NVPS is pleased to welcome Alan Sislen for November’s Program night on Tuesday, November 5th, “The Beauty and Challenge of the Landscape”.

Alan M. Sislen

“The Beauty and Challenge of Landscape Photography”

Alan will discuss why, after over 40 years doing photography, he has
gravitated to and specializes in landscape photography. He will discuss the equipment he uses, but more importantly, what he looks for in a particularlocation to try to capture that elusive “great photograph.” Pre-planning is always a major part of landscape photography, and Alan will discuss all the variables that should be considered, and then, how to deal with the unpredicted events that always occur. For a landscape photographer, more important than the scene that is being photographed, is the light on the scene being photographed. He will use many examples throughout his
presentation to demonstrate this critical element, as well as other important topics like composition, aspect ratio, mood and emotion, all of which can help make what might be an ordinary photograph, extraordinary.

Alan Sislen, who lives in Bethesda, Maryland, has been an avid photographer for more than 40 years.  Landscape photography is his passion and he has photographed in the United States, France, Iceland, Italy, Canada, England, Chile, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and New Zealand.  Alan is a well-recognized photography educator and speaker.

Although his equipment might be “state-of-the-art,” Alan’s style and technique are traditional. He has studied with well-known British landscape photographer Charlie Waite, former National Geographic photographer Bruce Dale, digital expert Thom Hogan, black and white master John Sexton, photographic artist and Photoshop expert John Paul Caponigro, fine art photographer Charles Cramer and color management/printing expert Bill Atkinson, and Photoshop expert Eliot Cohen.

In 2005 he was juried into Multiple Exposures Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia, and was juried into the Torpedo Factory as a Resident Artist in 2006.  In 2007, he was juried into VisArts, in Rockville, Maryland as one of 9 Resident Artists.  Alan has served on the Board of the North Bethesda Camera Club and has been selected as Color Photographer of the Year – Advanced, Black and White Photographer of the Year – Advanced, and Electronic Photographer of the Year – Advanced.