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  • Programs: Life in the Chesapeake Bay – Tangier Island, a Visual Journey with Irene Sacilotto

    Programs

    Irene’s presentation will explore the Tangier Islands, Virginia located just south of the Maryland line, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay.  It is actually a series of small islands connected by narrow bridges spanning marshes and tidal creeks. From the mainland, it can only be reached by boat or small plane.  On its narrow roads, […]

  • Portfolio Project – Interim Portfolio Project Review, Group 2

    Portfolio Project

    During this review the Portfolio co-chairs, Ginger Werz-Petricka, Brenda Wilson and Willa Siegel, 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.  Self analysis […]

  • Competition with Judge Max Waugh – Theme: “Abstracts”

    Competitions

    Competition Theme: "Abstract" within the past three (3) years Abstracts: An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a natural scene in order to remove its inherent context from the viewer, it may be purposely staged to create a seemingly unreal appearance from real objects, or it may involve the use of color, light, shadow, texture, […]

  • Field Trip: Huntley Meadows Park

    Field Trips

    *** Rescheduled to rain date of  March 20th, 2022 *** Get out your zoom lenses and get ready for some wildlife photography at Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia!  With woodland trails, boardwalks through wetlands and an observation deck this local gem allows you to view various forms of wildlife, including abundant waterfowl.  At this […]

  • Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Close to Home with Willa Friedman

    Member's Gallery

    For the past two years, because of the pandemic, Willa has been photographing very close to home. This is an overview of the parks in the vicinity and almost all the pictures were taken in the last two years. The only exception that she can think of is the river otter at Huntley Meadows, but […]

  • Member’s Gallery – Digital: Greek Islands 2021 with Kirk Johnson

    Member's Gallery

    For this Members Gallery, Kirk will be presenting photographs that were taken during a November 2021 cruise to the Greek Islands. Kirk Johnson is a seasoned photographer who has been taking digital photos since 2012.  A Nikon shooter, Kirk is interested in a variety of subjects that include wildlife (in November 2019 he did a […]

  • Member’s Forum – Exploring Italy’s Hidden Gems – with Mike Whalen

    Member's Forum

    Program In this presentation, Mike will share photos from 3 trips exploring different locations in northern Italy: Northwest coast below GenoaLake District above MilanIsland of Burano near Venice You’ll see images of quaint villages, colorful buildings, lakeside villas, gardens, art, people, food, and classic scenes of historic Italy. Mike will also provide details on the […]

  • Education & Training – Skylum Luminar AI and Neo Photo Editing by David Crooks

    Education & Training

    Description of Presentation: Skylum has released two AI photo editing tools (AI and Neo) which David Crooks will demonstrate using your photos in a live photo editing session.  Instructions for submitting photos to David will be available in the "Notices" section of all NVPS eBlasts sent from March 15 through March 25, under the heading "Call […]

  • Programs: Tips on creating that Amazing UHD Time-lapse with Mark Kettenhofen

    Programs

    For his presentation, Mark will talk about his time as a senior staff photographer with Nikon for more than 20-years, how he was tasked with creating marking imagery for Nikon.  Mark’s last two award winning project were the showcase marketing adventures that were shown world-wide. These projects were to create UHD (4k) time Lapse for […]

  • Field Trip: Monuments at Night

    Field Trips

    If you missed our Fall 2020 trip to visit the Monuments at Night, you're in luck.  Our April field trip will return to the monuments at (or just after) peak cherry blossom season.  Lots of photographers visit this time of year, but what many don't know is that the monuments are best viewed after sunset.  […]