Program: (Zoom) – Lightroom Workflow with Nick Sinnott
Prior to October 2023, Lightroom was solely cloud based and I personally never used it. Now, Lightroom can also access local files, completely changing workflows so much that after 13 years of being a Lightroom Classic user, I now solely use Lightroom…and loving it! Learn my workflow and reasons why it works for me. Bio: […]
Education & Training: (In-Person) – Bring Your Camera and Prints
Mixing things up a bit, our regular Education and Training meeting on October 8 will be an in-person, “Bring Your Camera and Prints” meeting at the firehouse. Let’s do shots! Now that you have printed your best images for competition, we will start with a 10-minute presentation on matting by Bob and Willa Friedman. After […]
Competition: (Zoom) – No Theme with Judge Samantha Stephens
Samantha Stephens is a biologist–turned–photographer for science and conservation. She uses visual storytelling to communicate scientific research, especially when that research is relevant to conservation issues. Through her work she hopes to foster appreciation for the natural world and the work that helps us understand and protect our shared home. Samantha is a graduate of […]
Field Trip: National Capital Trolley Museum
In October we’re visiting the National Capital Trolley Museum where we can photograph streetcars from DC and other cities. At the visitor center we can see exhibits and presentations on the streetcar system as well as board an historic streetcar for a ride around a one mile track. And of course we can photograph the […]
Members’ Gallery – (In-Person) (Print): The Fun of Handmade Books with Tana Ebbole
We seldom think of making our own photography books from scratch. It is wonderful to be able to make a book with an online company and get back a lovely final product. But leaning and making your own by hand is also fun and fascinating. It allows the photographer to have complete control over the […]
Member’s Gallery: (In-Person) (Digital) Wildlife, Landscape, Macro: My Photo Journey with Nancy Galib
I've been taking photographs for most of my life, but much more so in the past 7 or so years. I started out with a Kodak Instamatic camera when I was a teenager, and moved on to a rangefinder, and then an SLR during the film-only era. But digital photography and post-production tools were game […]
Member’s Forum: (In-Person) – Sitka Alaska for Bubble Netting Whales with Ginger Werz-Petricka
Ginger will talk about her two trips to Sitka Alaska to photograph humpback whales practicing bubble netting to feed on the herring that gather along the coast of Baranof Island each year in March to spawn. She will talk about the logistics of photographing the whales, other wildlife opportunities in the area for that time […]
Education & Training: (In-Person) Here Comes the Judge with Stan Bysshe
Stan Bysshe will offer thoughts on selecting and processing images that you are considering for entry in competitions and illustrate those ideas by working on some anonymous images submitted by club members. Like most NVPS members, Stan has entered countless photo competitions and has had numerous favorite images shot down by judges. It is important […]
Program – (Zoom): Photographing in a Foreign CountryProgram with Frank Van Riper
Frank will discuss photographing in a foreign country and include images made by him and his wife in Umbria, Venice, Paris, England, and Japan. Among other things, Frank will discuss how he gets people to let him photograph their daily lives and activities, the best times to shoot on the street, why the most popular […]
Education & Training: (In-Person) Long Exposure Photography with Kimxuan Nguyen
Description: According to Wikipedia: Long-exposure, time-exposure, or slow-shutter photography involves using a long-duration shutter speed to sharply capture the stationary elements of images while blurring, smearing, or obscuring the moving elements. Kimxuan will also go over the technique on how to capture fireworks in a creative way by using the Long Exposure method. Bio Kimxuan studied […]