{"id":15565,"date":"2019-01-30T16:52:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T21:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=15565"},"modified":"2019-01-30T16:52:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T21:52:33","slug":"february-26-2019-members-forum-once-in-a-lifetime-trip-to-israel-with-kirk-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/february-26-2019-members-forum-once-in-a-lifetime-trip-to-israel-with-kirk-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"February 26, 2019 &#8211; Member&#8217;s Forum: &#8220;Once in a Lifetime Trip to Israel&#8221; with Kirk Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Once in a Lifetime trip to Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kirk Johnson Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Self-portrait-bW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15566 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Self-portrait-bW-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\"><\/a>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<p>Armed with his trusty Nikon D5300 and LG G6 smartphone and a variety of post-processing tools (Photoshop CS6, NIK Collections, Topaz, Portrait Professional 18, and Photomatix), Kirk has been recognized internationally, nationally, and locally with a variety of photographic awards including: 2017 International Fine Arts Photography Award (FAPA) &#8211; 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