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SUMMARY:Programs: (Zoom) - Life with a Camera with Tommy Brown
DESCRIPTION:Bio and Description\n\n\n\nTommy Brown and Friend\n\n\n\nTommy Brown graduated from college and informed his parents he was going to become a photographer; a ludicrous idea as he had never made a noteworthy picture. He saved money working in his dad’s machine shop and took off on a 5 month trip to Europe. This trip would determine the path of my life. It was do or die as he planned to make the pictures that would get him into a graduate art program (ridiculous considering he had not gone to art school as an undergrad). The urgency of this proposition is palpable in the images (some are included in his talk and below). And yes\, he got into the MFA program at Yale\, which was his long-shot at best. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor years\, he didn’t have a darkroom but he photographed obsessively. He’d develop his film at night\, hold the negatives up to see if anything looked good\, sleeve and store. Four decades later\, he’s printing those images for the first time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter graduating from Colgate\, he received his MFA in photography from the Yale School of Art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTune in for his zoom he’ll explain what he’s come to understand about why and how he made these photographs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll photos taken by Tommy Brown \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCOLLECTIONS: \n\n\n\nHis photographs are in numerous private and public collections including: \n\n\n\nMunson Museum\, Utica\, NY \n\n\n\nBeinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection Yale University \n\n\n\nYale University Art Gallery \n\n\n\nColby College Museum of Art \n\n\n\nThe Parrish Art Museum \n\n\n\nAddison Gallery of American Art \n\n\n\nLightwork Collection Syracuse University \n\n\n\nThe Museum of the City of New York \n\n\n\nFarnsworth Museum \n\n\n\nTang Museum\, Skidmore College \n\n\n\nColgate University\, Picker Art Gallery \n\n\n\nHe can be contacted at:  www.tommybrown.com and via Instagram @tommybrownpictures.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/programs-zoom-life-with-a-camera-with-tommy-brown/
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SUMMARY:Competition: (In Person) (Digital & Print) No Theme with Judge Pete Duvall
DESCRIPTION:Pete Duvall\n\n\n\nBio\n\n\n\nAfter getting bitten by the photo bug in high school\, Pete attended The Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts\, graduating with Bachelor in Fine Arts in Photography. He began teaching at The Art League School that same year\, and has continued since. He went full time freelance in 2004\, and has a studio in the Gateway Arts Center in Brentwood\, MD. His professional specialty is documenting artwork for artists\, galleries and private collections. However\, he has done a lot of commercial\, portrait and event photography. \n\n\n\nClients have included WETA\, The Marriott Corporation\, United Health Care\, The University of Maryland\, The David Driskell Center\, The Congressional Award\, The University of Florida\, The Hitachi Foundation\, American University\, NPR\, Victory Record\, DeSoto Records\, Trustkill Records\, and the Hillwood Estate and Museum. \n\n\n\nHe has been published in Spin Magazine\, The Washington Post\, American Craft\, Punk Planet\, Architecture DC\, Art & Style and The Flow. Additionally\, he has been published in many show catalogs\, and music albums. \n\n\n\nHe continues to teach several classes every session at the Art League School in Alexandria. These classes include\, Darkroom\, Intro\, Intermediate\, and Night Photography. \n\n\n\nClass and Contact Info\n\n\n\nPete is a freelance studio photographer with a studio at the Gateway Arts Center Additionally\, he is a teacher at the Art League School. The classes he offers include Darkroom\, Introduction to Photography\, Intermediate Photography and Night Photography. \n\n\n\nTo see a list of my classes offered at the Art League go to: \n\n\n\nhttps://www.theartleague.org/faculty/peter-duvall \n\n\n\nMy Website is \n\n\n\nanythingphoto.net \n\n\n\nIG – peted301
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-in-person-digital-print-no-theme-with-judge-pete-duval/
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SUMMARY:Field Trip:  Virginia Renaissance Faire
DESCRIPTION:NVPS May 2026 Field Trip \n\n\n\nFor the May 2026 Field Trip we are exploring a new venue that is a bit further afield from many of our previous excursions. \n\n\n\nStep back in time and bring your camera along for the Northern Virginia Photographic Society’s May field trip to the Virginia Renaissance Faire. This historically inspired outdoor event offers a visually engaging environment populated by costumed performers\, musicians\, and interpreters whose activities evoke the pageantry and rhythms of Renaissance life. Throughout the grounds\, we will encounter staged performances and informal street scenes that lend themselves to images emphasizing gesture\, expression\, costume detail\, and atmosphere. \n\n\n\nThe Faire’s diverse entertainment—including live music\, comedic and dramatic performances\, demonstrations of historical skills\, and equestrian events such as jousting—provides opportunities to explore both dynamic action and quieter observational moments. This field trip is well suited to candid work\, environmental portraiture\, and visual storytelling in an active public setting where timing and anticipation play an important role. Participants are encouraged to work thoughtfully\, observe respectfully\, and enjoy a shared day of photography and conversation. \n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\nSaturday May 16\, 2026. The Faire is open from 10 AM to 5 PM. \n\n\n\nAs pre-purchase of tickets is required\, the event is held rain or shine\, and the tickets cannot be exchanged so we are not proposing an alternate or rain date. (There is a limited refund policy documented on the ticket site if your personal plans change.) \n\n\n\nThis event requires individuals to purchase tickets. See the TicketSpice FAQ page for the refund policy.   \n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\nTickets are available online ONLY\, please purchase your tickets for Saturday May 16 early to avoid disappointment. \n\n\n\nVA Renaissance Faire Tickets via “ticketspice.com” \n\n\n\nAdult Ticket (17-64): $18Senior (65+): $12Child (6-16): $10Under 5: Free \n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\nLake Anna Winery5621 Courthouse RoadSpotsylvania\, VA \n\n\n\nAdditional Information\n\n\n\nGoogle Maps travel time from the 7 Corners area of Northern Virginia to Lake Anna Winery is predicted to be 1:15 to 1:45 on Saturday mornings\, approximately 75 miles. \n\n\n\nLots of additional information and a list of acts can be found at Virginia Renaissance Faire website (varf.org) \n\n\n\nEquipment and Notes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour Normal “walk-about” lens (24-70 mm or similar will work well much of the time\n\n\n\nA telephoto lens for demonstrations and performances\n\n\n\nWhile many of us are experienced in many photography environments\, please remember the following for this environment:\n\nRespect performances and performers. Do not interrupt scheduled shows\, step onto stages\, or block sight lines while photographing. Performers are actively working\, and audience flow is part of the experience.\n\n\n\nAsk before close-up portraits. For posed or close-range photographs of performers or visitors–especially between shows–always ask permission and respect a refusal.\n\n\n\nBe mindful of space and movement.  Avoid obstructing walkways\, entrances\, or crowd circulation\, and stay are of others when repositioning or using longer lenses.\n\n\n\nUse flash cautiously.  Flash may be distracting or inappropriate during live performances or demonstrations; use it sparingly and only where it will not interfere with performers or guests.\n\n\n\nPhotograph with courtesy. A friendly approach and respectful behavior help ensure a positive experience for everyone and often lead to better photographic opportunities.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trip-virginia-renaissance-faire/
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SUMMARY:Portfolio Project – (In Person) Final Review\, Group 2 with Brian Zwit
DESCRIPTION:Brian Zwit\n\n\n\nThe final review for Group 2 of the Portfolio Project will be held with Brian Zwit on Tuesday\, May 19. \n\n\n\nOver 40 years ago\, Brian discovered that photography provided a powerful means for expressing his vision of the world.  Over the years\, his love of the outdoors and photography\, as well as an aptitude for computer technology\, have morphed into a passion (some would say “obsession”) for capturing the elegance and majesty of the unique landscapes and flora of the United States. While the pursuit of nature takes him all over the continent\, he favors the West\, Northeast\, mid-Atlantic\, and Canada’s Eastern Provinces and\, wherever he is\, his love of hiking and backpacking takes him far beyond populated areas into settings which few people visit. \n\n\n\nIn addition to landscape photography\, Brian is always experimenting with other genres of photography and has accumulated thousands of architectural\, travel\, dog\, and city and street life images. During the pandemic\, Brian learned film-making and is working on a couple of film projects. Lately\, he has become particularly enamored with instant photography and now owns way too many instant cameras. Brian’s images are in private residences and corporate offices\, and have appeared in regional magazines. Corporate clients have also used his images for promotional and internal publications. \n\n\n\nBrian has been teaching workshops\, field trips\, and classes\, and speaking to camera clubs\, schools\, and other nonprofis as well as for-profit entities for over 15 years. He has taught Lightroom to over 1000 students. Brian is well-known for his ability to distill complex topics to their essence and explain them in simple\, easy-to-understand ways. He is a recognized expert in digital workflow with Lightroom\, Photoshop\, Nik software\, and other editing applications. \n\n\n\nView Brian’s portfolio at https://www.brianjzwit.com/ \n\n\n\nIn Person at the Dunn Loring Firehouse
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/portfolio-project-in-person-final-review-group-2-with-brian-zwit/
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SUMMARY:Members’ Gallery (In Person) (Print) Shared Printed Images in Any Format
DESCRIPTION:Members’ Gallery provides a forum for NVPS members to share ideas and images.  It aims to help club members think about their own body of work and various ways to see it.   \n\n\n\nSo\, for the last Members’ Gallery of the season on May 26\, 2026\, everyone in the club is invited to bring any printed material of their own images.  Books\, calendars\, greeting cards\, T-shirts\, puzzles\, mugs\, posters\, etc. are possible print formats. Images printed on traditional photo paper or other media such as wood\, metal\, canvas\, or something else\, framed or not: also welcome!  Printed images could be finished products\, or an idea in process.  \n\n\n\nAnother goal of this now-annual evening is to show how images can move from the computer to real life.  Sometimes a printed image\, no matter the medium\, evokes responses and reveals detail in addition to what a digital image can do. \n\n\n\nFor questions\, please contact Members’ Gallery coordinator Eva Lanyi at nvps-members-gallery@googlegroups.com.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-in-person-print-shared-printed-images-in-any-format/
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery: (In-Person\, Slideshow) - Wildlife of the World with Richard Distlerath
DESCRIPTION:Bio\n\n\n\nRichard Distlerath\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nStarting in grade school with a science project to build a pinhole camera\, Richard’s photography endeavors cascaded into a full darkroom where he developed and printed black & white images as well as processed color slides. Photography became lean during his New Jersey working years\, after which the digital age brought about a whole new learning curve. Richard credits Ralph Lee Hopkins from Nat Geo as his first mentor in the digital world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\nRichard and his wife Linda have traveled the world to see the beauty of wildlife and of nature itself.  His slideshow depicts big cats\, birds\, class D killer whales\, the narwhal\, and other species in the Arctic and Antarctic\, Africa\, Iceland\, and North and South America. Some of his images show a pair of animals displaying typical behavior\, some present portraits. All are shown in their natural environment\, as Richards enjoys photographing wildlife perfectly adapted to its surroundings. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAll images by Richard Distlerath:
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-in-person-slideshow-wildlife-of-the-world-with-richard-distlerath/
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum: (In Person): Denali with Ginger Werz-Petricka
DESCRIPTION:Bio and Description\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGinger has been a member of NVPS since 2009 and has been active primarily with the club’s educational programs\, Education and Training\, Members Gallery and her favorite\, the Portfolio Project. She is also a past club president and is club rep for MAPV. \n\n\n\nAbout a dozen years ago Ginger and her husband Ron were in Alaska and took the train from Fairbanks to Anchorage. At the Denali stop she looked up at the impressive mountains and asked\, is that Denali? The answer was no\, Denali was above the clouds. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout an hour later in the trip the conductor stopped the train and directed everyone to go to the right side and look back\, as the clouds covering Denali had cleared. The view of the distant mountain was still breathtaking\, and the desire to see it again was born. \n\n\n\nFast forward to 2025 and the opportunity finally realizes\, flying into Denali National Park to stay at Camp Denali and experience the beauty of this sub-arctic landscape firsthand. What followed was as memorable as anyone could wish. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll photos taken by Ginger Werz-Petricka:
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-in-person-denali-with-ginger-werz-petricka/
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