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SUMMARY:Programs: Storytelling\, Videomaking and Photography with Brian Zwit
DESCRIPTION:Humans have been sharing stories since they first learned to speak. However\, how we tell those stories has changed over time. We started by painting our stories on the walls of caves and then learned to write and paint and later invented photography and filmmaking. Story Telling at 24 Frames Per Second will cover the advantages\, disadvantages\, and differences between still photography and filmmaking as well as why and how to incorporate filmmaking in your story telling. It’s a journey and\, if for nothing else\, one that will improve your still photography. \nBIO \nBrian Zwit\, formerly just a photographer and educator in northern Virginia\, added filmmaker to his resume during the pandemic years. \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\, and when filmmaking\, the human condition\, telling the unique and unusual stories of the everyday person. While having his favorite genres\, he dabbles with photographing and filming protests\, dogs\, travel adventures\, and street life. \nBrian has been teaching photography for 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. Brain 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 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 \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.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-storytelling-videomaking-and-photography-with-brian-zwit/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Programs
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SUMMARY:Portfolio Project – Interim Review\, Group 1
DESCRIPTION:During this review the Portfolio co-chairs\, Ginger Werz-Petricka and Brenda Wilson\, joined by Deb Rose\, 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 is a valuable tool for photographers to learn as they develop their personal photography projects and learn how to view their work with a critical eye. \nThe Preliminary Review for Group 2 will be held on March 14. Final reviews will be April 11 for the first group and May 16 for the second group. For further information and more detail regarding the Portfolio Project\, please contact Portfolio Projects under Club Activities at Board Contacts. To view the galleries from prior year portfolios\, see Portfolio Project Galleries.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/portfolio-project-interim-review-group-1-2/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Portfolio Project
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SUMMARY:Field Trips: Library of Congress
DESCRIPTION:Our February field trip will be to the largest library in the world.  The Library of Congress is not only home to over 38 million books\, 14 million photographs\, 8 million pieces of sheet music and 70 million manuscripts\, the Thomas Jefferson building also happens to be DC’s most glamorously decorated interiors. \nThe Thomas Jefferson building\, as it has been known since 1980\, originally opened November 1\, 1897 and was the first public building in DC to be built with electricity installed.  The Italian Renaissance inspired design was decorated by more than 40 American painters and sculptors demonstrating contemporary American culture and technological ingenuity.  The secret is out and today’s 1.6 million annual visitors are frequently amazed at such a facility.  Photographers will not only be inspired by the architecture\, color\, and design\, they will also find various hidden details scattered throughout.  The Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson building is an amazing spectacle not to be missed. \nWe’ll visit the Jefferson Building on President’s Day when they traditionally open the Main Reading Room to the public.  Although the library staff could not verify these plans\, we know there will be lots to see regardless of whether they open the Main Reading Room or not. \nPlease familiarize yourself with their photography policies: \nhttps://www.loc.gov/static/portals/visit/documents/PhotographyGuidelines.pdf \nCheck out the images from earlier field trips: \nhttps://nvps.smugmug.com/NVPSGallery/Field-Trips/2019-2020-Field-Trips/Library-of-Congress-February-2020/https://nvps.smugmug.com/NVPSGallery/Field-Trips/2016-2017/LOC-022017/ \nTickets: \nVisiting the Library of Congress’ Jefferson Building now requires timed tickets for entry.  Tickets become available 30 days in advance.  To reserve your ticket\, follow the directions at the following link: \nhttps://loc.usedirect.com/LOC/ \nEquipment: \n\nMany of your images will be taken with a standard or wide angle lens. Bring a telephoto if you want to get details of some of the sculptures as many are located up high in the ceiling.\nTripods are prohibited\, leave them at home and travel light.\nNo flash photography.\nIt will be chilly outside\, but we’ll be spending most of our time indoors. Restrooms are available on-site as well as several benches you can use while you gather your inspiration.\n\nWhen: \nMonday\, February 20\, 2023 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.(no rain date) \nWhere: \nWe’ll meet outdoors\, up the first set of stairs behind the Neptune Fountain in front of the Jefferson Building.  Well do our standard meet and greet at 9:30am as well as answer any questions you might have.  We’ll enter the building when they open at 10am.  We’ll want to get inside as soon as possible to not only escape the cold but also get in line to the main reading room.  We hope to see you. \nDirections: \nLibrary of CongressThomas Jefferson Building10 First Street SEWashington\, DC 20540 \nYou’ll find free parking West of the Capitol on Maryland Ave SW near the US Botanical Gardens and another lot on Pennsylvania Ave NW between 1st and 3rd St.  Both parking lots require a short uphill hike to the Jefferson Building across the street from the Capitol. \nThe Capital South metro station (blue/orange/silver) is the nearest metro stop to the library.  It’s located about one and a half blocks South and should make for an excellent public transportation option. \nCOVID precautions: \nThe Library of Congress is a popular destination on President’s Day as it is one of two days a year the main reading room opens to the public.  We’re anticipating increased risk considering the interior will probably be crowded.  It also happens to be cold and flu season so you may want to wear a mask for some extra protection. \nWe hope you can join us! \nRena Schild and Steven GlintzField Trip Coordinators 2022-2023 \n* Photographs courtesy Rena Schild and Steven Glintz
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trips-library-of-congress/
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SUMMARY:Competition with Judge Jennifer King – No Theme\, Open
DESCRIPTION:Competition Theme: Open within the past three (3) years \nThe judge is Jennifer King. \nBIO: \nJennifer King is an internationally acclaimed landscape and fine art photographer with a passion for teaching and inspiring photographers around the world. She draws on her fine art and design background to bring an artistic approach to nature photography. Jennifer is honored to be a Moab by Legion Master Photographer\, Singh-Ray Filters Ambassador and one of the premier black and white photographers in the country. She is recognized as 1 of 15 Amazing Women to Follow by 500px\, and 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 You can find her photography\, tutorials and interviews in Outdoor Photographer Magazine\, Outdoor Photography Guide\, Camera in the Wild\, Photography Talk\, VIA Magazine\, Smoky Mountains Journal of Photography\, Wild Planet and more! \nFor more information: www.jenniferkingphoto.com
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-with-judge-jennifer-king-no-theme-open/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): East Africa - Again with Nancy Dubiell and Bill Vanderpool
DESCRIPTION:Even though we have been to East Africa before\, we welcomed this\, our fifth trip.  Although the land is the same\, the people and the animals are always different.  This trip\, with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT)\, included Kenya\, Tanzania\, and Rwanda. \nBIO:    \nNancy and Bill have been members of NVPS since\, well\, since the Washington Gas days. They started getting more serious about photography as their travels commenced\, first within the States and then overseas.  This was their 22nd trip with OAT. \nThey started with slides and\, as they transitioned to digital\, kept the old habit of trying to get the image right in the camera\, with minimal post processing.  Most of their photography is of their travels.  Bill likes street photography and Nancy leans towards landscapes.  Both enjoy wildlife photography. \nAfter a long dry spell of traveling due to Covid\, they have recently started back with a summer trip to Ireland and this one of 3 ½ weeks to Africa.  They are already signed up for at least one trip this year and another in 2024.  Both use Canons and have recently changed to the Tamron 18×400 as their “all-in-one” travel lens.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-east-africa-again-with-nancy-dubiell-and-bill-vanderpool/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: Italy's Adriatic coast towns with Clark Barker
DESCRIPTION:Scenes from Clark and wife Joan’s last overseas pre-covid journey to Rome\, Malta\, and the Adriatic Coast of Italy by small ship\, ending in Venice. \nBio: \nFollowing college and gainful employment Clark purchased a Minolta SRT101 which was mostly used to produce slides.  After a couple more Minoltas\, a digital 8 megapixel Olympus and several Canons he went mirrorless with a Canon R5 the first day it was available.  Clark’s photographic experience has mostly been as a tourist taking snapshots of interesting places visited and photos of his son and daughter when they were children.  After retirement Clark and wife Joan took several overseas trips with organized tour groups. \nClark joined NVPS in 2015 and was the class two color print Photographer of the Year for 2016-2017.  NVPS membership has led to vastly improved comprehension of shutter speed\, aperture and ISO.  He uses Lightroom/Photoshop CC and Topaz for postprocessing.   \nHe enjoys taking travel photos\, especially landscapes\, but has more recently begun exploring other types of photography such as wildlife and macro. \nPhotos on the 2019 trip to Malta and Italy were taken with a Canon 5D mark III camera.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-italys-adriatic-coast-towns-with-clark-barker/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum – Tribal Angola with Kathryn Mohrman
DESCRIPTION:(Kathryn’s Program Perspective) \nWe visited seven tribes in southwestern Angola\, people who are living as their ancestors have for hundreds of years.  These people are painfully poor in an economic sense\, but rich in culture and tradition.  My goal in sharing these photos is to convey the dignity of the people we encountered. I was especially intrigued by the women we met as I learned to distinguish among the tribes based their sense of beauty.  It was amazing to see the effort they took in creating elaborate hairstyles or wearing thousands of beads as an everyday matter. \nMy fondest memory\, however\, is not captured in any of these photos.  One morning I slept late in my tent so I was the only person from the tour group in camp.  In my search for coffee I discovered a local family warming themselves around the log fire.  With my coffee cup I sat in one of the camp chairs near where they were crouched down.  \nOne of the women started talking to me—of course I didn’t understand her language but I could hear the kindness in her voice.  So I started talking to her–of course she didn’t understand my English but I hope she could hear the kindness in my voice.  For ten minutes we “conversed” and built a fleeting bond that underscored our common humanity. \nBIO: \nAfter more than 30 years as a teacher\, administrator\, and college president\, Kathryn Mohrman turned to photography as her main focus in retirement. Her love of travel has allowed her to explore cultures across five continents and to share her experiences with the viewers of her images.  Since most people will not have an opportunity to travel to Bhutan or Cambodia or Angola\, she considers her photographs as an extension of her years in teaching as she seeks to instill a sense of our shared humanity. \nwww.jadeforestphotography.smugmug.com
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-tribal-angola-with-kathryn-mohrman/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Forum
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