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SUMMARY:Education & Training: (In Person) Final Portfolio Review Group 1 with Frank Van Riper
DESCRIPTION:The final review for group one of the Portfolio Project will be held with Frank Van Riper on Tuesday\, April 14. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrank Van Riper is an award-winning documentary and fine art photographer\, journalist\, author and lecturer whose work has been published internationally.  \n\n\n\nHis photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery (Washington\, DC) as well as in the Portland Museum of Art (Portland\, Maine.) His 1998 book of photography and essays\, Down East Maine/A World Apart\, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and won the silver award for photography from the Art Director’s Club of Metropolitan Washington.  \n\n\n\nHis latest book\, written with his wife Judith Goodman\, and their first book in color\, The Green Heart of Italy – Umbria and its Ancient Neighbors was published very recently.  His previous book\, Recovered Memory: New York & Paris 1960-1980\, immediately became an Amazon bestseller.  Also done in collaboration with his wife and professional partner Judith Goodman\, was Serenissima: Venice in Winter\, a coffee table collection of black and white photographs and essays\, published in 2008 both in the US and Italy.  \n\n\n\nVan Riper was a member of the New York Daily News Washington Bureau for 20 years\, serving as White House correspondent\, national political correspondent and Washington Bureau news editor. He was a 1979 Nieman Fellow at Harvard. In 1982 he partnered with his wife in commercial and documentary photography. In 1992\, Van Riper became photography columnist of the Washington Post\, where his column\, “Talking Photography\,” appeared for 19 years. It now is now available at www.TalkingPhotography.com.  \n\n\n\nA popular teacher and lecturer\, Van Riper is on the faculty of PhotoWorks at Glen Echo Park\, Md.\, and has lectured and/or taught in the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program\, the Maine Photographic Workshops\, the University of Maine at Machias and at other colleges and universities in the mid-Atlantic.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/education-training-in-person-final-portfolio-review-group-1-with-frank-van-riper/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Portfolio Project
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SUMMARY:Field Trip  Green Spring Gardens
DESCRIPTION:NVPS April 2026 Field Trip \n\n\n\nGreen Spring Gardens \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApril is one of the most beautiful months to visit Green Spring Gardens\, a Fairfax County horticultural gem known for its vibrant spring blooms\, winding paths\, ponds\, and historic landscapes. This 31-acre public garden offers a wide variety of photographic subjects\, including flowering trees\, tulips and daffodils\, textured garden beds\, architectural elements\, and the charming 18th-century Historic House. Early spring light and fresh color make this an ideal location for both macro and landscape photography. \n\n\n\nWhether you enjoy capturing intimate floral details or wide garden scenes\, Green Spring Gardens provides endless inspiration. The grounds are easy to navigate\, and the mix of formal and naturalistic plantings offers something for every style of photographer. \n\n\n\nMore information about the gardens can be found here: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/green-spring \n\n\n\nA map of the gardens is located here: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sites/parks/files/Assets/images/specialty/green-spring-map.jpg \n\n\n\nWhen: \n\n\n\nSaturday\, April 18\, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.(Rain date: Sunday\, April 19\, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) \n\n\n\nWe will meet at 10:00 a.m. outside the Green Spring Gardens Visitor Center. \n\n\n\nPost Field Trip Snacks at Juke Box Diner\, 7039 Columbia Pike\, Annandale\, VA. \n\n\n\nWhere: \n\n\n\nGreen Spring Gardens4603 Green Spring RoadAlexandria\, VA 22312 \n\n\n\nParking is free and available in the main lot next to the Visitor Center. Directions to the Park: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sites/parks/files/assets/documents/nature-history/greenspring/gs%20bus%20directions.pdf \n\n\n\nCost: \n\n\n\nAdmission is free. \n\n\n\nEquipment and Notes: \n\n\n\n● Lenses in the 24–70mm range work well for general garden scenes \n\n\n\n● Macro photographers will want to bring a close-up or macro lens \n\n\n\n● Tripods are permitted outdoors but not inside the Historic House \n\n\n\n● Restrooms are available in the Visitor Center\, which opens at 9:00 a.m. \n\n\n\n● Please stay on designated paths and avoid disturbing garden beds or plantings \n\n\n\nWe hope you can join us! \n\n\n\nSeton Droppers and Christopher Fedorchak
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/field-trip-green-spring-gardens-2/
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SUMMARY:Competition: (Zoom) Theme - Patterns with Judge Tillman Crane
DESCRIPTION:Tillman’s love for the platinum print began in 1976 at the Frederick Evans’ exhibit in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It was 1990 before life allowed him to begin his journey to becoming a master of the process. The platinum print continues to be his photographic medium of expression and his understanding of the materials continues to deepen in creating his works of beauty. \n\n\n\nIn 1996 he took a job at the Waterford School (Sandy\, Utah) and was tasked with building a photography program for grades 8-12. 2001 provided an opportunity for him to bring his family back to Maine\, setting up Tillman Crane Photography as a fine art photographer and workshop teacher. \n\n\n\nHe has taught workshops in Mexico\, Scotland\, England\, Canada\, China\, and Japan as well as over 100 workshops in the United States. In addition to his own branded workshops he has led workshops for the Maine Media Workshops\, Visionary Wild Workshops\, Santa Fe Workshops\, Peters Valley School of Craft\, Coupeville Art Center and Inversnaid Photography Center. \n\n\n\nTillman has frequently written on the craft of photography\, with twenty articles for View Camera Magazine and other pieces in Photo Technique\, Silver Shotz and the Ilford Photo Instructor Newsletter.  \n\n\n\nAfter 35 years of working solely with film and large format cameras he has enthusiastically embraced the digital world. Tillman is enjoying the versatility of traveling more lightly and the ability to make ever bigger negatives for his prints. \n\n\n\nTwo of his highest professional achievements include his solo\, one hundred platinum print exhibit\, Alchemy of Light (2016)\, at the National Art Museum of China (Beijing) and his induction into the inaugural class of the Artist Hall of Fame in the Alabama Center for the Arts. \n\n\n\nTillman continues to find joy in creating and teaching photography while being blessed to live in Maine. \n\n\n\nFor more information about Tillman’s photography\, books and workshops\, see his web site TillmanCrane.com
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/competition-zoom-theme-patterns-with-judge-tillman-crane/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Competitions
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SUMMARY:Member’s Forum: (In Person): Faroe Islands―The Other Danish Territory with Wayne Guenther
DESCRIPTION:The Faroes are an archipelago of 18 islands about halfway between Iceland and Norway formed by volcanic eruptions and shaped by multiple ice ages. They were settled by Norsemen in the 800’s. Current residents have eked out a living by fishing\, farming\, and raising sheep in an environment with lots of rain and wind but with a relatively mild climate thanks to the Gulf Stream. It has one “big” city\, Tórshavn (the capital)\, one airport\, and a remarkable infrastructure of roads\, tunnels\, and ferries making it easy to get around.  It has been an autonomous territory of Denmark since 1814. The population is around 50\,000 with half in Tórshavn and the rest scattered around the shoreline in villages. Tourism is on the rise because of the incredible beauty of the sharp ridges\, verdant valleys with hundreds of streams\, and villages with a mix of very old and new homes.  It’s a landscape photographer’s paradise. \n\n\n\nWayne will discuss how he and Judy planned their trip to the Faroe Islands on their own\, a trip easily done over about 5 days with a rental car. \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWayne Guenther began his photography avocation in the late 1960s and 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. 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 to travel and shoot with wife Judy. In the “Be There; Shoot” philosophy Wayne has subjects associated with wherever he is (e.g. when on African safaris\, photograph animals)\, but his natural style is heavily weighted towards subjects with graphic content; patterns and lines\, geometry\, reflections\, fragments\, and abstracts.  \n\n\n\nWayne joined NVPS in 2015 and was Co–VP for Competitions in 2023–2024. He has been accepted in many regional juried art competitions/shows over the past 30 years\, including MAPV 2021–2024\, and placed in many NVPS monthly competitions.   He shot with Nikon equipment for many years until the aggregate weight of the kit became problematic\, leading him to switch to the micro–four–thirds system in 2014. He uses two OM System bodies and two Olympus lenses ( 12–40mm f2.8 and 40–150mm f4). He increasingly uses the iPhone camera as well.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-in-person-faroe-islands%e2%80%95the-other-danish-territory-with-wayne-guenther/
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery: (In-Person) - The Many Moods of Mist: Photographs from Eastern France with David Miller
DESCRIPTION:David’s mother\, an amateur art historian\, introduced him to the fine arts\, but it was his sister — then a serious photographer — who gave him his first camera in high school. She later advised him to get a Pentax when he went to Africa with the Peace Corps. During his career in international development that followed\, David used the Pentax and a series of Cannon PowerShots and iPhones to capture street scenes and portraits. By the early 2000’s he was posting his images on social media. During this time\, he also began creating and posting photo collages (@crashingphotos) and abstracts (@davidabstracted). More recently\, David has shot with Olympus cameras focused on intimate landscape compositions\, primarily in Virginia and eastern France. He joined NVPS in 2025. \n\n\n\nSince his retirement in 2021\, summers find David at his wife’s family home in eastern France composing intimate landscapes that often include the mist that travels over the region’s freshwater lakes\, limestone cliffs\, hilly farmlands and pine forests. Like other photographers\, David uses mist to simplify his compositions and isolate subjects. He also uses it to intensify the atmosphere and create a mood. Sometimes mist itself is the subject of his photographs. In this gallery\, David presents a selection of photos\, some drawn from his 2025 portfolio\, that use these techniques to show the many moods of mist in Eastern France
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-forum-in-person-the-many-moods-of-mist-photographs-from-eastern-france-with-david-miller/
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery - (Print) (In-Person) People with David Kravitz
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Brian Rodriguez\n\n\n\nDuring his high school years\, David Kravitz had his own dark room and enjoyed exploring black and white film photography. Then life intervened. After college\, graduate school\, and a 40-year academic career\, he has returned to photography\, as he always intended\, though he has left film for digital. He joined NVPS in 2019 and is immensely grateful for all he has gained from his membership. \n\n\n\nDescription of presentationDavid’s photographic interests are diverse\, but portrait photography is not an emphasis. He has chosen to present his photographs of people – drawn primarily from his travels or local public events – with the hope that this experience will help him overcome his hesitancy to ask strangers if he can photograph them.
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-print-in-person-people-with-david-kravitz/
CATEGORIES:Activities,Member's Gallery
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SUMMARY:Member’s Gallery: (In-Person) - Seasons of the Garden with Susan Blalock
DESCRIPTION:Bio\n\n\n\nSusan Blalock\n\n\n\nSusan was introduced to photography by her grandfather\, but after college she did not have much time for photography.  The 2020 pandemic gave Susan time to spend taking photos.  Susan found NVPS through a simple google search and has been active member since 2021.  In 2025\, Susan was NVPS’ Novice Versatile Photographer of the year.  She enjoys shooting a variety of subjects including flowers and garden photography\, abstracts using ICM\, wildlife\, and architectural photography.    \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs an avid gardener\, Susan enjoys photographing plants wherever she goes.  Whether formal gardens or on roadsides\, there is always something to see and shoot.  While a garden is at its prime in the warmer months\, there is still plenty to see and photograph in all seasons.  A garden is not just home to plants\, but a variety of insects\, birds\, and small mammals who also depend on the garden to maintain them throughout the year.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAll images by Susan Blalock
URL:https://nvps.org/home/event/members-gallery-in-person-seasons-of-the-garden-with-susan-blalock/
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