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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Canadian Rockies with Jack Ledgerwood & Digital: Abandoned Places\, Abandoned Spaces with Karol and John Murray
DESCRIPTION:Gems of the Canadian Rockies\nPhoto Credit: Rena Schild\nOver 20 years ago\, Jack had watched a PBS show on some of the great lodges from around the world where he first saw images of the beauty surrounding Chateau Lake Louise\, thus creating an entry to his world travels bucket list. So\, in 2019\, he and his wife Susy made plans to stay at the Chateau and to further explore the Canadian Rockies. Their plans centered around bus tour to the great resorts of the Canadian Rockies which included stays at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge\, the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise\, and the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel\, also known as the “Castle of the Rockies”. What he learned on the trip was that the beauty around Chateau Lake Louise that first attracted him to the area extended throughout the entire Canadian Rockies. The pictures shown tonight are just a small sample of the widespread mountain beauty that they experienced on their journey. \nJack’s photography journey began with his first 35mm film camera\, a Minolta X-370\, back in the 1980s. He enjoyed his photography for several years\, mostly while traveling\, until his interest waned in the early 2000s as the digital transition began. His interest in photography was renewed when he picked up his first digital camera\, a Nikon P610 in 2015\, in anticipation of a European River Cruise. He enjoyed the freedom of the digital medium and certainly all the auto features on his point-and-shoot bridge camera. \nAfter Jack retired from his years in the software engineering industry in late 2018\, he needed to find something to pass his time so he thought about photography. His searching for photography clubs brought him to his first NVPS club meeting in September 2019. Since then\, it has been a good whirlwind of activity. He was fortunate enough to have an image juried into NatureVision and  has received a couple of ribbons in the NVPS monthly competitions. The club has been very encouraging\, and he believes he has grown his skills by upgrading his camera to a Nikon D7500 with an 18-300mm zoom lens. moving fully onto manual\, learning better composition\, and venturing into post-processing. He is enjoying all the benefits of the club and learning from all of the extraordinary talent in it. \nJack is still trying to figure out what he likes to photograph\, but he certainly likes taking pictures of big landscape vistas and capturing his travels from around the world. \n   \n  \nAbandoned Places\, Abandoned Spaces – with Karol and John Murray\nKarol in the Woods!\nKarol finds herself drawn to abandoned places. She’s not sure why\, but finds herself wondering what it was like when they were functioning\, who lived or worked there\, and why they were abandoned.  She began dragging John along on fieldtrips and he caught her fascination with such empty spaces.  Fortunately\, Karol hasn’t abandoned him on any of these trips – yet. \nFor this collection\, we wanted to share photos from some of our favorite haunts in this genre\, including images from the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum\, Eastern State Penitentiary\, Ellis Island\, A. Hoen & Co. Lithograph Building\, and other abandoned places and abandoned spaces. \nKarol and John Murray have been involved in photography in one form or another since the early 1970s but did not get “serious” until more recently.  John started with a Mamiya Sekor and shot friends\, family\, sunsets\, and travels when he was in the Navy.  He even had a darkroom in the basement.  Karol shot mostly our children but has a good eye\, won several photo contests\, and even got a picture on a magazine cover. \nAfter a long pause from photography\, Karol joined NVPS in 2013 and became enthralled by her ability to see things differently and capture her vision digitally\, using a Nikon D7200.  John eventually got tired of being her Sherpa and began taking pictures about five years ago – first with a Nikon point and shoot that Karol bought him for Christmas and now with a mirrorless Fujifilm.  Together they have travelled far and wide taking pictures to satisfy creative urges and document their adventures.  They mostly shoot landscapes and architecture but will stop along the side of the road if something catches their eye. \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-canadian-rockies-with-jack-ledgerwood-digital-abandoned-places-abandoned-spaces-with-karol-and-john-murray/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210216T191500
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SUMMARY:Competition with Judge Max Waugh – No Theme
DESCRIPTION:For nearly two decades\, Max has been photographing wildlife\, travel and sports professionally. He has received honors in the last two Wildlife Photographer of the Year competitions (including a win in the Black and White category in 2019)\, has received multiple commendations in the Nature’s Best/Windland Smith Rice Awards\, and is a two-time winner of the MalaMala Photographer of the Year competition. Max’s work has appeared in such publications as Africa Geographic and ESPN the Magazine\, and has been displayed at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington\, D.C.\, and the Natural History Museum in London. \nMax leads photo tours in the Pacific Northwest\, Yellowstone and overseas\, with a heavy emphasis on biodiversity and destinations that offer a variety of subject matter. \nAdditional information can be found on his website at www.maxwaugh.com.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-with-judge-max-waugh-no-theme-4/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210209T193000
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SUMMARY:Education & Training – Portfolio Project: 1st Preliminary Review
DESCRIPTION:First Preliminary Review\, Portfolio Project – Details coming…
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-portfolio-project-1st-preliminary-review/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210202T193000
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SUMMARY:Programs: The Joy of the Little Things: Macro Photography with Colleen Miniuk
DESCRIPTION:Close-up detail of a yellow salsify seed head\nColleen Miniuk will present The Joy of the Little Things: Macro Photography at NVPS’s February 2nd program meeting. \nColleen Miniuk is an ex-software engineer who fled Intel Corporation in 2007 to pursue a meaningful life as a full-time outdoor photographer\, writer\, publisher\, instructor\, and speaker. \nHer credits include National Geographic calendars\, Arizona Highways\, AAA Via\, National Parks Traveler\, On Landscape\, and a broad variety of other publications. She has served three times as an Artist-in-Residence with Acadia National Park. She authored the award-winning guidebooks\, Photographing Acadia National Park: The Essential Guide to When\, Where\, and How and Wild in Arizona: Photographing Arizona’s Wildflowers\, A Guide to When\, Where\, & How (1st and 2nd editions) as well as the instructional ebook\, Seeing the Light in Outdoor Photography (1st and 2nd editions). She also writes a weekly advice column called “Dear Bubbles.” \nColleen leads photography workshops and all-women photography workshops (called “Sheography™”) through her own company\, CMS Photography\, as well as for numerous camera clubs\, national-level organizations\, conferences\, and private clients. \nAdditional information can be found on her website at www.colleenminiuk.com \n  \nBubbles and seaweed intermingling in a tide pool along Eben’s Head Trail in Acadia National Park\, Isle au Haut\, Maine\, USA\nCurled patterns on the top of a sego lily flower 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-the-joy-of-the-little-things-macro-photography-with-colleen-miniuk/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Programs
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum – Photography Thru the Eyes of a Biologist – Lessons Learned with Dennis Govoni
DESCRIPTION:Dennis’ presentation is really a journey of how he became a photographer purely through “desperation” and how this affected him over the years in taking photographs. The journey starts with recognition that there is diversity in nature\, that there are discernible patterns and that details are important. Then you have to determine how to best photograph it to create an image that reflects the elements of that subject. While documenting nature is part of this\, you have to find a way to take an image that has the “Oh\, gee wiz” factor.  This presentation will review some images from a variety of subjects that explain my approach as a biologist. \nDennis is an avid nature photographer who has been photographing the natural world for over 50 years. His introduction to photography occurred in undergraduate school while taking a plant identification course. He enjoyed this so much that he continued to do photography through graduate school and beyond. \nDuring his tenure as an Associate Professor of Biology at Virginia Wesleyan College\, Dennis often taught photography during the college’s two week January term in both black and white and color (using the Cibachrome direct print-to-print method). \nSince retiring he has expanded his interest beyond plant photography to include scenics and wildlife and has traveled extensively along the eastern United States and to such far away places as India and the Far East. \nDennis is also a Getty stock photo contributor since 2012 and has images published in Photography Week and recently in The Atlantic and other multi-media outlets. \nHis current equipment includes both Canon and Sony.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-photography-thru-the-eyes-of-a-biologist-with-dennis-govoni/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Forum
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Retrospective 2019 with Sid Stone & Digital: Geometrical Shapes with Kathryn Mohrman
DESCRIPTION:Retrospective 2019 with Sid Stone\n2019 was a busy travel and photography year for Sidney and his partner Joanna. During 2019 they traveled to Nova Scotia\, Palm Springs\, Vermont\, Australia and Philadelphia. Some of the travel was related to Jo’s job and Sidney got to tag along getting a lot of free time to explore the locals and take pictures. \nSidney will take us back to the “normal” days of 2019 and perhaps add a few shots from his younger days. \nSidney has been photographing seriously since about the age of 9 starting as many did with a Kodak Brownie. Although he recalls taking some pictures with his father’s Kodak Bantam camera that used 828 film. Sidney still has that camera. His love of darkroom work was triggered as he watched his father develop prints in a make shift kitchen darkroom. He thought it was magic to see an image appear on white paper placed in a tray of chemicals. This love of the darkroom led to countless hours spent in darkrooms at his high school\, college\, apartment with the window covered\, a kitchen\, a converted bathroom\, and basement darkrooms. \nOne of Sidney’s particular photography loves is shooting sports. In high school and college is was an official school sports photographer shooting football\, baseball\, swimming\, golf\, basketball (nothing better than sitting on the hardwood under the basket!). When his son Dan became his high school’s football manager Sidney spent Saturday afternoons walking the sidelines and end zones snapping action shots. After shooting about 20 rolls of Ektachrome each game\, getting it processed and scanned he went digital choosing Canon over Nikon. He still has his original Minolta SR-1 and has been recently shooting with it. \n   \nGeometrical Shapes with Kathryn Mohrman\nKathryn Mohrman\n“Geometry is the foundation of all painting\,” said Albrecht Durer\, the famous painter and printmaker of the German Renaissance. In fact\, geometry is the foundation of all forms of art\, from sculpture to photography. Almost any artistic work can be analyzed in terms of curves and straight lines\, ovals and rectangles. \nThe photographs in this exhibit emphasize the fundamental geometry of architecture. My eye is drawn to the shapes of bridges and facades and domes and stairways. As I travel in various countries I am attracted to the people\, of course\, but also to the monuments they have created in stone and steel and glass. From New York City to Istanbul\, Ireland to Uzbekistan\, I marvel at the creativity of various cultures across the centuries as they combine various shapes in their buildings in different and intriguing ways. \nKathryn Mohrman became seriously interested in photography about a decade ago\, when she received her first “real” digital camera for a safari in Botswana. She then became fascinated by the options available with manual controls instead of automatic–and the rest is history. \nShe joined NVPS in 2015 when she retired from a career in academia. She has served as secretary/historian of the club and has participated in various anonymous critiques and member displays. \nHer work has emphasized the different cultures she has visited in her travels around the world\, although this exhibit does not have humans in any of the images. In recent months her travels and photography have been limited to locations close to home\, but she has used her time productively with online classes and webinars on Photoshop\, creativity\, and compositing.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-retrospective-2019-with-sid-stone-digital-geometrical-shapes-with-kathryn-mohrman/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210119T191500
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SUMMARY:Competition with Judge Mary Louise Ravese  – No Theme
DESCRIPTION:Mary Louise is founder and owner of Bella Vista Photography in Raleigh\, NC. For over 25 years\, Mary Louise has specialized in photography from locations across the U.S. and throughout the world. Her favorite subject matter includes country landscapes\, nature close-ups\, interesting architectural details and abstracts. She draws inspiration from a variety of visual arts to produce photographs often described as “painterly”. Her photographs are about intriguing juxtapositions of vibrant colors\, contrasting tones\, distinctive shapes\, and unique textures. Her ambition is to incorporate the beauty of painting in the clarity of photography. \nTrained in the use of both 4×5 and 35mm cameras\, today Mary Louise shoots with full-frame DSLR cameras\, producing photographs in color and black and white. She studied photography through the University of California\, Berkeley and Santa Cruz extension programs\, and the Washington School of Photography. She is a member of the North American Nature Photography Association and the Carolinas’ Nature Photographers Association. She is also a juried member of the Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild and the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen where in 2020 she was awarded with the distinction of “Master Artisan in Fine Art Photography” by a jury panel\, in recognition of achievement in the three benchmarks of excellence in craftsmanship\, resolved design and unique voice. Her fine art photography is in private\, university and corporate collections in over 40 states and is exhibited nationally through art shows\, galleries and shops. Her images have been used in calendars\, magazines\, books and websites including various projects with National Geographic maps. \nMary Louise is a regular speaker and competition judge for photography clubs in the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic region. In addition\, she has spoken at photography conferences such as the annual Nature Visions Photo Expo in Northern Virginia and the Florida Camera Club Council annual meeting in Ft. Meyers\, Florida. She enjoys teaching on a wide range of photography topics and leads online and in-person classes\, as well as on-location photography workshops at destinations across the country and around the world. \nAdditional information can be found on her website at www.bellavistaphotography.com.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-with-judge-mary-louise-ravese-no-theme-3/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210112T193000
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SUMMARY:Education & Training – Abstract Photography with Mike Whalen
DESCRIPTION: \nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCurves by Mike Whalen\nMost photography is based on capturing real\, easily recognizable subjects such as a people\, places\, or things. Abstract photography is different. Instead\, the objective is to look for simpler visual elements such as: shapes and colors; lines and curves; textures\, tones\, and patterns. These simple elements become the dominant points of interest in abstract photos. \n \n\n\n The sources could be either naturally occurring or man-made\, and of any size. Frequently\, small areas of larger physical objects can make interesting abstracts. The images could be found as-is\, staged or generated in-camera. They could also be further altered within a computer via post-processing to produce even more dramatic results. \n \n\n\n The scope of  abstract photography is quite broad and definitions may vary depending on who you talk to or what you read. To add even more confusion\, images could be totally abstract – having no connection to physical reality\, or partially abstract – by mixing both physical and abstract elements together in the same photo.   \n \n\n\n This presentation will show a broad variety of both abstract and semi-abstract images\, and in many cases\, how they were created will be described. All images are photographs or derived from photographs.\n \n\n\n Bio\n\n\n As a teen\, Mike learned a few basic photo tips from his father\, an artist and photographer. He dabbled with film cameras in the 80’s and 90’s\, and after that\, played with several digital point-and-shoots.  However\, his interest became more passionate after purchasing a basic DSLR in 2006.\n \n\n\n Mike joined NVPS in 2009 after learning about the club from fellow member\, Willa Friedman. He held board positions from 2010 to the present\, including President in 2013. He received several distinguished service awards and multiple competition awards thru the years including image of the year.\n \n\n\n Before COVID\, Mike volunteered weekly as a pet photographer for the Fairfax County Animal Shelter and\, and as an event photographer for charitable organization’s such as: The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition and The Epilepsy Foundation of America.\n \n\n\n Mike says that joining NVPS was a significant step in furthering his passion for photography. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nExamples of Abstract Images \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReferences \n\n\n\nBelow is a small sampling of online articles and galleries showing abstract photography. The NVACC Gallery shows abstract photography from the last 10 years of exhibits at the Joseph Miller Center. Quite a few images are from current and former NVPS members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Tips on Creating Abstract Photography \n\n\n\nWhat is Abstract Photography\nAbstract Photography for Beginners: 9 Tips for Capturing Stunning Abstract Images\n35 Abstract Photography Tips and Ideas\n\n\n\n Selected galleries of abstract and semi-abstract images: \n\n\n\nNVACC Gallery of Abstract Photography Exhibits (Joseph Miller Center for the Photographic Arts)\nAmie Tannenbaum – Natural Light Photography\nExamples of Abstract Images #1 (photo.net) \nExamples of Abstract Images #2 (Google)
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-abstract-photography-with-mike-whalen/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training
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SUMMARY:Programs: Unique and Creative Techniques to Photography with Emily Carter Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:PRESENTATION \nEmily Carter Mitchell will introduce the concepts of “Unique and Creative Techniques to Photography” using a variety of methods to capturing an image that is beyond what the eye naturally sees. \nThe idea is to create something with a different feeling and unique perspective using tools in your ‘creative kit.’ We will discuss what might be included in this creative kit from in-camera techniques\, Lensbaby lenses\, and additional toys one can play with for any camera system. \nLet’s all get out of the box\, release our creative nature and have some fun! \nABOUT \nEmily Carter Mitchell is an award winning and published nature and wildlife photographer based in Annapolis\, Maryland. Her work has been included in numerous juried art shows\, local newspapers\, magazines\, books and smart device apps.  With a corporate background in Human Resources and extensive years in the travel and hospitality industry\, she holds a Master’s Degree in Global Management. \nHer photographic journey began when she was a teenager and has always enjoyed photography as a way of connecting to the world around her. Through her work Nature as Art she brings a creative interpretation of the natural world and her images express a sense of serenity with profound stillness and ethereal attributes. \nEmily’s passion of photography is shared with others through her nature and wildlife photography classes for Capital Photography Center based in the Metro DC area. \nAdditional information can be found on her websites: \nEmily Carter Mitchell ~ Nature as Art\nEmilymitchellphotography.com/Services \nFacebook:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/NatureAsArtPhotography \nInstagram:\nhttps://www.instagram.com/nature.as_art/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/emily_carter_mitchell/ \nFlickr:\nhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/bellaremyphotography/
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-unique-and-creative-techniques-to-photography-with-emily-carter-mitchell/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Programs
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SUMMARY:No Meeting - Holiday Week
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URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/no-meeting-holiday-week/
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum – Cruising the Southern Caribbean with Kevin Linde
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Linde will be discussing and presenting images from a time when he cruised the southern Caribbean. \nKevin was born and raised in Johannesburg\, South Africa and moved to Canada in 1992 where he met his wonderful wife\, Debby. In 1998 they moved to Northern Virginia with their 2-year-old son\, Ryan. Their second son\, Jared\, was born in 1999 when they moved into their current house in Fairfax. The boys are now in college\, with one at the University of Alabama and the other at George Mason. They also have two dogs that are wonderful photography subjects. Kevin currently work as a physical therapist at his own private clinic\, which he founded in 2003\, in Fairfax City. \nKevin became interested in photography about 13 years ago when he bought his first Canon DSLR. Prior to that he had a Pentax SLR\, which he owned for about 5 years prior to switching to digital. Kevin learned the basics with this camera but was never that interested in photography. The change to digital provided instant feedback\, which allowed him to learn beyond the basics a lot faster. Kevin also enjoyed the post processing which he is constantly learning to this day. \nKevin currently uses Canon equipment that he has accumulated over the years. His favorite subject to shoot is motor racing\, which is influenced by his interest in the sport. Not far behind is anything else interesting to shoot. The great thing about photography is that you can take a photo of almost anything out there and make it something unique. \nKevin has been a member of NVPS for only one year but has enjoyed meeting some wonderful people and some great photographers. Kevin enjoys sharing his photos but also enjoy seeing the great talent of others. He is not sure at this point in time where his photography may take him\, but until then\, he will continue to learn as much as he can and will never stop learning.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-cruising-the-southern-caribbean-with-kevin-linde/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Forum
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Memories of Greenland with Judy Graham & Digital Travels in Postwar Cambodia & Vietnam - Part II Vietnam with Bill Corbett
DESCRIPTION:Prints (Virtually) Memories of Greenland with Judy Graham\nJudy has been fortunate to do some amazing things in her life\, but the week she spent in Greenland aboard the 100-foot schooner\, the Opal\, remains one at the top of her list. Judy’s presentation is a compilation of photos taken on her journey around Scoresby Sound\, located on the eastern side of Greenland above the Arctic Circle. Her photos also include a stop at a Greenlandic Inuit village\, Ittoqqortoomitt\, inhabited by approximately 400 residents and 250 sled dogs. Hunting whales\, polar bears\, seals\, and musk ox (related to the goat) is still a way of life in this village\, one of the most remote in the country. \nJudy has lived in the Washington\, D.C. area most of her life.  She retired March 1\, 2018 after a long career in the field of human resources management for corporate America. Judy joined NVPS in January 2011 with the goal of meeting local photographers\, doing more local photography\, and learning more about the art of photography. Her goals have been met 10 times over! \nJudy is primarily drawn to photographing dramatic landscapes\, often remote and difficult to get to. Initially her interest was in the desert southwest; however\, in more recent years she has expanded her travel to include colder places such as Alaska\, Patagonia\, Iceland\, Greenland\, and the Canadian Rockies in winter. She does not let the cold get in her way. \nJudy currently shoots with a Canon 5D MK IV. For most of the photos in her presentation she used a Canon 100-400mm II lens and had to handhold due to the motion of the boat. For those who know her\, she is glued to her trusty tripod. \nAs for the future\, she has a trip planned to the Tetons in September 2020 and one to Arizona in November 2020. She is the happy holder of a permit to the Wave (North Coyote Buttes). Beyond that she has no idea. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDigital: From Angkor Wat to Hanoi: Travels in Postwar Cambodia & Vietnam – Part I with Bill Corbett\nBill Corbett is a bird and travel photographer who enjoys color\, action and texture in his pictures.  A photojournalist in college\, Bill resumed spending serious amounts of time on photography when digital cameras came along.  He is a Nikon shooter who prefers a long lens and who uses a flash anytime he can. Bill enjoys competing his images at NVPS and making albums from pictures he and his wife Judy take on their travels. \nBill and Judy moved three summers ago to southern Loudoun from McLean\, where they raised their three kids.  He is still just beginning to explore the photo opportunities in Loudoun and west of there.   They spend most of the summer in Delaware\, where Bill takes his camera to wildlife refuges regularly.  His main photography goal is to keep on doing what he’s been doing.  It is fun. \nBill is the secretary and a former president of Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions (formerly Nature Visions)\, a member of NVPS for the past ten or so years\, and the winner of a small number of photography ribbons and awards from those two organizations. \nBill is a retired foreign service officer and trade negotiator who served in Washington\, Korea and Japan and enjoyed/suffered through more than a few travels to other points as a minor representative of American diplomacy.  Follow him on Facebook for his views on current events; he doesn’t post his pictures there. \n    \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-memories-of-greenland-with-judy-graham-and-digital-travels-in-vietnam-with-bill-corbett/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201215T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201215T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20200726T213056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210911T222412Z
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SUMMARY:Competition with Judge Jennifer King – Theme: “Fall Harvest”
DESCRIPTION:Competition Theme: Fall Harvest: Farms to Farmers Markets. A colorful time of year when produce is being farmed and sold. Land crops only\, to reflect the colors and/or work gathering and selling the fall harvest. \nJennifer King will join us to judge the competition. \nJennifer King is an internationally acclaimed landscape and nature photographer with a passion for teaching and inspiring photographers around the world. Jennifer draws on her fine art and design background to bring a fresh perspective to nature photography. Her ability to teach composition and inspire creativity is unmatched. \nJennifer was named 1 of 15 Amazing Women to Follow by 500px. \nJennifer is the Founder of PHOTOGRAPHY for the FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER (pfabc.org)\, an industry wide organization bringing together the biggest names in photography to raise money for breast cancer research. \nShe is represented by the: Adobe\, Singh-Ray\, Prana Influencer\, Think Tank Photo\,Mindshift Gear\, and Pixpa. \nYou can find her photography\, video tutorials and interviews in Outdoor Photographer Magazine\, Outdoor Photography Guide\, Camera in the Wild\, Photography Talk\, Smoky Mountains Journal of Photography\, SouthxSoutheast\, Our State Magazine\, VIA Magazine and more! \nJennifer speaks at many yearly photographic summits such as NANPA\, CNPA\, Nature Visions\, MoNEP\, and NECCC. \nYou can find out more about Jennifer at Jennifer King Photo.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-with-judge-jennifer-king-theme-fall-harvest/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201208T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20200726T212816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201004T171854Z
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SUMMARY:Education & Training - Bird Photography with Bill Corbett
DESCRIPTION:Bird photography is for everyone interested in the wildlife\, beauty\, and light that can be found just outside your kitchen window or far beyond.  Bill’s presentation will detail photography of birds at rest and in flight\, for all levels of interest and expertise\, from beginner to advanced. \nBill’s illustrated presentation will cover five topics\, with each discussed in terms of the basics and how to move up a learning curve. \n\nEquipment:  From using a point and shoot superzoom to handling big glass on a gimbal head.\nExposure:  Three words — Shoot in manual.  Three more words — Expose for highlights.\nAutofocus:  Luck favors the prepared.  “Spray and pray” favors those who know and use various features offered by their camera’s autofocus.\nCraft:  “Sun and wind behind” is one of a number of well-known strategies for bird photographers to arrive at better opportunities\, and to come away with better images.\nSetups:  Feeders + flashes = fun.\n\nHope you can make it! \nBill Corbett is a bird and travel photographer who enjoys color\, action and texture in his pictures.  A photojournalist in college\, Bill resumed spending serious amounts of time on photography when digital cameras came along.  He is a Nikon shooter who prefers a long lens and who uses a flash anytime he can. Bill enjoys competing his images at NVPS and making albums from pictures he and his wife Judy take on their travels. \nBill and Judy moved three summers ago to southern Loudoun from McLean\, where they raised their three kids.  He is still just beginning to explore the photo opportunities in Loudoun and west of there.   They spend most of the summer in Delaware\, where Bill takes his camera to wildlife refuges regularly.  His main photography goal is to keep on doing what he’s been doing.  It is fun. \nBill is the secretary and a former president of Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions (formerly Nature Visions)\, a member of NVPS for the past ten or so years\, and the winner of a small number of photography ribbons and awards from those two organizations. \nBill is a retired foreign service officer and trade negotiator who served in Washington\, Korea and Japan and enjoyed/suffered through more than a few travels to other points as a minor representative of American diplomacy.  Follow him on Facebook for his views on current events; he doesn’t post his pictures there. \n  
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-bird-photography-with-bill-corbett/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201205T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20200923T153104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201204T133301Z
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SUMMARY:Field Trips: Old Town Alexandria Holiday Lights Street Photography
DESCRIPTION:*** Rescheduled to December 5th due to rain ***\nPlease join us for an evening of holiday lights and street photography in historic Old Town Alexandria\, Virginia. Founded in 1749\, the city boasts an array of historic homes\, churches\, businesses and museums. They are especially lovely in the holiday season. \nWhen: Friday\, December 4\, 2020 from 7 PM to 9 PM \nRain Date on Saturday\, December 5\, 2020 from 7 PM to 9 PM \nWhere: We will meet at the Torpedo Factory Art Center located at 105 North Union Street\, Alexandria\, Virginia. The art center is located on the waterfront at the intersection of King and Union Streets. \nStreet parking is available and there are several parking garages in the area. Please carpool with only family members or those within your extended “bubble\,” wear masks when deemed appropriate\, and ensure that you remain six feet away from other visitors. \nEquipment: \n\nCamera with tripod\nWide angle\, standard and telephoto lenses\nShutter release\n\nWe hope that you can join us! \nTammy Tideswell and Steven Glintz\nField Trip Coordinators 2020-2021\n(contact information can be found at Board Contactsj) \n* Photographs of holiday lights in Old Town Alexandria compliments of NVPS member Mike Whalen.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trips-old-town-alexandria-holiday-lights-street-photography/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201201T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201201T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20200726T212508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200923T150637Z
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SUMMARY:Programs: How to Shoot the Moon\, Fireworks\, Waterfalls\, and Snow with Marie Joabar
DESCRIPTION:Marie Joabar from the Capital Photography Center will present How to shoot the Moon\, Fireworks\, Waterfalls and Snow at NVPS’s December 1st program meeting. \nMarie Joabar has been immersed in photography and photography education for more than 20 years and is passionate about sharing her knowledge about photography\, cameras and digital technology with others. \nWhether she’s teaching photography\, helping one better understand their camera or “see” better compositions\, she works to build one’s confidence and take away the intimidation and sense of overwhelming that often accompanies learning new things. She finds just the right way to take complicated concepts and explain them in a logical\, easy to understand way. \nMarie founded Capital Photography Center in January 2012 to help those with a love of photography grow their skills and reach their goals – be it to capture better snapshots or become a professional photographer. To this end\, her company offers a wide variety of photography classes taught by professional photographers and renowned photographic educators where amateurs\, hobbyists and professionals can learn about the areas of photography suited to their interests and experience level. \nIn addition to running her business and teaching\, Marie finds time to enjoy her own photography and loves capturing people – both candid and posed\, country landscapes\, and dynamic cityscapes\, especially at nighttime.  Her travels have given her the opportunity to photograph in Venice\, Tuscany\, London\, New York and various other locations in the United States.  Her work can be viewed on her website at Marie Joabar Photographs \nOriginally from Michigan\, Marie has lived in Alexandria\, Virginia (outside of Washington DC) for the past 30+ years with her husband. \nThere are certain subjects that can be difficult to expose well such as the moon and snow. Marie will cover how to get proper exposures of each and will share tips to craft exciting shots of these subjects. \nMarie will also cover tips and techniques for capturing waterfalls as a silky flow and will cover the tools that make it easier to be more creative. She’ll also discuss how to freeze the fireworks display and capture it with multiple bursts in one frame.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-how-to-shoot-the-moon-fireworks-waterfalls-and-snow-with-marie-joabar/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20200726T200028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T192542Z
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum – Go West Roadtrip with Sid Stone
DESCRIPTION:As the walls of their apartment closed in on Joanna and Sidney\, with Joanna working from home and Sidney wondering the streets in search of photographic opportunities\, they decided the time was ripe for a trip to visit Jo’s brother and sister-in-law in Whitefish\, Montana. They weren’t going to fly. They didn’t want to stay in hotels or motels. And using campground facilities was not appealing. Taking a cue from Alan Goldstein they decided to rent an RV and as Horace Greeley said “Go West”. \nWith the concept the planning began and quickly more than a visit and stay in Whitefish was hatched. Jo and Sidney laid out a six-week odyssey west with plans to visit National Parks along the way. The plan took them through 13 states including stops at National Parks in North Dakota\, Montana\, Wyoming\, and Utah. \nJoin Sidney on November 24th as he explains the planning process\, the good and not-so-good aspects of “RV’ing it” along with a show of images made along the way. \nSidney has been photographing seriously since about the age of 9 starting as many did with a Kodak Brownie. Although he recalls taking some pictures with his father’s Kodak Bantam camera that used 828 film. Sidney still has that camera. His love of darkroom work was triggered as he watched his father develop prints in a make shift kitchen darkroom. He thought it was magic to see an image appear on white paper placed in a tray of chemicals. This love of the darkroom led to countless hours spent in darkrooms at his high school\, college\, apartment with the window covered\, a kitchen\, a converted bathroom\, and basement darkrooms. \nOne of Sidney’s particular photography loves is shooting sports. In high school and college is was an official school sports photographer shooting football\, baseball\, swimming\, golf\, basketball (nothing better than sitting on the hardwood under the basket!). When his son Dan became his high school’s football manager Sidney spent Saturday afternoons walking the sidelines and end zones snapping action shots. After shooting about 20 rolls of Ektachrome each game\, getting it processed and scanned he went digital choosing Canon over Nikon. He still has his original Minolta SR-1 and has been recently shooting with it. \nToday Sidney enjoys all types of photography genres – macro\, flowers\, water\, action\, street\, portrait and more. If a picture can be made he likes to shoot it.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-go-west-roadtrip-with-sid-stone/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T200000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20200726T195749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T192441Z
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Bears of Brook Falls with Jerri McDermott & Digital: America the Beautiful with Lynn Cates
DESCRIPTION:Prints (Virtually): Bears of Brook Falls with Jerri McDermott\nGiven a blank sheet of paper in elementary school with an assignment to draw something terrified Jerri as she could never come up with something original. Then in seventh grade she took the art elective which opened composition\, rule of thirds\, perspective\, color wheels\, light\, shadow\, and how to make something uniquely mine.  Since her teenage years she explored various forms of needlework and quilting playing with patterns and color combinations. All of this helped her as she took up photography seriously as she approached my retirement from teaching and work as a school librarian. \nJerri attended college at East Stroudsburg State University and worked in the Poconos but never really had the time or money to vacation or explore the area. When a friend found a John Barkley trip to the Poconos\, she signed up hoping to learn the basics of using a digital camera.  Though the camera she borrowed for the class had a broken metal piece in the view finder she was able to capture some interesting images\, learn the essentials of a digital camera and had a blast meeting fellow photographer.  John suggested she deserved a better camera so she purchased her first digital camera\, a Nikon D7000 and started visiting local parks and historical sites shooting whatever caught my eye.   Most years her family visited Williamsburg at least once a year to get away from this century. That year she decided not to take traditional shots but ended up shooting fences\, locks\, historic tools and small details that mean so much but are often overlooked.  Jerri was hooked. \n  \nAs she neared retirement from teaching and being a school librarian\, she wanted a hobby that her husband Jim and she could share.  Joining NVPS gave her inspiration and allowed her to take photography to the next level learning processing skills\, and other camera techniques. Jerri has since enjoyed varied field trips that pushed her beyond family and landscape shooting\, to shooting seasonal flowers\, birds\, old cars\, trains\, abstract images. \nInspired by all the beautiful bird images in competitions she took a class with Jim Clark in Chincoteague on shooting shore birds. Now Jim and Jerri visit several local parks getting up earlier than the birds to capture these wonderful creatures and other local wildlife. Moving to wildlife photography has inspired some of their favorite vacations to Yellowstone\, both in summer and winter\, to the Canadian Northwest\, to Alaska\, Maine and the Great Smokies. \nJerri currently shoots with a Nikon D500 with either an 18 to 200 lens or a Tamron 150 to 600 lens. She recently purchased a Nikon Z50 mirrorless camera with a 15 to 50 mm and 50 to 200 mm lenses and is trying to master mirrorless shooting.  Jerri has been fortunate to have some of her images juried into Nature Visions and honored at the Waterford Fair. \nIn 2018 Jim and Jerri were lucky enough to travel to Brooks Falls National Park in Alaska to shoot the annual Brown bears salmon run.  It was an awesome adventure being so close to these magnificent creatures.   The first thing upon reaching camp the rangers gave a safety lesson on interacting in bear territory.  It is approximately a mile hike from camp to the viewing platforms by the falls. Trails are not just for people\, and part of the adventure is encountering them on the trail.  My presentation images feature bears of various ages\, fishing\, fighting\, playing and even relaxing. I hope you enjoy her work.  These photos were shot with the Nikon D500 and the Tamron 150 to 600 mm lens.  Most\, but not all\, were shot with a tripod. \n  \n  \nDigital: American the Beautiful with Lynn Cates\nLynn became serious about photography in June 2015. That month she began shooting RAW at a workshop in Acadia National Park\, and she took Corey Hilz’ class “Lightroom in a Day” and started processing her images. She is passionate about combining her photography with her cross-country road trips. She loves her Nikon D850. You can view her work at rdtrpr.com. \nFor the November 2020 Member’s Gallery Lynn will share grand and intimate landscape images from her road trips across America. She will include the national parks\, coastlines\, forests\, mountains\, and tiny natural jewels she encountered along the way. \n  \n   \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-bears-with-jerri-mcdermott-and-america-with-lynn-cates/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20200726T195128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T192037Z
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SUMMARY:Competition with Judge Mollie Isaacs – No Theme
DESCRIPTION:Mollie is a professional photographer specializing in nature and wildlife\, abstracts\, and flowers. She runs Awake The Light Photo Workshops and Tours\, and leads educational and inspirational photo workshops across the country and around the world. She loves sharing her passion for photography with others. \nEarly in her career she studied with Ansel Adams and Joyce Tenneson. Her work is in the Permanent Collection of the International Photography Hall of Fame\, and has been exhibited at Epcot Center in Disney World\, and Grand Central Station in New York City. She is a 15-time winner of the Kodak Gallery Award\, considered by some to be the “Oscar” of photography. \nIn addition to photographing nature and wildlife\, she is also a portrait photographer. She is honored to have photographed many famous faces including actress Meryl Streep\, jazz musician Wynton Marsalis\, and the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. \nShe has authored a coffee table photography book\, plus educational photography e-books. She lives at the Outer Banks of North Carolina and enjoys all things beachy. \nAdditional information can be found on her website at www.awakethelight.com/.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-with-judge-mollie-isaacs-no-theme/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201114T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201114T093000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20200807T191251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T162838Z
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SUMMARY:Field Trips: Great Falls\, MD
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in applying what we learned from September’s Education and Training session with Lynn Cates as we explore Great Falls\, Maryland. \nWhat:  \nThe C&O tow path between the visitor center and the path to the Great Falls overlooks offer opportunities to capture wildlife\, color\, reflections\, and more.  Landscapes\, details\, abstracts\, and more opportunities are available for what we hope will be peak Fall season subjects. \nWe’ll meet and greet outside the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center restrooms.  From there\, we’ll head South towards Washington DC along the C&O tow path.  There are several trails that branch off the tow path that you’re welcome to explore as you practice your social distancing.  About 0.3 miles from the Visitor’s center is the Olmstead Island Trail that bridges the tow path to the primary overlook.  Beware the bridge will bob up and down as pedestrians cross.  It’s also narrow so take care if you decide put a tripod down on the bridge.  Anything you drop is instantly donated to the rocks and rapids below.  Additional photographic opportunities are also available within another mile down the path towards Washington.  Feel free to explore.  Please anticipate hiking on a compact gravelly path for about 1 mile or more.  Bring comfortable hiking shoes and anticipate the cooler weather. \nFor those unfamiliar with the area\, please be advised that sections of the Billy Goat Trail should not be traversed (especially with expensive camera gear) unless you’re willing to accept the risks including steep drops and large rock scrambling.  Parts of that trail can be considered strenuous and people frequently injure themselves.  Also\, as of July 3\, 2020\, this trail has also been designated one way going downstream towards Washington. \nTripods are widely accepted.  Please be mindful when staking your spot and maintain your social distancing. \nSunrise is anticipated at 6:50 a.m. \nHere are some equipment recommendations: \n\nA sturdy tripod\nAny and all glass will be useful\, however if you want to pick out details of the falls\, consider a 200mm or longer lens with optional teleconverter. The estimated distance from the overlook to the middle of the falls is about 40 yards.\nFilters optional\, though a polarizer to eliminate glare may come in handy since you’ll be shooting perpendicular to the sunrise.\n\nWhen: \nSaturday\,  November 14\, 2020 from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.\nRain date on Sunday\, November 15\, 2020 from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. \nWhere: \nWe’ll assemble briefly at the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center / restrooms adjacent to the parking lot.  If you don’t see us there\, head South towards Washington DC until you reach the overlook trailhead.  You’re certain to run into other members. \n  \nEntrance fees have increased in January 2020.  The current rate per car is $20.  If you walk into the park\, the cost is $10.  The fee buys you a permit allowing you to reenter both sides of Great Falls (Maryland and Virginia side) for up to seven days from the date issued.  America the Beautiful and Great Falls Annual pass holders gain free entry.  If you’re on the fence about getting an America the Beautiful pass\, know that the cost of the Great Falls Annual pass can be put towards upgrading to the America the Beautiful pass. \nCarpools are recommended to save you cash provided you can travel with others in your extended “bubble”.  Please remember to bring a mask and anticipate wearing the mask while around others.  Please also be patient and remain the recommended six feet away from other visitors. \nWe hope you can join us! \nTammy Tideswell and Steven Glintz\nField Trip Coordinators 2020-2021 \n* Photographs courtesy Stan Bysshe.  Additional examples and inspiration available on NVPS gallery. Great Falls Gallery \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trips-great-falls-md/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20200726T193527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200828T174720Z
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SUMMARY:Education & Training - Anonymous Critique: Kathryn Mohrman and Stan Bysshe
DESCRIPTION:Kathryn Mohrman \nOur November E&T Tuesday will be an Anonymous Critique conducted by Kathryn Mohrman and Stan Bysshe. Take this opportunity to get feedback on your images. Submit images you are using new software to process; images you like but feel need just a little help\, or images you may consider for a competition. The sole purpose of anonymous critique is to help you grow as a photographer. You will not be identified unless you choose to make comments or ask questions about your images. \nThe firm deadline for image submission is 6 p.m. on Monday\, November 2\, 2020\, to allow time for our computer team to anonymize the images and for Kathryn and Stan to review them before the November 10 meeting. \nYou can submit up to three images. Please prioritize them by naming them as follows: number title\, where number is 1\, 2\, or 3\, followed by an underscore and anything you’d like for a title. For example\, “1_Red House on the Prairie.” Putting the number first will allow us to sort the images so that at least one image from every photographer is critiqued. Beyond that\, Kathryn and Stan will critique as many images as time allows. \nPlease submit your images to critique-2020@nvps.org\,  sized the same as for competition: jpeg images with a maximum of 1400 pixels wide and 1050 pixels high (vertical shots have the same 1050 pixel height requirement)\, sRGB workspace. We recommend your jpeg images be 127 pixels per inch (PPI\, sometimes called dots per inch or DPI) or less (e.g.\, 127\, 96 or 72 PPI)  for best results on Zoom. If you send the images from Mac mail\, please select the “actual size” option from the “image size” menu in the upper right corner. \nQuestions? Please contact the Education and Training Coordinator\, Eva Lanyi. Her contact information can be found at Board Contacts.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-anonymous-critique-kathryn-mohrman-and-stan-bysshe/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201107T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201107T183000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20201101T171309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201101T233029Z
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SUMMARY:Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions - Presentations and Awards
DESCRIPTION:Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions (formerly “Nature Visions”) will be virtual this year to protect you from the risk of COVID-19. Although there will be no live show\, there will be two presentations and competition award presentations you can watch from the comfort of your home. “We have our fingers crossed that by Fall of 2021 Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions will be held in-person again. Thanks for your continued loyalty and we hope you enjoy our free virtual events this Saturday starting at 1:00 PM”. \nWe are excited to announce that the renowned photographer and educator Rick Sammon and Nikon Ambassador Kristi Odom are the speakers for the virtual Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions on Saturday November 7\, 2020. You can register to attend the FREE online presentations now by clicking Register here. Sign up for either or both sessions and also enjoy the photo competitions award ceremony.  \n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Website\nTime\nTitle\nDescription\n\n\nRick Sammon\n1:00 – 2:00 PM\nHOW TO GET MOTIVATED & STAY INSPIRED\nRick Sammon shares his “Top Ten” list of how to get inspired and how to stay motivated.  Rick will discuss and expand upon a variety of simple ideas\, including:  Steal\, Search\, Share\, Join\, Learn\, Change\, Travel\, Enjoy\, Look\, and Walk.\n\n\n \n4:30 PM\nAward Ceremony\nKristi’s session starts with the MAPV Photo Contest Awards Ceremony!\n\n\nKristi Odom\n4:30 – 6:30 PM\nPHOTOGRAPHING LOCAL BIODIVERSITY\nNorthern Virginia is a hotspot for insect and bird life — not only is it on a major migration route\, but it has a unique location between two diverse Atlantic ecosystems. Learn a few tricks and techniques on how local Nikon Ambassador\, Kristi Odom\, uses her camera to capture local wildlife.  You can use these tips and techniques anywhere\, but you really don’t need to travel far.   Kristi’s session starts with the MAPV Photo Contest Awards Ceremony!\n\n\n\n\n  \nSaturday’s Speakers \n\n\n\nRick Sammon\n\n  \n\n\n\nKristi Odom\n\n  \n\n\nWe’ll miss seeing your smiling faces in-person this year and hope you enjoy our virtual sessions and online photo competitions this year.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/mid-atlantic-photo-visions-presentations-and-awards/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Virtual
CATEGORIES:Activities,Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201104T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201104T170000
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SUMMARY:February 2\, 2021: Programs: The Joy of the Little Things: Macro Photography with Colleen Miniuk
DESCRIPTION:Close-up detail of a yellow salsify seed head \nColleen Miniuk will present The Joy of the Little Things: Macro Photography at NVPS’s February 2nd program meeting. \nColleen Miniuk is an ex-software engineer who fled Intel Corporation in 2007 to pursue a meaningful life as a full-time outdoor photographer\, writer\, publisher\, instructor\, and speaker. \nHer credits include National Geographic calendars\, Arizona Highways\, AAA Via\, National Parks Traveler\, On Landscape\, and a broad variety of other publications. She has served three times as an Artist-in-Residence with Acadia National Park. She authored the award-winning guidebooks\, Photographing Acadia National Park: The Essential Guide to When\, Where\, and How and Wild in Arizona: Photographing Arizona’s Wildflowers\, A Guide to When\, Where\, & How (1st and 2nd editions) as well as the instructional ebook\, Seeing the Light in Outdoor Photography (1st and 2nd editions). She also writes a weekly advice column called “Dear Bubbles.” \nColleen leads photography workshops and all-women photography workshops (called “Sheography™”) through her own company\, CMS Photography\, as well as for numerous camera clubs\, national-level organizations\, conferences\, and private clients. \nAdditional information can be found on her website at www.colleenminiuk.com \n  \nBubbles and seaweed intermingling in a tide pool along Eben’s Head Trail in Acadia National Park\, Isle au Haut\, Maine\, USA \nCurled patterns on the top of a sego lily flower
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/february-2-2021-programs-the-joy-of-the-little-things-macro-photography-with-colleen-miniuk/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201103T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201103T210000
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SUMMARY:Programs: Make the Ordinary Extraordinary with Joe Rossbach
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, Joseph Rossbach will present one image only and take us on a deep dive into the production of the image. From planning and travel to scouting on location\, Joe will discuss how he found a shot like this\, what it takes to get there and how you can use tools like the Photographers Ephemeris and google maps to help you be in the right place at the right time. \nThen Joe will discuss what he did in the field to achieve the best composition\, light and selection of equipment to make the image. The shot he will be presenting required focus stacking to achieve an angle of view not available through traditional means. Joe will walk you through the process of how to properly focus stack the image in camera. \nAfter we get the shot\, we will be discussing processing in both Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Joe will explain how he preps the images in the raw convert\, making changes to exposure\, color and sharpening\, before bringing the images into Photoshop to the focus stack the image. Also in Photoshop\, Joe will talk about how he uses luminosity masks and a variety of techniques including dodging and burning\, painting with light and filters to polish the image to perfection. \nBio: \nJoseph Rossbach’s quest as a landscape and nature photographer is to showcase wild\, beautiful and unique natural locations and to use his creative vision to capture those landscapes in high quality and evocative images which inspire awe in the viewer\, respect for the natural world and ultimately a greater appreciation of wilderness and wilderness preservation. \nJoe’s images have been published hundreds of times and he has co-authored two books on nature photography: The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography (Mountain Trail Press) and 50 Amazing Things You Must See and Do in the Greater D.C. Area: The Ultimate Outdoor Adventure Guide (Mountain Trail Press). \nEven though Joe lives in the Metro DC area\, he spends an average of 180 days a year in the field chasing the light and leading photography workshops and tours in the US and abroad. He also teaches online classes on the art of nature and landscape photography through ShutterMonkeys. \nJoseph Rossbach offers personal instruction\, workshops\, online classes and more on the art of nature and landscape photography. For information\, visit Joe’s website at https://www.josephrossbach.com/ and https://www.shuttermonkeys.com/. \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-make-the-ordinary-extraordinary-with-joe-rossbach/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201027T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201027T210000
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum – Nine Days in Cuba with Alan Goldstein
DESCRIPTION:Alan P. Goldstein\, 72\, at the Great Temple in Petra. Wadi Musa\, Jordan. 9 October 2018 \nStreet scene in a neighborhood of Havana. Havana\, Cuba 20 January 2019 \nAlan Goldstein\, our October Member’s Gallery presenter\, traveled to Cuba under the guidance of Denise Silva and RoadRunner Photography Tours in January 2019. Alan and a group of five other photographers visited and photographed in Havana and about a half dozen other sights and towns. For photographers\, Cuba is a country of marvelous colors\, interesting people and luscious landscapes. Alan will take you along on his nineday adventure in this gorgeous country. \nA member of NVPS since 2012\, Alan has been involved in some way or other with photography for the past 60 years (not bad\, considering he’s only 29!)  It all began with a science teacher instructing him on the art of film developing.  At that time\, he was using a Kodak Brownie.  Veering off during his teen-age years to using an 8mm movie camera\, he returned to still photography during his college years and while working as a reporter for his hometown newspaper. \nAlan was supposed to call in a newspaper photographer for photos\, but she lived nearly 30 miles away\, so he opted to take photos himself.  At first\, he used a Polaroid Type 103 for photos since it made instant\, crisp pictures.  But encouraged by a classmate and photographer\, Alan got access to the college’s darkroom\, and processed Tri-X each time he had a news event or other photo request.  This plus being a radio disc jockey probably contributed to his less-than-stellar GPA! \nAfter graduating from college\, Alan enlisted in the Navy\, becoming a Navy Journalist and later a Public Affairs Officer. \nHis high school girlfriend had a Nikon SLR\, and that became Alan’s Holy Grail.  As a low-ranking Navyman\, Alan scraped up the money and bought his first true SLR — a Minolta SRT-101.  As he progressed up the Navy ranks\, he upgraded to a Minolta X700. \nFast forward to 2003.  Alan’s brother-in-law was getting married and Alan was the photographer.  An acquaintance who was a Nikon rep loaned Alan a D100.   It was love at first click!  Since then\, Alan has had a D100\, D200\, D300\, D800 and now a D810 and a D850. He also photographs with his DJI Phantom 4 Pro+ drone which carries a 20-megapixel camera. \nAlan considers himself an advanced amateur\, even though he has made more than five figures making pictures.   His biggest job was making progress photos of the deconstruction and reconstruction of the D.C. public library in Georgetown. He photographed the progress of the building of the African-American Museum over a four-year period\, gratis. \nRetired from the Navy in 1994 and retired from Civil Service in 2011\, Alan is happy to spend his time making images.  He loves photographing just about everything\, but really likes night scenes and landscapes. His photos have been used for greeting cards by non-profits\, used for proposals by environmental entities\, have been used by sports web sites\, have appeared in newspapers\, including The Washington Post\, a museum\, and even hang in a gas station. \nAlan says he loves being a member of NVPS.  He has gained some great friends\, enjoys the camaraderie\, and has learned something new nearly every meeting. \nA tobacco plant flower. Tobacco farm in the Viñales Valley. Viñales\, Cuba. 23 January 2019 \nA woman and child in the Plaza de la Catedral. Havana\, Cuba. 19 January 2019 \nMorro Castle (Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro)\,Perched on the promontory on the opposite side of the harbor from Old Havana\, Havana\, Cuba 21 January 2019
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-nine-days-in-cuba-with-alan-goldstein/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201027T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201027T200000
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Mandala with Kirk Johnson & Digital: Street Photography with Ilenia Alvarez
DESCRIPTION:Prints (Virtually): Mandala – From Ordinary to Extraordinary with Kirk Johnson\nKirk Johnson is an seasoned photographer who has been taking digital photos for the past decade.  A Nikon shooter\, Kirk is interested in a variety of subjects to include wildlife (in November 2019 he did a photo shoot in South Africa and Zimbabwe)\, architecture\, street and urban\, portrait\, black-and-white\, floral and abstract.  Kirk uses an array of post-processing tools to create his final product including Photoshop CS6\, Topaz Studio\, Photomatix\, and PortraitPro. \nA proud member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS)\, Kirk has been recognized internationally\, nationally\, and locally with a variety of photographic awards including: 2019 Annual Photography Award (APA) – Honorable Mention for Wildlife category\, 2017 International Fine Arts Photography Award (FAPA) – Nominee Award for Abstract photography; the 2014 Great American Country  (GAC) – Hunt for Americana Photo Contest – United States Southern Region Finalist; and numerous NVPS monthly and end-of-year competition awards.  Additionally\, his photographs have appeared in Outdoor Photography.com\, Bliss Magazine\, twice in Shutterbug.com “Photo of the Day\,” and inside the Willing Warriors Retreat at Bull Run (Reflecting Pond and Lincoln Memorial)\, and in the 2020 Burke and Herbert Calendar – for the month of August (Jefferson Memorial).  You can see some of Kirk’s photo creations on www.kirkjohnsonphotography.squarespace.com. \nKirk\, a retired Naval officer\, lives in Alexandria\, Virginia with his wife\, Leslie.  Currently\, he works in Washington\, D.C as a Staff Director for the federal government. \nTonight\, Kirk will be presenting some of his (virtual) prints of Photo Mandalas; taking ordinary photographs and using Photoshop to create mandala-like images. \n   \n  \n  \nDigital: Street Photography: a patchwork of day-to-day images from around the world with Ilenia Alvarez\nIlenia has been attracted to photography from an early age. She started with an old Minolta camera that belonged to her aunt. She would usually be the designated photographer during family trips\, reason why she may not appear in a lot of the family photos. Ilenia got her first Canon DSLR camera in 2011 (which she will pass on to her eight-year old niece); but\, it is not until later in 2016\, that Ilenia became more interested in improving her photography technical skills. \nIlenia enjoys landscape\, night and long-exposure photography however travel photography and street photography are the dearest to her heart. The digital collection for this member’s gallery includes some of her favorite photos taken during her travels in Europe\, Africa\, Latin America\, and the Middle East but mainly in Asia\, from 2012 through 2019. Considering the current limitations for travel\, Ilenia has recently purchased a macro lens\, and she plans to experiment macro photography with various subjects at home. \nIlenia joined NVPS in 2018. In the 2019-2020 club year\, Ilenia was awarded Digital Photographer of the Year in the Novice category. \nYou are welcome to check more of Ilenia’s photography here: www.ilenia-photography.com/ \n   \n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-mandala-with-kirk-johnson-and-street-photography-with-ilenia-alvarez/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201020T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201020T210000
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SUMMARY:Competition with Judge Brenda Tharp – Theme: “A Musician”
DESCRIPTION:Competition Theme: A Musician: The subject must be singular; it may be in a group but DOF\, processing etc. should make it obvious that all attention is on one individual. Subjects are confined just to humans! \nBrenda Tharp Bio: \nBrenda Tharp is a self-taught fine art nature photographer\, writer and speaker. She is passionate about photography and is an enthusiastic workshop instructor and tour leader\, conducting workshops across the globe and in outstanding locations within the USA. She wrote Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography\, and her latest\, Expressive Nature Photography\, and co-authored Extraordinary Everyday Photography. Brenda has been a keynote speaker at B&H Optic Conference\, Carolinas’ Nature Photographers Association\, North American Nature Photographers Association\, Northern California Council of Camera Clubs\, and Canadian Artists and Photographers Association\, and has presented several webinars. Her fine art photographs are collected by a number of people throughout the world. Brenda also conducts workshops for non-profit organizations\, including www.girlswhoclick.org and she is honored to be part of Dewitt Jones’ www.healingimages.org program.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-with-judge-brenda-tharp-theme-a-musician/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T210000
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SUMMARY:Education & Training - A Workflow from Raw to Print with Gary Perlow
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will be an in-depth description of a linear logical approach to photograph editing that will take you from a raw file straight out of camera through Photoshop to printing.  It will be geared to novice and experienced users of Photoshop.  Topics discussed will shed light on what should be done\, when it should be done\, and why it should be done. \nThe programs used will be Bridge\, Adobe Camera Raw\, and Photoshop.  The why and wherefore of raw processing will be discussed in depth.  Then we will take a picture into Photoshop and demonstrate the steps to edit non-destructively and get the absolute most out of your picture to produce a “clean” image\, before diving into artistic effects\, cropping and sharpening. \nBio: \nGary first picked up a camera about 7 years ago to photograph his daughter’s academic athletic events.  He realized the powerful effect that careful post-processing could have on an image\, finding that the marriage of the two\, photography and Photoshop\, brought a welcome and readily accessible outlet for creativity.  In fact\, he enjoys post-processing at least as much as he does taking photographs. \nGary shoots a wide variety of images that hopefully have the potential to arouse an emotional response: portraits\, nature\, landscapes\, architecture\, and things.  In coming years\, he hopes to get more into creative\, imaginative edits and mood-type photography that transcend reality\, if ever so slightly.  In the 2019 Nature Visions Expo\, he won best landscape\, best wildlife\, and best in show.  This past year at the club\, he won the advanced digital photographer of the year\, the advanced color prints photographer of the year\, and the advanced versatile photographer of the year. \nGary enjoys talking Photoshop\, and would invite anyone at NVPS at any level to discuss anything about post-processing with him.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-photoshop-workflow-with-gary-perlow/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Education & Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201006T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201006T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T083345
CREATED:20200725T193227Z
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SUMMARY:Programs: - Lightroom Unleashed with Mollie Isaacs
DESCRIPTION:Lightroom is the most powerful post-processing software available. It is simple to use and easy to learn\, BUT often photographers find it complicated or confusing. This program will clear up many misconceptions and show you how easy\, fast\, and foolproof using Lightroom can be. If you have tried Lightroom but found it difficult or time-consuming\, OR if you have been reluctant to use it because you thought it would be hard to learn OR if you erroneously thought you would have to change your entire image filing and storage system (which you do not) this program will help give you more confidence and better skills. \nLook below for three examples that illustrate the “Before” and “After” shots to give you a sense of what you’ll learn at this event. \nBio: \nMollie is a professional photographer specializing in nature and wildlife\, abstracts\, and flowers. She runs Awake The Light Photo Workshops and Tours and leads educational and inspirational photo workshops across the country and around the world. She loves sharing her passion for photography with others. \nEarly in her career\, she studied with Ansel Adams and Joyce Tenneson. Her work is in the Permanent Collection of the International Photography Hall of Fame and has been exhibited at Epcot Center in Disney World\, and Grand Central Station in New York City. She is a 15-time winner of the Kodak Gallery Award\, considered by some to be the “Oscar” of photography. \nIn addition to photographing nature and wildlife\, she is also a portrait photographer. She is honored to have photographed many famous faces including actress Meryl Streep\, jazz musician Wynton Marsalis\, and the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. \nShe has authored a coffee table photography book\, plus educational photography e-books. She lives at the Outer Banks of North Carolina and enjoys all things beachy. \nAdditional information can be found on her website at www.awakethelight.com/.  \n  \n  \n[pdf-embedder url=”https://nvps.org/home/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Millie-Isaacs-–-Lightroom-Unleashed-NVPS-20201006.pdf” title=”Millie Isaacs – Lightroom Unleashed\, NVPS\, 20201006″]\n 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-lightroom-unleashed-with-mollie-isaacs/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201003T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201003T150000
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SUMMARY:Field Trips: Flying Circus and Hot Air Balloon Festival
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an exciting day at the Flying Circus Air Show and Hot Air Balloon Festival. The Flying Circus is the longest running air show in the state of Virginia featuring antique airplanes\, hot air balloons\, formation flying\, aerobatics and wing walking. \nWhen:            Saturday\, October 3\, 2020\, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nRain Date – Sunday\, October 4\, 2020\, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. \n** Rescheduled from August 15 & 16 2020 by the event host\, Flying Circus *** \nThe hot air balloon launch occurs twice daily between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The airshow runs from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.\, members can photograph the antique planes\, meet with other members\, or have lunch. Once ticketed\, re-entry is permitted. \nWhere:           Flying Circus Aerodrome\, 5114 Ritchie Road\, Bealeton\, Virginia \nThe Flying Circus is located 14 miles southeast of Warrenton\, Virginia\, and 22 miles northwest of Fredericksburg\, Virginia. It is off of Route 17. \nEquipment:   \nCamera with tripod\nWide angle\, telephoto\, and standard lenses\nPolarizers and neutral density filters \nOf Note:  \nThe Flying Circus website can be found at /https:/flyingcircusairshow.com/\nCancellations due to inclement weather will be posted on the scrolling banner of the website. \nThe admission fee is $15. \nShady areas might be limited so be prepared with a hat and sunscreen. \nFood and beverages are available onsite\, and outside food and drink are permitted. \nRestrooms are available. \nPlease carpool with only family members or those within your extended\n“bubble\,” wear masks when deemed appropriate\, and ensure that you\nremain six feet away from other visitors. \nWe hope that you can join us! \nTammy Tideswell and Steven Glintz\nField Trip Coordinators 2020-2021 \n* Photographs of the Flying Circus compliments of NVPS member Kevin Egan.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trips-flying-circus-and-hot-air-balloon-festival/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Field Trips
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