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  • Programs: (Zoom) – The Power of Personal Projects with Daniel Gregory

    Programs

    Program Description: What happens when you stop chasing individual photographs and start creating a body of work? Personal projects are one of the most powerful ways to improve your craft, develop your photographic voice and vision, expand your creativity, and create images with lasting meaning. Whether your working with simple projects or something more ambitious […]

  • Education & Training (In-Person) – WILD: Four Principles for Better Bird Photography with Shawn Thomas

    Education & Training

    Bio: Shawn Thomas is a Virginia-based nature and wildlife photographer with a street photography approach to birds. Perpetually underprepared, slightly disheveled, and making it work with whatever flies by. He shoots mostly in local parks and forgotten edges, usually while lying in something wet and reconsidering his choices. His work has been recognized by Amateur […]

  • Beanetics Exhibit Reception: Pareidolia by Willa Friedman

    Exhibits

    Exhibit Duration: September 8, 2026 at 8:00 to October 13, 2026 at 5:00 pm Artist's Statement: pareidolia is the psychological term for the normal tendency to see  familiar objects  such as faces or animals, in water,  clouds, rocks, or shadows.  While our brains may be trying  to find familiar shapes, we don’t all see the same things in the same situations .   […]

  • Competition: (Zoom) No Theme with Lisa Cuchara

    Competitions

    Bio Lisa Cuchara, PhD — OM SYSTEM Ambassador, Seeker of Light, Time, Pixels, and Creativity.In a world that rushes by in blinks and heartbeats, Lisa Cuchara slows time with her lens. A Master Craftsman, Master of Artistry, and Master of Photography (PPA), she weaves wonder from pixels and light, balancing science and soul as only […]

  • Field Trip: Black Hill Regional Park

    Field Trips

    NVPS September 2026 Field Trip Black Hill Regional Park Black Hill Regional Park is a Montgomery County park in Boyds, Maryland. There are views of Little Seneca Lake. Trails provide views of the lake and provide nature and wildlife viewing. Look for scenic vistas, forest landscapes, wildlife, rock and trail details, and maybe a start […]

  • Member’s Gallery: (In-Person – Digital) – Two Seasons of Japan with Judy Guenther

    Member's Gallery

    Biographical Statement:   Judy Guenther joined NVPS in the fall of 2015. She is an avid travel photographer who loves the process of photography from the capture to post-processing. She enjoys a variety of photographic subjects during her travels and is particularly drawn to architecture.  Judy is a member of the Art League in Alexandria […]

  • Member’s Gallery: (In-Person – Print) Hawaii with Jim Sinsheimer

    Member's Gallery

    As an architect and design/construction manager for the past 45 years, photography has always been an integral part of Jim’s career, starting with a small darkroom in the College of Architecture during the early 70’s. Subsequently, he progressed from a tiny darkroom over a clothes dryer to a fully equipped facility for work; from a 4x5 view camera […]

  • 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 […]

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

    Field Trips

    This is a neighborhood photo field trip and the locations mentioned below are generally within a 5–block radius. When:Sunday, October 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. We will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Bartholdi Fountain at the U.S. Botanic Garden (245 1st Street S.W., Washington, D.C.). Post field trip snacks at 10:00 a.m. […]