Polly Terriberry
When Polly Terriberry quit work in 2000, she decided she wanted to pursue photography as a retirement hobby. She found NVPS and dragged her husband, Tim, along for moral support. Both Polly and Tim have been members ever since although Tim does not take photos! He is still lending lots of support though! Polly had taken snap shots for a long time, but she wanted to go beyond snap shots and learn more about photography. What better way to reach that goal than to join a camera club?
Although Polly considers herself an amateur photographer, she does sell her images on Shutterstock.com. She calls herself a “paid” hobbyist. Polly takes photos for the sheer enjoyment of it but one day while staring at the rows of photo albums on their bookshelves, she realized that taking photos to be stuffed in a photo album rarely to be looked at later, seemed like a waste. That’s when she became a Shutterstock photographer. At least some people might find some uses for her photos.
Polly’s has many favorite subjects such as lighthouses, cats, macro, landscapes, and 
flowers to name a few but her favorite subjects are lighthouses and cats. Perhaps she enjoys lighthouses because her father was a lighthouse keeper for a short while. She has dreams of trips who’s sole purpose is photographing lighthouses. Tim and Polly made one such trip in California and even spent the night at Montara Lighthouse. Cats became a favorite subject by accident when a little pregnant long haired black cat found her way to their cabin in the mountains of North Carolina one summer. One thing led to another and they became cat fosters for the SPCA here in Virginia. Cats have been in their lives ever since.
Polly started out with Nikon equipment in 2000, switched to Minolta equipment then switched back to Nikon, and recently treated herself to a Panasonic GH4. She finds the older she gets the heavier the equipment seems to be. Like a lot of retirees, she decided to “downsize”.
Polly’s photographic goals are what they have always been, to see the world through the lens and enjoy the view. Her show will present a collection of a few of her favorite subjects: barns, flowers, heart-shaped objects, infrared, landscapes, lighthouses, pets and wildlife.
Mark Chen
Mark got his first DSLR in 2014. Without knowing how to use this Canon Rebel T3i, he sat stubbornly in Auto mode until 2015, when he decided he needed to take the time and learn how to use the camera correctly. Once he picked up the basics of ISO, shutter speed and aperture, he was off to the races.
Mark works as a software engineer and also went to school for electrical engineering, so photography has become a great outlet for his creative side. Still being relatively new to photography, Mark doesn’t believe in specializing, and continues to explore all genres of photography and produce all styles of work. One thing you will notice in his work is that there is quite a bit of variety as it pertains to the subject and style in his photography. Some genres that interest Mark that he has yet to try includes wildlife photography, storm photography and wave photography.
Within less than a year of learning the basics of a DSLR, and switching/upgrading to a Nikon D750, Mark entered and was juried into his very first exhibit at Nature Visions 2015, where he was also named a Category Winner. Since then, he has gone on and been juried into over twenty exhibits across the country, as well as winning numerous awards and honors, including garnering multiple category winner nominations in the Fine Art Photography Awards, having multiple photos named as finalists in the Siena International Photo Awards, awarded 3rd place in the Moscow International Foto Awards and last but not least, named Photographer of the Year and Most Versatile Photographer at the annual NVPS banquet last season.
Mark’s gallery, aptly named “Prologue” is simply a look into his still young portfolio. Performing a cardinal sin of showing a portfolio, there is no all-encompassing theme or arc to the photos. You will see photos from various genres and styles as there are still many genres and styles that Mark is looking to explore, and he has thus far decided not to try to stick with any single option.
