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  • Member’s Forum: (In-Person) – Creating a Watercolor Painting Effect in Photoshop with Ilenia Alvarez

    Member's Forum

    Description: Ilenia Alvarez will transform a regular photograph into a watercolor painting using Adobe Photoshop. The process involves applying a series of editing techniques that simplify photographic details, create the appearance of brush strokes, soften edges, enhance colors, and add the texture of watercolor paper. Each step is designed to imitate the characteristics of traditional watercolor painting […]

  • Programs (Zoom) – The Power of Colour in Photography with Sharon Tenenbaum

    Programs

    Bio Sharon Tenenbaum defines herself as an artist working within the medium of photography. The artistic process is paramount in every creation she completes. She always aspires to ‘show reality in a different way’, creating images rather than capturing them. Sharon is constantly challenging herself: whether experimenting with bicycle parts to create composite cityscapes or […]

  • Education and Training: (In Person) Photographing History with Roger Lancaster

    Education & Training

    Bio Roger Lancaster has been a member of NVPS since 2008. He has served in a number of positions with the club, and also served as President of Nature Visions, now known as the Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions, for two terms. Based in Waterford, Virginia, Roger is known for his nature-focused portfolio that captures the beauty […]

  • Field Trip:  Bartholdi Fountain at the U.S. Botanic Garden 

    Field Trips

    Owing to weather conditions predicted for October 11, this field trip has been re-scheduled for Sunday, October 18, 2026. This is a neighborhood photo field trip and the locations mentioned below are generally within a 5–block radius. When:Sunday, October 18, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. We will meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Bartholdi […]

  • Competition – (Zoom) No Theme with Judge Tom Cuchara

    Competitions

    Bio Tom Cuchara is an OM SYSTEM Ambassador, a Photographic Craftsman (PPA), and HonNEC honoree who brings heart, curiosity, and a keen eye to every frame he captures. Specializing in nature photography—especially birds, macro, and night scenes—Tom sees the world as a tapestry of intricate details, hidden stories, and fleeting moments worth preserving. His journey […]

  • Member’s Gallery: (In Person – Digital) – What Do I See with Wayne Guenther

    Member's Gallery

    Since joining NVPS in 2015, Wayne’s multiple presentations of his work has included images in about every genre, but he remains a fine art photographer at heart.  His images often highlight his interest in patterns, lines, and geometric content like curves, circles, and triangles.  But there’s more to Wayne’ssubject interests, which he’ll show in this presentation. It is a collection of work he particularly likes from the past five years, mixed together on purpose and including a few images he may have shown in […]

  • Member’s Forum: (In-Person) – Photographing the American Trackside with Suzy McIntire

    Member's Forum

    Bio: Suzy McIntire joined NVPS in 2019, and is club secretary for 2026-27. She shoots primarily with a Fuji X-T5, and loves her 17-40mm f/1.8 Sigma lens. Suzy enjoys street photography— capturing little-noticed moments in everyday life and the humor that sometimes comes with it. She’s also partial to human-created vernacular landscapes. For several years she has been photographing […]

  • Member’s Gallery – (In-Person): Seeking Calmness: My Three-Year Photographic Journey with Siva Vittala

    Member's Gallery

    Seeking Calmness: My Three-Year Photographic Journey Siva Vittala began his photographic journey during the pandemic, transforming early observations of his surroundings into a passion. His growth accelerated after joining the Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS) two years ago, where community mentorship and critique helped refine his eye and build a post-processing workflow. Siva looks for […]

  • Programs – (Zoom) The Art & Science of Abstraction with Deborah Loeb Bohren

    Programs

    Bio Deborah Loeb Bohren believes the essence of photography is the art and science of painting with light and she uses her camera like a paintbrush, the world like a palette. She thinks of her work as visual alchemy: a transformation not of matter into gold but rather of shape, light, shadow, color and line into […]