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SUMMARY:Programs: Photo Biz 101 with Jennifer Pottheiser
DESCRIPTION:Join commercial and editorial photographer Jennifer Pottheiser as she tackles the subject most valuable to all of us as photographers―the business of photography\, Photo Biz 101. \nJen will share stories and best practices from a lifetime in the industry to help get the work and images you want. The program is appropriate for all levels and geared towards anyone who has ever thought about shooting a photo assignment. Jen will talk through her non-profit work\, as well as commercial assignments\, and there will be plenty of time for questions. \nBIO \nJennifer Pottheiser is an award winning\, commercial photographer known for her work primarily in the sports and corporate sectors. Ms. Pottheiser’s list of commercial clients is a venerable Dream Team. She shoots regularly across the globe for the National Basketball Association\, United States Tennis Association\, JP Morgan Chase\, Walgreens\, Gillette\, and countless others. \nFor all of the allure of working with A-list celebs and world-renowned athletes\, Jen is most passionate about her non-profit work. She photographs regularly and also volunteers without her camera for multiple non-profits including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center\, Canine Companions for Independence and The Valerie Fund. Jen is a partner at Drawbridge Digital\, a boutique technology solutions company\, and a board member at The Doug Pensinger Photography Fund. \nA graduate of Duke University with a degree in English and a minor in Film in Video\, Jen resides in Northern NJ with her family and pups. \nJen Pottheiser Photography
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-photo-biz-101-with-jennifer-pottheiser/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Portfolio Project – Final Review\, Group 1 with Brian Zwit
DESCRIPTION:The first final review of the Portfolio Project will be held with Brian Zwit\, a frequent judge for NVPS Portfolio Projects. \nBrian Zwit\, formerly just a photographer and educator in northern Virginia\, added filmmaker to his resume during the pandemic years. While still enthralled with still photography\, he is using video to expand his storytelling options and range of subjects. \nWhen shooting stills\, his favorite subject is the elegance and majesty of nature\, particularly landscapes. When filmmaking\, his favorite subject turns to 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 region. Brian 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 the topics of 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 paying attention to her.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/portfolio-project-final-review-group-1-with-brian-zwit/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Portfolio Project
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SUMMARY:Field Trips: Hillwood Estate\, Museum and Garden
DESCRIPTION:*** RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER ***  to rain date of Sunday\, April 16\, 2023\, 10am to 1pm\n\n\n\n\n\nIt is our pleasure to introduce April’s field trip to the Hillwood Estate\, Museum\, and Gardens.  This is a rare destination for our club to explore.  The estate is huge and we may not cover it all in one visit\, but we’re certain you will end the day satisfied\, already planning your next visit. \nThe former owner\, Marjorie Merriweather Post maintained an extensive collection of orchids\, so a visit to the greenhouse to see the orchids and other flowers maintained by today’s horticulturists is sure to be impressive.  Spring will be well underway and the Japanese style garden will be amazing despite the fact that the cherry blossoms will have past their prime.  The Lunar Lawn will also draw in photographers with rows of flowers lining the perimeter.  Sculptures and various other subjects will be discovered while wandering around the French Parterre and Four Seasons garden.  \nThere is so much to see outdoors you may forget about the lavishly decorated mansion and museum.  Inside you can tour the mansion’s collection of Imperial-era Russian art.  You’ll also find exotic French furniture\, tapestries\, and paintings as you wander through the rooms of the mansion.  \nOn the day of our field trip\, we’ll start with the outdoors.  After we’ve paid our admission\, we’ll break into smaller groups and spread out to the various gardens to take advantage of the soft morning light.  At or about high noon\, we’ll gather around the Merriweather Cafe for a break.  They will have indoor dining as well as a to go menu which will allow us to eat and chat outside in the warm spring weather.  The light may be a bit harsh after our break so we recommend going indoors to snoop around for subjects. \nPlease be aware of Hillwood’s photographic policy linked below.  It states that tripods may only be used in the gardens\, and flashes\, reflectors\, etc. are prohibited. \nhttps://hillwoodmuseum.org/visit/plan-your-visit/photography-policy \nTickets: \nVisiting Hillwood requires paid admission.  Tickets can be purchased ahead of time online (https://secure.hillwoodmuseum.org/events) or in person.  Purchasing online ahead of time offers a small discount ($1). \nAdult: $18Senior: $15Child (6-18): $6 \nEquipment: \n\nMost subjects will not be too far away so a standard lens will suit for most compositions.\nConsider bringing a macro lens to capture some unique details in either the flowers or decorations.\nDon’t forget to bring a polarizer.\nAs mentioned in the photographic policy\, tripods are only allowed in the gardens. If you bring a tripod\, be prepared to walk back to your car and drop it off before going indoors.\nNo flash photography.\nWeather is anticipated to be comfortably warm. Restrooms are available on-site. Benches and chairs will be scattered throughout the estate.\n\nWhen: \nSaturday\, April 15\, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.Sunday\, April 16\, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (rain day) \nWhere: \nYou’ll will find our group on the edge of the parking lot leading to the visitor’s center / museum shop entrance.  We’ll meet in a little out of the way spot so we can visit and enjoy each other’s company before going through admissions. \nDirections: \nHillwood Estate\, Museum & Gardens4155 Linnean Ave NWWashington\, DC 20008 \nComplimentary multi-level parking is limited so consider carpooling with your fellow club mates.  Should you want to use the Metro\, the nearest stop is the Red Line’s Van Ness-UDC station.  From there\, you’ll walk East for a mile past Howard University Law School and the Embassy of the Netherlands. \nCOVID precautions: \nThere is a lot to see and do at the Hillwood Estate.  If you plan to tour inside the mansion or the greenhouse\, you should be aware that you will most likely pass by others who are unmasked.  We’re anticipating below average risk.  The Hillwood Estate is a somewhat popular destination\, but it should not be overly crowded. \nWe hope you can join us! \nRena Schild and Steven GlintzField Trip Coordinators 2022-2023 \n* Photographs courtesy of Rena Schild and Steven Glintz
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trips-hillwood-estate-museum-and-garden/
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SUMMARY:Competition with Judge Samantha Stephens - No Theme\, Open
DESCRIPTION:Competition Theme: Open within the past three (3) years \nThe judge is Samantha Stephens. \nBIO: \nSamantha Stephens is a biologist turned photographer for science and conservation. She uses visual storytelling to communicate scientific research\, especially when that research is relevant to conservation issues. Through her work she hopes to foster appreciation for the natural world and the work that helps us understand and protect our shared home. Samantha is a graduate of the Environmental Visual Communication program offered by the Royal Ontario Museum and Fleming College. She is a National Geographic Explorer\, an Emerging League Member of the International League of Conservation Photographers\, and a Girls Who Click Ambassador. Her work has appeared in bioGraphic\, National Wildlife Magazine\, National Geographic\, and Photo Life Magazine. Samantha currently spends most of her time in Algonquin Provincial Park (Ontario\, Canada)\, where she documents various wildlife research projects at the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station. \nSamantha Stephens Photography (stephenssamantha.com)
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-with-judge-samantha-stephens-no-theme-open/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Prints (Virtually): Nostalgia-Field Trips Before Covid with Willa Friedman
DESCRIPTION:Willa will be just reminiscing.  Field trips are always fun and looking back at the pictures we took is fun too. \nBIO: \nWilla’s first job after college was as an instructor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York\, Her first summer there\, she had a choice of several summer projects—filing\, cleaning small animal cages or photographing wildlife in city parks for the NYC schools. She claimed to be able to do photography and brought home a camera and a light meter.   Bob taught her everything she needed to know over the following weekend and her work was published. Bob still claims to have taught her everything she knows.  \nWilla has taken courses and workshops at Photoworks at Glen Echo\, and with Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant in New Brunswick\, Canada\, and Santa Fe Workshop in Santa Fe\, NM.  She has also had extensive courses in Photoshop with Eliot Cohen. She has been a member of NVPS since 2004 and has learned a great deal from the members and speakers. She has held many positions and is currently coordinator for the solo shows at Beanetics. \nWilla won Photographer of the Year in Novice Monochrome in 2006\, Advanced Monochrome in 2009 and Color Print of the Year in 2008.  Willa has work on display at the Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria and Falls Church Arts.  She has an image in the permanent collection of the Joseph Miller Center for Photographic Arts. She has had several images published in the Northern Virginia Review and has won their Best in Visual Arts award twice\, and was also published in Elan Magazine\, as well as being in numerous juried shows.   Willa has had solo shows at 1st Stage\, the Stone Tower Gallery at Glen Echo and has had several shows at Beanetics Coffee Rosters in Annandale and has been a guest artist at Waverly Street Gallery in Bethesda.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-prints-virtually-nostalgia-field-trips-before-covid-with-willa-friedman/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery – Digital: Street Photography with Phyllis Kimmel and Suzy McIntire
DESCRIPTION:Phyllis Kimmel and Suzy McIntire will share a combined Member’s Gallery focused on street photography around Washington DC and New York. Phyllis will share photos from local street fairs and festivals in Washington DC – both spontaneous and street portraits – along with some other local and NYC street photography. Suzy enjoys walking around the city\, noticing what people and animals are up to\, and capturing their sometimes unusual activities. \nBIO – Phyllis Kimmel \nPhyllis has loved photography for as long as she can remember and was thrilled with the Canon AE-1 she received as a Bat Mitzvah gift from her grandmother.  Eventually Phyllis went digital and shot with Canon DSLRs until\, in 2023\, she took the leap to a Fuji mirrorless camera. \nPhyllis combines her love of hiking and the outdoors with photography.  She spends her weekends camera in hand\, exploring trails\, mountains\, parks\, gardens\, and more.  She finds herself drawn to the beauty in the ordinary and focusing on capturing the smaller details around her.  Over the past six years\, Phyllis has been a volunteer photographer for a local non-profit\, Community of Hope\, and with that\, began aspiring to become more comfortable with people as subjects.  More recently\, she’s stepped even farther outside her comfort zone with street photography—a fun endeavor.  \nPhyllis has been a member of NVPS for the past nine years or so.  She received an Honorable Mention at the October 2022 Art League Patterns exhibit\, and in February 2023\, two of her photographs won first and second place in their categories of the Washington Gardener photo competition. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nBIO – Suzy McIntire \nWith her first Olympus film camera\, Suzy McIntire took all the photos for her 2002 garden book (An American Cutting Garden\, UVA Press). For many years at the Natural History Museum\, she photographed small fossils for researchers and the collections database.  Using a microscope\, scientific camera\, and software for “extended depth of field” (EDF) photos\, these were composites sometimes of as many as 25 pictures.  She once was asked to photograph what a museum visitor claimed was a fossil apple—this visitor planned to sell it to Apple for a million dollars to fund his retirement. (A paleontologist had to tell him it was not a fossil apple.)  \nIn 2012 Suzy won the Washington Post Humor Photo Contest for a photo of an outhouse on a dinosaur dig in Wyoming.  Tiring of documentary pictures\, she got a Fuji camera three years ago and found happiness in street photography and urban landscapes. This past month she was pleased to get a photo into the Exposed DC annual competition.  She has been an NVPS member since 2019\, unless it was 2018.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-digital-street-photography-with-phyllis-kimmel-and-suzy-mcintire/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum – Having a Ball with Sports Photography with Rena Schild
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation Rena will discuss her work in sports photography\, including what goes into making a good sports image\, and will tell the stories behind some of her images.  After the discussion portion of the presentation\, she will present a slide show of her images from a variety of sports. \nBio:  \nRena has been interested in photography since she received a film camera as a college graduation gift\, but was sidelined by the practice of law until she had time to take some photography courses in the 1990’s.  She then began experimenting with many types of photography\, including family portraits\, events\, red carpet\, sports\, fine art and most recently bird photography.  Rena is currently happiest capturing athletes and birds in motion but thoroughly enjoys all photography\, especially outdoors.  She joined NVPS in early 2020.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-having-a-ball-with-sports-photography-with-rena-schild/
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Forum
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