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  • Member’s Gallery – Digital: A Family Vacation in South Africa with Kevin Linde

    Member's Gallery

    Twenty nine years after leaving South Africa, Kevin and his family were able to enjoy visiting the country that he grew up in. Southern Africa offers so many photographic opportunities that range from beautiful landscapes to some of the most incredible wildlife on earth. Kevin was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa and moved […]

  • Member’s Forum – Photographing “Enchantment:” Bosque del Apache and White Sands National Park with Collaboration of NVPS Members

    Member's Forum

    New Mexico calls itself the “land of enchantment,” a name that rings true after visiting its Bosque del Apache and White Sands National Park. Bosque, famous for bird photography, and White Sands, with miles of snow-white gypsum sand dunes, provided abundant photographic opportunities for seven NVPS members, led by Nikhil Bahl (http://www.nikhilbahl.com), who is well […]

  • 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 […]