{"id":11171,"date":"2017-08-27T21:30:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T01:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=11171"},"modified":"2020-11-05T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T21:27:45","slug":"september-26-2017-members-forum-with-kirk-johnson-photo-mandalas-from-photographic-concept-to-final-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/september-26-2017-members-forum-with-kirk-johnson-photo-mandalas-from-photographic-concept-to-final-design\/","title":{"rendered":"September 26 2017: Members Forum with Kirk Johnson – Photo Mandalas – From Photographic Concept to Final Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since joining NVPS in August 2012, Kirk Johnson has been taking digital photographs of a variety of subjects, such as architecture, street and urban, portrait, black-and-white, floral, and abstract.\"\"<\/p>\n

Armed with his trusty Nikon D5300 and LG G6 smartphone and a variety of post-processing tools (Photoshop CS6, NIK Collections, Topaz, Portrait Professional 15, and Photomatix), Kirk has been recognized internationally, nationally, and locally with a variety of photographic awards including 2017 International Fine Arts Photography Award (FAPA) – Nominee Award for Abstract photography; the Great American Country (GAC) – Hunt for Americana Photo Contest – United States Southern Region Finalist \u2013 in 2014; numerous NVPS monthly competition awards. Additionally, his photographs have appeared in Bliss Magazine and twice in Shutterbug.com \u201cPhoto of the Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kirk, who retired from the U.S. Navy in 1999 as a Lieutenant Commander, currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife, Leslie, and their dog, Orville. Presently, Kirk is a Policy Analyst working for the federal government in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

For September 2017, Member\u2019s Forum Kirk will discuss the idea behind his creations of photo-mandalas. From the initial photograph to the final abstract-like product, Kirk will explain how he came upon this post-processing technique, the subject of mandalas, and their importance in various cultures around the world, a presentation of some of these creations, and how they were processed. These mandalas have appeared globally not only in competitions, but on a variety of social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Gurushots.com, 500px, ShopVida.com, and in NVPS competitions and portfolio reviews.<\/p>\n

View Kirk’s Presentation Slide-Show on: How To Create A Photo Mandala<\/a> <\/strong> (Password Protected)<\/p>\n

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