Field Trip: Manassas Battlefield Park
Join us for an evening and sunset at the Manassas Battlefield Park. The park offers lots of photographic opportunities that are scattered around the 5000 acre park. We recommend you beginning your tour at one of the several parking lots accessible from Route 29 which runs through the park. Start at either end of the […]
Education & Training: (In-Person) Photography and the Law with Jim Norman
This presentation will focus on two topics of importance to photographers — an introduction to copyright and a discussion of limitations that can be placed on where and when you can take a photograph and the uses you can make of that photograph. Copyright is controlled exclusively by Federal law and provides important protections […]
Competition (Zoom) with Judge Peggy Feerick – Theme: “Written Language”
Competition Theme: "Written Language" within the last three (3) years The image should include some element of a written language – using letters, characters, words, or some portion thereof. All the world’s written languages are acceptable. Compositions can be created or found, real or abstract – although the language elements must not be abstracted beyond […]
Member’s Gallery (In Person) – Orchids on Canvas with KieuLan Nguyen
Kieulan considers herself an avid photographer. She loves to photograph macro, landscape, travel, street and currently she is working on Light and Shadow project. In 2019 during Covid, she took a workshop from Rosie Lalonde to learn how to take pictures of flowers and transform them into paintings using mixer brushes in Photoshop. Since […]
Member’s Gallery (In-Person) – Tanzania, Africa with Kimxuan & Thien Nguyen
Description Thien and Kimxuan had traveled to Tanzania twice within a year to photograph animals, birds, and everything in between. Tanzania is a Country in East Africa. The people of Tanzania were so nice and courteous. The National Parks had many different types of animals and birds. Also, the landscapes were peaceful and beautiful. […]
Member’s Forum: (In Person) AI and Photography with David L. Crooks
Interested in the latest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it shaken up photography? David will present a 30,000-foot view of AI and demonstrate current examples of AI that are currently in use in photography software editing programs. He will demonstrate Photoshop’s Generative Fill and Generative Expand tools and Luminar Neo’s newest AI tools, GenErase, […]
Field Trips: Cyclocross
Do you like action photography? Have you wanted to try outdoor sports photography? Would you like to have fun in the process? In December we’re going to a free local cyclocross event known as the Capital ‘Cross Classic where you’ll have the opportunity to photograph cyclists up close and personal as they race on pavement, […]
Programs: (Zoom) Abstract Architecture Photography: Creativity in Composition with Angie McMonigal
Join Angie for a discussion focusing on creative approaches to architectural subjects. Emphasis will be on architectural details and creating abstracts of the built environment. She’ll share how to uncover creative viewpoints and how to best utilize compositional tools to create more compelling images I’m a fine art and commercial architecture photographer based in Chicago […]
Education & Training: (In Person) Photographing a Solar Eclipse with Dan Ward
No other visual experience can compare with seeing a black hole in the sky, surrounded by an inner corona with myriad shades of red with multicolor streamers expanding out from the sun in all directions. Even non-religious people describe a Total Solar Eclipse as a “spiritual” event. Veteran eclipse photographer Dan Ward will share tips, […]
Competition: (In-Person) with Judge David Blecman – No Theme, Open; Digital and Prints
Competition Theme: Open within the past three (3) years; digital and prints Bio David Blecman is an award winning, internationally recognized photographer and instructor, having taught on four continents and in over a dozen countries. His one-on-one mentoring programs for photographers and commercial models continue to grow in popularity. David has photographed projects for such […]