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SUMMARY:Education & Training:  (In Person) Anonymous Critique with Judy Guenther\, Bill Millhouser\, and Deb Rose
DESCRIPTION:Description\n\n\n\nLike most NVPS members\, Judy\, Bill and Deb have entered countless photo competitions and have had numerous favorite images shot down by judges. It is important to pay attention to detail when taking a photo and processing it. But it is also important to remember the reason why you took the photo\, what it was that caught your eye\, and if you conveyed that vision to the viewer. \n\n\n\nThe NVPS Anonymous Critique is a great opportunity to get feedback on your images. The process is anonymous\, so you have nothing to lose. Examples of the kinds of images you might want to submit for critique include: \n\n\n\n\nImages you think are keepers but may need a little help\n\n\n\nExperiments with new processing techniques\n\n\n\nImages you are considering for competition\n\n\n\nImages you shot on Field Trips or Bring Your Camera Night\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe sole purpose of the anonymous critique is to help you grow as a photographer. You will not be identified unless you identify yourself by making comments or asking questions about your images during the meeting. \n\n\n\nThe firm deadline for image submission is 6 p.m. on Tuesday\, November 24\, to allow time for David Crooks to anonymize the images and for Judy\, Bill and Deb to review them before the December 8 meeting. \n\n\n\nSubmitting Your Images\n\n\n\nYou can submit up to three images. \n\n\n\n–Resize Your Image(s)\n\n\n\nSize images the same way as for our monthly competitions\, that is\, not to exceed 1400 pixels horizontally or 1050 pixels vertically. Image resolution should be set to 127 pixels per inch (PPI). Image format is jpg. Color space is sRGB. \n\n\n\n–Rename Your Image Filename(s)\n\n\n\nFile naming is important. Include the image title preceded with 1-\, 2-\, or 3-. Examples: 1-Fishing Boat.jpg\, 2-Old Dock.jpg\, 3-Hawaiian Sunset.jpg. Files starting with 1- will be highest priority\, 2- medium priority and 3- low priority. Depending on the number of images submitted\, we may not get thru them all so number your most important image with a 1-. Spaces are OK\, but do not use any special characters in the file. \n\n\n\nNote: Since those critiquing will see the filenames\, do not include your name there\, just the number prefix and image title. \n\n\n\n–Drag-and-Drop Your Images into SmugMug\n\n\n\n***Look for the drag-and-drop instructions in an eBlast to all of the current NVPS members.*** \n\n\n\nQuestions?  Contact the Education & Training Coordinator Mark Seklecki\, whose email information can be found at Board Contacts. \n\n\n\nBiographies:\n\n\n\nJudy Guenther\n\n\n\nJudy Guenther\n\n\n\nJudy Guenther\, photographer\, enjoys capturing scenes from her world travels in a variety of styles from storytelling to discovering small details in ordinary scenes. Capturing the beauty and art in nature and the people of the world is a special joy for her. Judy also enjoys photographing details in architecture and looking for abstracts. She has won several awards\, most recently the grand prize in the Washington Post’s 2022 Travel Photography Contest. She is a member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society and The Art League in Old Town Alexandria. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBill Millhouser\n\n\n\nBill Millhouser\n\n\n\nBill became interested in photography in the early 1970s\, starting with a used Yashica SLR moving on to a series of Canon film SLRs. In 2001\, Bill dove in the digital age and bought the Canon D30\, which had a rather modest 3.25 megapixel sensor and a blazing 3 FPS frame rate. \n\n\n\nSoon after retiring in 2010\, Bill attended his first photographic workshop in Costa Rica\, which exposed him to the wonderful variety and color of tropical birds and the proper use of big telephoto lenses (both on a tripod and handheld)\, the use of fill flash\, and the complexities of multi-flash setups to capture the beauty of the region’s many hummingbirds. His keen interest in wildlife and bird photography has since led him to visit many locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic region\, the West Coast\, New Mexico\, Florida\, Belize\, Central and South America\, as well as several trips to Africa\, \n\n\n\nSince joining NVPS\, Bill has served as the Field Trip Coordinator\, Co-VP of competition\, and President of the Club. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeb Rose\n\n\n\nDeb Rose\n\n\n\nDeb developed a passion for photography when she transitioned from work life\, and she and her husband\, Art\, began traveling and exploring the world. This passion evolved to include all genres including travel\, street\, landscape\, night sky\, wildlife\, and most recently macro photography with insects. Deb enjoys exploring philosophical and creative elements of capturing and post processing her images.  A member of NVPS since 2017\, she has served as Members Gallery Coordinator\, VP of Competition\, assisted with Portfolio Project\, and most recently served as President. She and Art enjoy sharing their travel and photography experiences on their website Shorewoods Photography\, and travel blog\, Boarding Group 2.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-anonymous-critique-with-judy-guenther-bill-millhouser-and-deb-rose/
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SUMMARY:Competition: (Zoom) Theme: Industrial with Judge Russ Young
DESCRIPTION:I began photography as the high school yearbook photographer using a 4×5 Speed Graphic; the very definition of immersion. My senior year\, I worked after school as the darkroom monkey for a commercial & industrial photographer. These experiences still shape my imagery as I still shoot film and large format. I taught for The University of Texas at Austin and Ohio Wesleyan University. My specialties are the history of Pictorialism and 19th century printing methods. \n\n\n\nSaint Andrews University (Scotland) granted me a Ph.D. in art history for my dissertation on soft focus lenses and Pictorialism. file:///C:/Users/russ/Downloads/WRussellYoungPhDThesis.pdf (warning: reading it has been known to induce narcolepsy).  \n\n\n\nThe Royal Photographic Society denominated me as a Fellow about 20 years ago. \n\n\n\nLiving for 18 years on an isolated farm near The Blue Ridge\, landscapes have been the primary subject of my cameras. Although I capture the landscape with both film and digital\, the vast majority of my images are black & white. Impossible to avoid\, I use PhotoShop and its ilk minimally. My photographs have been viewed in both one-person exhibitions and group shows.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-zoom-theme-industrial-with-judge-russyoung/
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SUMMARY:Programs (Zoom) - Independent Book Publishing\, Sequencing\, and Image-Making with Jake Benzinger
DESCRIPTION:Biography \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJake Benzinger is a photographer\, book artist\, writer\, and educator based in Providence\, RI. He received his BFA in photography from Lesley University\, College of Art and Design\, and is currently an MFA candidate at Rhode Island School of Design. His work reflects upon how text and image ask for and negotiate with faith\, belief\, and perception\, investigating themes of empathy\, myth\, phenomenology\, and death. \n\n\n\nHis work has been shown nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions at institutions including the Griffin Museum of Photography\, Haute Photographie Rotterdam\, Center for Fine Art Photography\, Glasgow Gallery of Photography\, Candela Books + Gallery\, and more. Like Dust Settling in a Dim-Lit Room (Or Starless Forest)\, his debut monograph\, was shortlisted for the 2023 Lucie Photobook Prize and has since sold out of its second edition. His publications are held in collections at the National Gallery of Art\, the School of Visual Arts\, SMFA at Tufts\, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. \n\n\n\nJake is a photography and book arts workshop instructor\, a content editor for Lenscratch\, and the founder/director of wych elm\, an independent imprintcreating small-run photo books\, zines\, and fine art ephemera. \n\n\n\nPresentation Title and Short Description \n\n\n\nIndependent Book Publishing\, Sequencing\, and Image-Making \n\n\n\nExploring Jake’s personal fine-art practice\, independent photobook imprint Wych Elm\, and strategies for transforming work into book form\, this lecture will explore sequencing\, layout design\, and the study of contemporary photography. Jake will talk through how he has navigated self-publishing\, begun independent publishing through Wych Elm\, and speak in depth about the numerous zines and books he has designed and published.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-zoom-independent-book-publishing-sequencing-and-image-making-with-jake-benzinger/
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SUMMARY:Competition: (Zoom) No Theme with Judge Brian Zwit
DESCRIPTION:Brian Zwit\, formerly just a photographer and educator in northern Virginia\, added filmmaker to his resume during the pandemic years.  \n\n\n\nWhile still enthralled with still photography\, he is using video to expand his storytelling options and range of subjects. When shooting stills\, his favorite subject is the elegance and majesty of nature\, particularly landscapes. When filmmaking his favorite subject is the human condition—telling the unique and unusual stories of the everyday person. In addition to his favorite genres\, he dabbles with photographing and filming protests\, dogs\, travel adventures\, and street life. \n\n\n\nBrian has been teaching photography more than ten years for workshop companies and non–profits including the Ward Museum\, Chincoteague Bay Field Station\, and camera clubs in the Mid–Atlantic. He is an exceptional Lightroom instructor and he has had more than 1\,000 students attend his Lightroom training. Brian also speaks to camera clubs\, schools\, and other organizations on creativity and other photographic techniques. He is well known for his ability to distill complex topics to their essence and explain them in simple\, easy–to–understand ways. \n\n\n\nBrian’s favorite assistant is Dingo\, a Parson Russell Terrier\, who really is not very helpful\, but is always ready for a walk in the woods. She also reminds him not to get too obsessed with work\, photography\, and filmmaking and just enjoy life. Brian’s website is Images by Brian J Zwit.  \n\n\n\nBrian has been a speaker for NVPS and a frequent reviewer for the Portfolio Project’s final reviews.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-zoom-no-theme-with-judge-brian-zwit/
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SUMMARY:Competition: (Zoom) Theme: Similar with Judge Brian Morton
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URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-zoom-theme-similar-with-judge-brian-morton/
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SUMMARY:Member's Forum - (In Person) Travel Photography with Cameras that Fit in Your Pocket with George Hogeman
DESCRIPTION:Bio: \n\n\n\nGeorge Hogeman\n\n\n\nGeorge Hogeman retired in 2019 following 31 years with the Department of State\, including 22 years overseas mainly in Africa and Asia. Earlier he met his wife Geri while serving in the Peace Corps in Kenya. In 2014\, he began shooting mirrorless when he bought an Olympus E-M10 and since acquired an uncomfortably extravagant number of other mirrorless cameras\, lenses and accessories. He enjoys infrared and astrophotography and visits Huntley Meadows at least once a month.  \n\n\n\nDescription of the Presentation: \n\n\n\nGeorge and his wife Geri have had the good fortune to have made several overseas trips since George retired in 2019. Sometimes\, their travel has required them to travel lightly without confirmed access to airline overhead bin space so cameras and personal items had to fit under the seat. Furthermore\, several of these have been group tours where opportunities to slow down and compose an image with an interchangeable lens camera are relatively rare. Despite these challenges\, he has enjoyed taking pictures while traveling and has been pleased with the images he has been able to create. Thus\, he has carefully narrowed his travel cameras to those that are small\, turn on fast and focus quickly\, including the TG-7 from OM Systems (formerly Olympus) and the Ricoh GRIII and GRIIIx. Each of these cameras has particular strengths and weaknesses but they complement each other remarkably well.  \n\n\n\nIn the presentation\, George will show several cameras and share some of the images taken by these cameras from Morocco\, Japan\, France\, Spain\, Portugal\, Italy and elsewhere.All images created by George Hogeman:
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-travel-photography-with-cameras-that-fit-in-your-pocket-with-george-hogeman/
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SUMMARY:Competition: (In Person - Digital & Print) No Theme with Judge Ed Palaszynski
DESCRIPTION:Ed Palaszynski’s journey has taken him onto many branches of his life tree. Rooted in science as a professional biomedical researcher\, he branched out to teaching and academic administration. Along the way his photography had occupied a special place that blossomed in later years. He enjoys studying a scene or subject to determine how the light will affect shapes\, tones and textures. He has recently completed and exhibited a series of images exploring “Life Forms”. 
Ed’s images have been accepted and placed in national juried shows that include the Circle Gallery in Annapolis\, PhotoWorks\, Washington Art Works\, Delaplaine Arts Center and the Allegany Arts Council. He is a Gaithersburg Camera Club Grand Master and his images have been used for online and print publications.
Ed is past President of the Gaithersburg Camera Club and has served in several Board positions. He is a member of the North American Nature Photography Association\, Nature First\, Photographic Society of America and Maryland Photography Alliance (MPA). He chairs the Judge Committee for MPA Judges and is a MPA Certified Judge. He has developed and taught numerous photography classes at Montgomery College and workshops for private individuals and clients of Mac Business Solutions and Capital Photography. \n\n\n\nMore about Ed can be found at: \n\n\n\nWebsite: edpalphotography.photoshelter.com
YouTube Channel Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@edpalphotography1320/videos

URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-in-person-digital-print-no-theme-with-judge-ed-palaszynski/
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SUMMARY:Competition: (Zoom) Theme Seascapes with Judge Sandy Dimke
DESCRIPTION:After more than 30 years specializing in architectural photography in Connecticut\, Sandy Dimke and her husband\, Russ\, relocated to the Lowcountry of South Carolina\, where she now focuses on fine art photography. \n\n\n\nSandy’s passion is capturing moments in creative and unexpected ways—through unique camera angles\, compelling compositions\, and imaginative post-processing techniques. A traveler at heart\, she seeks to convey the beauty\, and excitement of the world around her\, whether photographing locally or destinations across the globe. She has traveled extensively throughout North America and to more than 75 countries. \n\n\n\nSandy is the author of two photography books\, Hands Across the Lowcountry and The Cats of Beaufort. Her photograph Winter Façade was selected for the cover of Charleston Salt and Iron\, while Southern Backseat Drivers appears on the cover of Along Southern Roads. \n\n\n\nHer work has been juried into more than 35 in-person exhibitions throughout the United States. Internationally\, her photographs have been accepted into more than 200 exhibitions in over 25 countries\, earning numerous awards and honors. \n\n\n\nA respected leader in the photographic community\, Sandy recently retired as Chair of the Pictorial Print Division of the Photographic Society of America (PSA) Worldwide and is the incoming Chair of the PSA Honors Committee. She holds the APSA and PPSA distinctions. An accredited photography and art judge\, Sandy has judged photographic competitions throughout the United States for more than 40 years. \n\n\n\nIn 2022\, Sandy was inducted into the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (FIAP)\, where she earned the AFIAP distinction. She was juried into the National Association of Women Artists in 2019\, received its Annual Photography Award in 2021\, and most recently was honored with the South Carolina Chapter’s Best in Photography Award. \n\n\n\nTo view her portfolio and learn more about her work\, visit www.DimkePhoto.com.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-zoom-theme-seascapes-with-judge-sandy-dimke/
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