Education & Training – Food Photography, Eating with Your Eyes with Renee Comet
Virtual via ZoomEating with your eyes..... A good food photograph is something you want to eat, a sense of place, a story. How do you create that vision? Through lighting, composition, props and my favorite...drips. I will share my photos to illustrate and inspire. This will also include the workflow process of a commercial job from preproduction […]
Competition with Judge Sandi Croan – No Theme, Open
Virtual via ZoomCompetition Theme: Open within the past three (3) years The judge is Sandi Croan. BIO - Sandi Croan is an independent photographer from Centreville who has been living in Northern Virginia since 1978. She specializes in landscape, nature, and travel photography with an eye for capturing the unique and creating fine art for homes and offices. […]
Field Trips: The Barns of Loudoun County with Roger Lancaster
Photo by: Roger Lancaster NVPS member Roger Lancaster is well known for his beautiful images of the barns of Loudoun County, where he lives. For this field trip we will get a chance to photograph some of those barns with Roger and then photograph, socialize and have a barbecue at Roger’s home in Waterford, VA. […]
Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Alaska Brown Bears with Len Johnson
Virtual via ZoomThe 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 […]
Member’s Gallery – Digital: Covid Projects to Keep Me Sane with Bob Friedman
Virtual via ZoomThis 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 […]
Member’s Forum – Travelling the Mother Road: A Route 66 Trip with Art and Deb Rose
Virtual via ZoomDeb and Art enjoy travelling and sharing their experiences and adventures through their photography. Over 28 days in September of 2021, they travelled 3,619 miles on Old Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California. This had always been a dream to travel the Mother Road. Art and Deb will share their planning, learning, […]
Programs: RAISE THE BAR – Take your Nature and Wildlife Photography to New Heights with Mollie Isaacs
Virtual via ZoomRAISE THE BAR - Take your Nature and Wildlife Photography to New Heights If you want to improve your Nature and Wildlife photography, this is the program for you! We all want our images to be distinctive, different from the rest, and visually appealing. This presentation will give you some ways to do just that. […]
Education & Training – How to Make (Realistic) Composites with Gary Perlow
Virtual via ZoomThe online world is replete with photographic composites: many funny, most poorly done. Gary is going to walk you through the process that will help you create believable composites. When a composite is believable the emotional impact is magnified. He will address and demonstrate such topics as perspective, color, saturation, shadows and other elements. Bio: […]
Field Trips: Smithsonian’s National Zoo
NVPS November 2022 Field TripPlease join us for an autumn morning safari around the zoo. The Smithsonian'sNational Zoo is a popular destination renowned for its wide assortment of exoticanimals. One of the best features of the National Zoo is the relatively naturalenvironments curated for each animal. Most of these photogenic animals you'll meet are ready […]
Competition with Judge Alain Lázaro Gutiérrez Almeida – Theme: “Prepared Food”
Virtual via ZoomCompetition Theme: “Prepared Food” within the past three (3) years Prepared Food: For this theme you should make images of prepared food that is good enough to eat, whatever it may be – a plate of fried fish, a soufflé ready to collapse, a steaming bowl of pea soup with home-made bread, etc. This food […]