travels. Judy is a member of the Art League at the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria\, the Maryland Federation for the Arts\, and the F11 Women’s Photography Group. She enjoys a variety of photographic subjects including architecture\, landscapes\, abstracts\, colors\, nature\, wildlife and cultural portraits. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-maine-with-mike-kane-digital-passion-for-architecture-with-judy-guenther/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T061202
CREATED:20200807T204128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210315T145121Z
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Macro Photography with Kieulan Nguyen & Digital: FIAP Photo Meeting in Shandong\, China with Kieu-Hahn Vu
DESCRIPTION:Macro Photography with Kieulan Nguyen\nFlower photography is one of few things that Kieulan loves to photograph.   The shapes\, the vibrant colors\, the textures that she always looks for when she takes pictures of flowers.  For the last few year\, Kieulan has evolved her macro photography from traditional floral photography using selective focus to high key flower photography on a light box and especially during 2020 due to Covid 19 she has picked up a new way to express the beauty of flowers that she captured and then digitally painted them in Photoshop. \nKieulan considers herself as a beginner of floral digital artist and continues to expand her love for flowers.  From taking a picture of a flower and then painting it some how she feels she has come a complete cycle of her creativity in creating a beautiful flower image. \n    \n  \nFIAP Photo Meeting in Shandong\, China with Kieu-Hahn Vu\nKieu-Hanh’s presentation is a compilation of her photos from her FIAP Photo Meeting in Shandong\, China in 2017.  Shandong is known as the hometown of Confucius and Mencius.  This photo meeting consists of more than 320 photographers from over 40 countries and regions around the world.  They gathered in Shadong\, China to photograph the traditional culture\, and the natural landscape of Ji’nan\, Tai’an\, Jining\, Liaocheng\, Zaozhuang\, Zibo\, Weifang\, and Qingdao. \nWhile photographers usually learn to take pictures first and then learn how to edit their pictures using post processing tools\, Kieu-Hanh went the unconventional route.  She first learned about the editing tools when she took a computer graphics course in college\, and because she was so interested in those editing tools\, she began learning about photography so that she could apply her skills.  She first picked up a point-and-shoot camera\, and joined the Vietnamese Photographic Society (VNPS) in 2006 to learn how to take pictures.  She has since moved on to several SLR digital cameras\, and currently uses a Canon 7D Mark II.  She is also a member of Photographic Society of America (PSA) and the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP).  Since 2009\, she has been a frequent speaker at VNPS’s educational programs\, as well as contributed her written articles on photography techniques.  For the past seven years\, she has also been part of the judging panel in several photo contests and portfolio projects at this camera club. \nKieu-Hanh has been a member of Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS) since 2008.  She considers herself as an avid amateur photographer.  She uses photography as ways to relax and to reduce the stress from her hectic lifestyle.  Her main interest is nature photography and photojournalism.  When creating an image\, she tries to convey an idea\, message\, or thought in her image.  Kieu-Hanh has won numerous competitions and awards for her photographs at international\, national\, and local competitions. \nKieu-Hanh is currently working as a Systems Analyst in Washington DC.  She lives with her husband in Fairfax\, Virginia.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-macro-photography-with-kieulan-nguyen-digital-fiap-photo-meeting-with-kieu-hahn-vu/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Canadian Rockies with Jack Ledgerwood & Digital: Abandoned Places\, Abandoned Spaces with Karol and John Murray
DESCRIPTION:Gems of the Canadian Rockies\nPhoto Credit: Rena Schild \nOver 20 years ago\, Jack had watched a PBS show on some of the great lodges from around the world where he first saw images of the beauty surrounding Chateau Lake Louise\, thus creating an entry to his world travels bucket list. So\, in 2019\, he and his wife Susy made plans to stay at the Chateau and to further explore the Canadian Rockies. Their plans centered around bus tour to the great resorts of the Canadian Rockies which included stays at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge\, the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise\, and the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel\, also known as the “Castle of the Rockies”. What he learned on the trip was that the beauty around Chateau Lake Louise that first attracted him to the area extended throughout the entire Canadian Rockies. The pictures shown tonight are just a small sample of the widespread mountain beauty that they experienced on their journey. \nJack’s photography journey began with his first 35mm film camera\, a Minolta X-370\, back in the 1980s. He enjoyed his photography for several years\, mostly while traveling\, until his interest waned in the early 2000s as the digital transition began. His interest in photography was renewed when he picked up his first digital camera\, a Nikon P610 in 2015\, in anticipation of a European River Cruise. He enjoyed the freedom of the digital medium and certainly all the auto features on his point-and-shoot bridge camera. \nAfter Jack retired from his years in the software engineering industry in late 2018\, he needed to find something to pass his time so he thought about photography. His searching for photography clubs brought him to his first NVPS club meeting in September 2019. Since then\, it has been a good whirlwind of activity. He was fortunate enough to have an image juried into NatureVision and  has received a couple of ribbons in the NVPS monthly competitions. The club has been very encouraging\, and he believes he has grown his skills by upgrading his camera to a Nikon D7500 with an 18-300mm zoom lens. moving fully onto manual\, learning better composition\, and venturing into post-processing. He is enjoying all the benefits of the club and learning from all of the extraordinary talent in it. \nJack is still trying to figure out what he likes to photograph\, but he certainly likes taking pictures of big landscape vistas and capturing his travels from around the world. \n   \n  \nAbandoned Places\, Abandoned Spaces – with Karol and John Murray\nKarol in the Woods! \nKarol finds herself drawn to abandoned places. She’s not sure why\, but finds herself wondering what it was like when they were functioning\, who lived or worked there\, and why they were abandoned.  She began dragging John along on fieldtrips and he caught her fascination with such empty spaces.  Fortunately\, Karol hasn’t abandoned him on any of these trips – yet. \nFor this collection\, we wanted to share photos from some of our favorite haunts in this genre\, including images from the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum\, Eastern State Penitentiary\, Ellis Island\, A. Hoen & Co. Lithograph Building\, and other abandoned places and abandoned spaces. \nKarol and John Murray have been involved in photography in one form or another since the early 1970s but did not get “serious” until more recently.  John started with a Mamiya Sekor and shot friends\, family\, sunsets\, and travels when he was in the Navy.  He even had a darkroom in the basement.  Karol shot mostly our children but has a good eye\, won several photo contests\, and even got a picture on a magazine cover. \nAfter a long pause from photography\, Karol joined NVPS in 2013 and became enthralled by her ability to see things differently and capture her vision digitally\, using a Nikon D7200.  John eventually got tired of being her Sherpa and began taking pictures about five years ago – first with a Nikon point and shoot that Karol bought him for Christmas and now with a mirrorless Fujifilm.  Together they have travelled far and wide taking pictures to satisfy creative urges and document their adventures.  They mostly shoot landscapes and architecture but will stop along the side of the road if something catches their eye. \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-canadian-rockies-with-jack-ledgerwood-digital-abandoned-places-abandoned-spaces-with-karol-and-john-murray/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Retrospective 2019 with Sid Stone & Digital: Geometrical Shapes with Kathryn Mohrman
DESCRIPTION:Retrospective 2019 with Sid Stone\n2019 was a busy travel and photography year for Sidney and his partner Joanna. During 2019 they traveled to Nova Scotia\, Palm Springs\, Vermont\, Australia and Philadelphia. Some of the travel was related to Jo’s job and Sidney got to tag along getting a lot of free time to explore the locals and take pictures. \nSidney will take us back to the “normal” days of 2019 and perhaps add a few shots from his younger days. \nSidney has been photographing seriously since about the age of 9 starting as many did with a Kodak Brownie. Although he recalls taking some pictures with his father’s Kodak Bantam camera that used 828 film. Sidney still has that camera. His love of darkroom work was triggered as he watched his father develop prints in a make shift kitchen darkroom. He thought it was magic to see an image appear on white paper placed in a tray of chemicals. This love of the darkroom led to countless hours spent in darkrooms at his high school\, college\, apartment with the window covered\, a kitchen\, a converted bathroom\, and basement darkrooms. \nOne of Sidney’s particular photography loves is shooting sports. In high school and college is was an official school sports photographer shooting football\, baseball\, swimming\, golf\, basketball (nothing better than sitting on the hardwood under the basket!). When his son Dan became his high school’s football manager Sidney spent Saturday afternoons walking the sidelines and end zones snapping action shots. After shooting about 20 rolls of Ektachrome each game\, getting it processed and scanned he went digital choosing Canon over Nikon. He still has his original Minolta SR-1 and has been recently shooting with it. \n   \nGeometrical Shapes with Kathryn Mohrman\nKathryn Mohrman \n“Geometry is the foundation of all painting\,” said Albrecht Durer\, the famous painter and printmaker of the German Renaissance. In fact\, geometry is the foundation of all forms of art\, from sculpture to photography. Almost any artistic work can be analyzed in terms of curves and straight lines\, ovals and rectangles. \nThe photographs in this exhibit emphasize the fundamental geometry of architecture. My eye is drawn to the shapes of bridges and facades and domes and stairways. As I travel in various countries I am attracted to the people\, of course\, but also to the monuments they have created in stone and steel and glass. From New York City to Istanbul\, Ireland to Uzbekistan\, I marvel at the creativity of various cultures across the centuries as they combine various shapes in their buildings in different and intriguing ways. \nKathryn Mohrman became seriously interested in photography about a decade ago\, when she received her first “real” digital camera for a safari in Botswana. She then became fascinated by the options available with manual controls instead of automatic–and the rest is history. \nShe joined NVPS in 2015 when she retired from a career in academia. She has served as secretary/historian of the club and has participated in various anonymous critiques and member displays. \nHer work has emphasized the different cultures she has visited in her travels around the world\, although this exhibit does not have humans in any of the images. In recent months her travels and photography have been limited to locations close to home\, but she has used her time productively with online classes and webinars on Photoshop\, creativity\, and compositing.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-retrospective-2019-with-sid-stone-digital-geometrical-shapes-with-kathryn-mohrman/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Memories of Greenland with Judy Graham & Digital Travels in Postwar Cambodia & Vietnam - Part II Vietnam with Bill Corbett
DESCRIPTION:Prints (Virtually) Memories of Greenland with Judy Graham\nJudy has been fortunate to do some amazing things in her life\, but the week she spent in Greenland aboard the 100-foot schooner\, the Opal\, remains one at the top of her list. Judy’s presentation is a compilation of photos taken on her journey around Scoresby Sound\, located on the eastern side of Greenland above the Arctic Circle. Her photos also include a stop at a Greenlandic Inuit village\, Ittoqqortoomitt\, inhabited by approximately 400 residents and 250 sled dogs. Hunting whales\, polar bears\, seals\, and musk ox (related to the goat) is still a way of life in this village\, one of the most remote in the country. \nJudy has lived in the Washington\, D.C. area most of her life.  She retired March 1\, 2018 after a long career in the field of human resources management for corporate America. Judy joined NVPS in January 2011 with the goal of meeting local photographers\, doing more local photography\, and learning more about the art of photography. Her goals have been met 10 times over! \nJudy is primarily drawn to photographing dramatic landscapes\, often remote and difficult to get to. Initially her interest was in the desert southwest; however\, in more recent years she has expanded her travel to include colder places such as Alaska\, Patagonia\, Iceland\, Greenland\, and the Canadian Rockies in winter. She does not let the cold get in her way. \nJudy currently shoots with a Canon 5D MK IV. For most of the photos in her presentation she used a Canon 100-400mm II lens and had to handhold due to the motion of the boat. For those who know her\, she is glued to her trusty tripod. \nAs for the future\, she has a trip planned to the Tetons in September 2020 and one to Arizona in November 2020. She is the happy holder of a permit to the Wave (North Coyote Buttes). Beyond that she has no idea. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDigital: From Angkor Wat to Hanoi: Travels in Postwar Cambodia & Vietnam – Part I with Bill Corbett\nBill Corbett is a bird and travel photographer who enjoys color\, action and texture in his pictures.  A photojournalist in college\, Bill resumed spending serious amounts of time on photography when digital cameras came along.  He is a Nikon shooter who prefers a long lens and who uses a flash anytime he can. Bill enjoys competing his images at NVPS and making albums from pictures he and his wife Judy take on their travels. \nBill and Judy moved three summers ago to southern Loudoun from McLean\, where they raised their three kids.  He is still just beginning to explore the photo opportunities in Loudoun and west of there.   They spend most of the summer in Delaware\, where Bill takes his camera to wildlife refuges regularly.  His main photography goal is to keep on doing what he’s been doing.  It is fun. \nBill is the secretary and a former president of Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions (formerly Nature Visions)\, a member of NVPS for the past ten or so years\, and the winner of a small number of photography ribbons and awards from those two organizations. \nBill is a retired foreign service officer and trade negotiator who served in Washington\, Korea and Japan and enjoyed/suffered through more than a few travels to other points as a minor representative of American diplomacy.  Follow him on Facebook for his views on current events; he doesn’t post his pictures there. \n    \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-memories-of-greenland-with-judy-graham-and-digital-travels-in-vietnam-with-bill-corbett/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Bears of Brook Falls with Jerri McDermott & Digital: America the Beautiful with Lynn Cates
DESCRIPTION:Prints (Virtually): Bears of Brook Falls with Jerri McDermott\nGiven a blank sheet of paper in elementary school with an assignment to draw something terrified Jerri as she could never come up with something original. Then in seventh grade she took the art elective which opened composition\, rule of thirds\, perspective\, color wheels\, light\, shadow\, and how to make something uniquely mine.  Since her teenage years she explored various forms of needlework and quilting playing with patterns and color combinations. All of this helped her as she took up photography seriously as she approached my retirement from teaching and work as a school librarian. \nJerri attended college at East Stroudsburg State University and worked in the Poconos but never really had the time or money to vacation or explore the area. When a friend found a John Barkley trip to the Poconos\, she signed up hoping to learn the basics of using a digital camera.  Though the camera she borrowed for the class had a broken metal piece in the view finder she was able to capture some interesting images\, learn the essentials of a digital camera and had a blast meeting fellow photographer.  John suggested she deserved a better camera so she purchased her first digital camera\, a Nikon D7000 and started visiting local parks and historical sites shooting whatever caught my eye.   Most years her family visited Williamsburg at least once a year to get away from this century. That year she decided not to take traditional shots but ended up shooting fences\, locks\, historic tools and small details that mean so much but are often overlooked.  Jerri was hooked. \n  \nAs she neared retirement from teaching and being a school librarian\, she wanted a hobby that her husband Jim and she could share.  Joining NVPS gave her inspiration and allowed her to take photography to the next level learning processing skills\, and other camera techniques. Jerri has since enjoyed varied field trips that pushed her beyond family and landscape shooting\, to shooting seasonal flowers\, birds\, old cars\, trains\, abstract images. \nInspired by all the beautiful bird images in competitions she took a class with Jim Clark in Chincoteague on shooting shore birds. Now Jim and Jerri visit several local parks getting up earlier than the birds to capture these wonderful creatures and other local wildlife. Moving to wildlife photography has inspired some of their favorite vacations to Yellowstone\, both in summer and winter\, to the Canadian Northwest\, to Alaska\, Maine and the Great Smokies. \nJerri currently shoots with a Nikon D500 with either an 18 to 200 lens or a Tamron 150 to 600 lens. She recently purchased a Nikon Z50 mirrorless camera with a 15 to 50 mm and 50 to 200 mm lenses and is trying to master mirrorless shooting.  Jerri has been fortunate to have some of her images juried into Nature Visions and honored at the Waterford Fair. \nIn 2018 Jim and Jerri were lucky enough to travel to Brooks Falls National Park in Alaska to shoot the annual Brown bears salmon run.  It was an awesome adventure being so close to these magnificent creatures.   The first thing upon reaching camp the rangers gave a safety lesson on interacting in bear territory.  It is approximately a mile hike from camp to the viewing platforms by the falls. Trails are not just for people\, and part of the adventure is encountering them on the trail.  My presentation images feature bears of various ages\, fishing\, fighting\, playing and even relaxing. I hope you enjoy her work.  These photos were shot with the Nikon D500 and the Tamron 150 to 600 mm lens.  Most\, but not all\, were shot with a tripod. \n  \n  \nDigital: American the Beautiful with Lynn Cates\nLynn became serious about photography in June 2015. That month she began shooting RAW at a workshop in Acadia National Park\, and she took Corey Hilz’ class “Lightroom in a Day” and started processing her images. She is passionate about combining her photography with her cross-country road trips. She loves her Nikon D850. You can view her work at rdtrpr.com. \nFor the November 2020 Member’s Gallery Lynn will share grand and intimate landscape images from her road trips across America. She will include the national parks\, coastlines\, forests\, mountains\, and tiny natural jewels she encountered along the way. \n  \n   \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-bears-with-jerri-mcdermott-and-america-with-lynn-cates/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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