Member’s Forum – In Search of Hummingbirds from Peru with Kimxuan Nguyen
Virtual via ZoomKimxuan traveled to Peru to photograph birds with her fellow photographers for 12 days in February of 2022. In Peru, there were about 400 species of birds to photograph. However, for this presentation, Kimxuan will only concentrate on the hummingbirds that she was able to photograph. Some of them were the most sought-after birds in […]
Education & Training – In-Person – Bring Your Camera and Prints Night
Dunn Loring Fire Station 2148 Gallows Road, Dunn Loring, Virginia*** IN PERSON ONLY at Dunn Loring Fire Station *** For this second face-to-face meeting of the year, you will be able to try your hand at creating images at different activity stations. You will also be able to learn more about printing and paper types and share and compare printing techniques with fellow members. […]
Programs: Storytelling, Videomaking and Photography with Brian Zwit
Virtual via ZoomHumans have been sharing stories since they first learned to speak. However, how we tell those stories has changed over time. We started by painting our stories on the walls of caves and then learned to write and paint and later invented photography and filmmaking. Story Telling at 24 Frames Per Second will cover the advantages, […]
Portfolio Project – Interim Review, Group 1
Virtual via ZoomDuring this review the Portfolio co-chairs, Ginger Werz-Petricka and Brenda Wilson, joined by Deb Rose, will offer suggestions on the draft copies of portfolios for half of this year’s participants. They will look at the Artist Statements and images to see how they fit and represent the premise as laid out in the Artist Statement. […]
Field Trips: Library of Congress
Our February field trip will be to the largest library in the world. The Library of Congress is not only home to over 38 million books, 14 million photographs, 8 million pieces of sheet music and 70 million manuscripts, the Thomas Jefferson building also happens to be DC's most glamorously decorated interiors. The Thomas Jefferson […]
Competition with Judge Jennifer King – No Theme, Open
Virtual via ZoomCompetition Theme: Open within the past three (3) years The judge is Jennifer King. BIO: Jennifer King is an internationally acclaimed landscape and fine art photographer with a passion for teaching and inspiring photographers around the world. She draws on her fine art and design background to bring an artistic approach to nature photography. Jennifer is […]
Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): East Africa – Again with Nancy Dubiell and Bill Vanderpool
Virtual via ZoomEven though we have been to East Africa before, we welcomed this, our fifth trip. Although the land is the same, the people and the animals are always different. This trip, with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), included Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda. BIO: Nancy and Bill have been members of NVPS since, well, since the Washington Gas […]
Member’s Gallery – Digital: Italy’s Adriatic coast towns with Clark Barker
Virtual via ZoomScenes from Clark and wife Joan’s last overseas pre-covid journey to Rome, Malta, and the Adriatic Coast of Italy by small ship, ending in Venice. Bio: Following college and gainful employment Clark purchased a Minolta SRT101 which was mostly used to produce slides. After a couple more Minoltas, a digital 8 megapixel Olympus and several […]
Member’s Forum – Tribal Angola with Kathryn Mohrman
Virtual via Zoom(Kathryn's Program Perspective) We visited seven tribes in southwestern Angola, people who are living as their ancestors have for hundreds of years. These people are painfully poor in an economic sense, but rich in culture and tradition. My goal in sharing these photos is to convey the dignity of the people we encountered. I was […]
Programs: The Value of Knowledge in Outdoor Photography with David Shaw
Virtual via ZoomIn this presentation, professional photographer and workshop leader David W. Shaw will discuss how knowledge of your subject can play a vital role in creating a successful image. Drawing on his years as a wildlife biologist, Dave will discuss how understanding your subject will allow you to create more compelling images of landscape and wildlife. […]