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SUMMARY:Programs: (Zoom) Creative iPhone Photography with Nick Sinnott
DESCRIPTION:With the iPhone being the most used camera in the United States\, it’s important to learn how to take full control of your photography.  Join Nick Sinnott for an exploration of all the features and functions your iPhone camera has to offer. We’ll start with the basics and work our way up to more advanced functions (many that you didn’t even know your iPhone could do).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou’ll learn about exposure\, focus\, and focal length control\, how to take great long exposures and night photos\, and get tips and tricks for composing eye-catching images. Plus\, Nick will show you how to edit and organize your photos using the Photos app\, and share some other useful apps for photographers.  By the end of the presentation\, you’ll have the knowledge and confidence you need to take your iPhone photography skills to new heights! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNick Sinnott is the Owner and Director at Chicago Photography Classes. He has taught all levels of photography for 10 years and has written the curriculum for several classes including the popular Drips\, Drops and Illusions Workshop and Lightroom In-Depth 7-week Class. As a photographer\, he enjoys photographing landscapes\, sports\, architecture\, real estate and his family of 4 children and amazing wife.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-zoom-creative-iphone-photography-with-nick-sinnott-2/
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SUMMARY:Education & Training - (In-Person) Matting with Bob and Willa Friedman
DESCRIPTION:At this month’s Education and Training session\, Bob and Willa will present a how-to/hands-on matting seminar to help members prepare their images for print competition\, exhibits or for personal use.   \n\n\n\nAfter our brief demonstration\, there will be several workstations around the room where several experienced members will demonstrate how they cut mat using their equipment.   This is a hands-on session\, so bring a photo\, not larger than 8.5 x11 to mat.  We will have mat board and other materials required to practice on. \n\n\n\nIf you have a mat cutter\, bring it to follow along. \n\n\n\nAlso\, if you have a jump/flash drive bring it so we can share our spreadsheet for cutting dimensions. \n\n\n\nBob Friedman\n\n\n\nWilla Friedman\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBIOs:  \n\n\n\nBob started his photography journey as a teenager with a darkroom in his parents’ basement which he inherited from his brother. The first thing he did when he and Willa bought their house was to build a darkroom in the basement. \n\n\n\nWilla first became involved in photography as an instructor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York where she photographed wildlife in city parks for the NYC schools and where her images were published in a fourth-grade textbook. \n\n\n\nBob and Willa say that If selling a few photos makes them pros\, then they are pros. Otherwise they consider themselves advanced amateurs. They have taken courses and workshops at Photoworks at Glen Echo and with Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant in New Brunswick\, Canada. They have also had extensive courses in Photoshop. They have been members of NVPS for 17 years. \n\n\n\nWhile their subjects are varied\, Bob enjoys street photography and Willa looks for reflections everywhere. Both use a Fuji X-T5 with various lenses. \n\n\n\nTheir work is currently on display at the Art League in the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria\, and they have had images published in the Northern Virginia Review and District Lines. They have had multiple images in the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at the Smithsonian Institution and have prints on display in various professional offices in the Metro DC area. \n\n\n\nTheir current job is retirement—while it doesn’t pay very well\, it’s a lot more fun than working. \n\n\n\nIn Person at the Dunn Loring Firehouse
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-in-person-matting-with-bob-and-willa-friedman/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T191500
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SUMMARY:Competition:  (Zoom) with Judge Jim Zuckerman - No Theme\, Open
DESCRIPTION:Bio\n\n\n\nJim Zuckerman\n\n\n\nJim Zuckerman left his medical studies in 1970 to pursue his love of photography and to turn it into a career. He has taught creative photography at many universities and private schools\, including UCLA\, the Hallmark School of Photography\, the Palm Beach Photographic Center\, and Kent State University. He currently leads many international photo excursions to exotic destinations such as Namibia\, Morocco\, Indonesia\, Patagonia\, France\, the Balkans\, Iceland\, and Brazil.  \n\n\n\nJim has had photo exhibitions in art galleries in Palm Springs\, Delray Beach\, Detroit\, and Los Angeles. His fine art prints hang in dozens of private collections. \n\n\n\nJim was a contributing editor to Photographic Magazine for four decades. His images\, articles\, and photo features have been published in scores of books and magazines including Time-Life books\, publications of the National Geographic Society\, Outdoor Photographer\, Life Magazine\, Omni Magazine\, Conde Nast Traveler\, Shutterbug\, and National Wildlife. He is the author of 15 books in print and 11 eBooks on photography\, and he teaches on-line courses on photography available through his website Jim Zuckerman Photography and Photo Tours. \n\n\n\nThe work of Jim Zuckerman has been used for packaging\, advertising\, and editorial layouts in more than forty countries.  \n\n\n\nOn Zoom
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-zoom-with-judge-jim-zuckerman-no-theme-open/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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SUMMARY:Member's Gallery:  (In-Person) Prints - People of Pleiku\, Vietnam with Wayne Guenther
DESCRIPTION:Mother and Baby\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nI was an Army Captain stationed near Pleiku\, Vietnam from September 1970 to September 1971. My budding enthusiasm for photography was muted while there because of long workdays and the “Off Limits” designation of the city.  I was able to do some photography during my official business travels but those images were captured mostly from the air and from vehicles transiting busy city streets. Pleiku’s status changed to “On Limits” in the spring of 1972\, and coupled with my maintenance battalion’s reduced workload related to US troop withdrawals\, I was able to spend a few hours in the city on scattered weekends until I departed for home.  I usually parked my jeep on the edge of the marketplace and wandered around\, occasionally with another soldier/photography enthusiast.  I was received with curiosity and frequent smiles from the people I encountered and was not hindered from raising the camera and pressing the shutter release. \n\n\n\nAlthough all my Vietnam photos lay dormant for decades\, I always intended to do a book or a show around the “People of Pleiku.”  An exhibit opportunity arose in 2013 at the Northern Virginia Community College Verizon Gallery and I matted and framed 30 images for the show. Now another decade has passed and I’m glad to have this opportunity to display them again for NVPS.  I hope you find them interesting. \n\n\n\nBio \n\n\n\nWayne Guenther\n\n\n\nWayne Guenther began his photography avocation in the late 1960s but became increasingly involved with Art Photography in the mid-1990s. Membership in Gallery West and the Art League (both in Alexandria\, VA) nudged him to regularly create new work and develop a style.  In 2009 he was a charter member and President of the Workhouse Photography Group (Lorton\, VA) and remained active there until 2012 when he fully retired. Wayne joined NVPS in 2015.  He has been accepted in many regional juried art competitions/shows over the past 25 years\, and placed in several NVPS monthly competitions.   \n\n\n\nIn Vietnam Wayne shot with Nikon bodies and three lenses; 35mm\, 50mm\, and 135mm.  He processed most of his black and white film at the nearby Air Force Base photo lab\, and sent off the transparency film to the States.  He saw the results on returning home.  Time was not friendly to Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides\, and the storage conditions were hardly archival. Some scans were done in the early 2000s and the others in 2013 and edited with the software of that time. \n\n\n\n\nCigarette Boy\n\n\n\nAnnoyed Fishmonger\n\n\n\nSad Eyed Girl\n\n\n\n\nIn Person at Dunn-Loring Firehouse
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-in-person-prints-people-of-pleiku-with-wayne-guenther/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member's Gallery (Virtual):  (Zoom) A Western Road Trip with Thu Huyhn
DESCRIPTION:Description\n\n\n\nThu Huyhn recently had a western road trip with her friends for seven days.  Her trip began in the state of California. She went through four other states including Nevada\, Arizona\, New Mexico\, and Utah. The group then headed back to California. The slideshow includes pictures she took during this entire trip. There was about a 30-minute rest at the hotels every day on this busy schedule. It really was an unforgettable road trip! \n\n\n\nThu Huyhn\n\n\n\nBio\n\n\n\nThu started learning photography in 2019. She simply wanted to improve her photography skills for her real estate business\, but it was then that she knew she had a passion for photography and became deeply immersed in it. She loves various types of photography\, including landscape\, portrait\, wildlife\, sports\, macro and street photography. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn Zoom
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-virtual-zoom-a-western-road-trip-with-thu-huyhn/
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SUMMARY:Member's Forum:  (In Person) Getting the Most from a Photo Tour with John Eppler
DESCRIPTION:Post-COVID\, we are all ready to hit the road for all the places we’ve been dreaming of seeing. John will share some of his recent experiences of getting the most from his tours. His experiences of preparation\, enjoying and post tour processing. The discussion will include tours\, tour leaders and issues experienced. \n\n\n\n\nRed Fox (Vulpes vulpes) at Madison Junction\, Yellowstone National Park\, Wyoming.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBIO\n\n\n\nJohn Eppler\n\n\n\nJohn retired as an Electronic Manufacturing Quality Engineer from the commercial\, military and space industries. John is a self-taught advanced amateur photographer. He has been actively using film since 1973 when a friend loaned him a SLR for a vacation trip west. John has a picture on his wall from the first experience. In 2001\, John came out of the closet (his darkroom) and bought a Nikon Coolpix digital camera. It met its demise on a trip to Alaska. He bought a Canon XT and has used Canon ever since. He is now shooting with a Canon R5 mirrorless.  \n\n\n\nHis focus is on landscape\, nature\, and night photography. He donates many of his images to iNaturist.org (currently 3\,200 images of 1\,400 unique species). He also allows the use of his images at National Wildlife Refuges where he volunteers. He teaches a course in An Introduction to Nature Photography. \n\n\n\n\nSnowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) launching froma barn roof in New Lowell\, Ontario\,  Canada\,\n\n\n\nFemale Jaguar (Panthera onca) “Gisele” stalking in the Parque Nacional de Pantanal Matogrossense\, Porto Jefre\, Brazil.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Person at the Dunn Loring Firehouse
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-in-person-getting-the-most-from-a-photo-tour-with-john-eppler/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T070000
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SUMMARY:Field Trips: Tidal Basin
DESCRIPTION:DC\, Jefferson Memorial\n\n\n\nThe nearest metro stop\, Smithsonian (blue line)\, is a 1 mile hike. \n\n\n\nThe Tidal Basin is more than a Mecca for spring time photographers.  Join us as we explore the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and cherry trees of the Tidal Basin as they strut their golden yellow\, orange\, and red fall foliage.  Stay a little longer and take a walk through the nearby Franklin D. Roosevelt and Martin Luther King memorials for more compositions.  The FDR memorial features sculptures depicting various scenes from the Great Depression and the MLK memorial features a massive granite figure of the man himself full of details.  Paths between these memorials are lined with more cherry trees so the canopy of colors should be vibrant.Sunrise is at 7:31am EDTSunset is 6:12pm EDTEquipment:* Bring any lens that helps your creativity.  There will be lots of compositions for lenses in the range 24-70mm and 70-200mm.  You may even find a use for a macro lens depending on your ambitions.* Remember to bring a polarizer and consider packing a graduated ND filter if you want to get a sunrise shot of the Thomas Jefferson memorial.  An ND filter would be a must if you want to eliminate other tourists from your images.  You probably won’t need a flash.* Tripods are are prohibited inside the Thomas Jefferson Memorial\, but you can use them with care outside.* Weather should be temperate\, but it might be chilly in the early morning.  We’ll hope for fog\, clear horizons\, high pressure clouds\, and anything else that will make our trip memorable.* The Thomas Jefferson memorial has a public bathroom nearby.  The FDR memorial also has public bathrooms at either end.  Park benches dot the path along the Tidal Basin.When:Saturday\, October 28\, 2023 from 7:00am to 10:00amSunday\, October 29\, 2023 from 7:00am to 10:00am (Rain Date)Where:Our group will meet outside the front of the Thomas Jefferson memorial at the base of the stairs.  We’ll have our customary socializing and determine if weather permits a sunrise shot.  We’ll make any additional planning during this meeting.Directions:Ohio Drive SW – approach is recommended from the Arlington Memorial Bridge.  Keep right as you enter the district and take the second right.  Cross the intersection with Independence Ave SW\, drive until you come upon the baseball diamonds on your left\, and begin your hunt for a parking spot.Parking Lot A – if you do not find any spots on Ohio Dr SW or you simply want to park closer to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial\, parking lot A is located off Ohio Dr. just past the 395 overpass.  If the lot is full try lot B or C. If those lots are full too\, try the parking lot across the Basin near the paddle boats off Maine Ave SW.Bring a credit card or use a parking app to pay ($2.30 per hour) for parking.  All parking spots are maintained by the National Park Service and have a three hour limit.Free parking is further down Ohio Dr. near East Potomac Park / Haines Point.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe hope you can join us! \n\n\n\nRena Schild and Steven Glintz \n\n\n\nField Trip Coordinators 2022-2023 \n\n\n\n* Photographs courtesy Judy McGuire 
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trips-tidal-basin/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231031T193000
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SUMMARY:Education & Training:  (In Person) Preparing Prints for Competition
DESCRIPTION:As we continue to return (gradually) to print competitions\, the Fifth Tuesday will be devoted to preparing prints for competition. We’ll have experienced club members who can critique prints and offer suggestions for improvements\, as well as other experienced members who can help with matting photographs\, including cutting mats if needed. \n\n\n\nIn Person at the Dunn Loring Firehouse
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/october-31-2023-in-person-preparing-prints-for-competition/
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