{"id":26568,"date":"2023-03-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=26568"},"modified":"2023-01-16T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:01:32","slug":"march-28-2023-members-gallery-prints-virtually-a-five-month-journey-around-the-us-with-alan-goldstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/march-28-2023-members-gallery-prints-virtually-a-five-month-journey-around-the-us-with-alan-goldstein\/","title":{"rendered":"March 28, 2023: Member\u2019s Gallery \u2013 Prints (Virtually): A Five Month Journey Around the US with Alan Goldstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Old-Court-House-St-Louis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26563 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Old-Court-House-St-Louis-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Old-Court-House-St-Louis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Old-Court-House-St-Louis-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Old-Court-House-St-Louis-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Old-Court-House-St-Louis.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After months of planning and making reservations, Alan and his wife Marty set off on April 25, 2022, for a 156-day journey around the U.S. in their 27-foot motorhome. The trip took in 25 states and many National Parks as well as other interesting places. They returned on September 27. Obviously, Alan made photos.&nbsp; Over 21,000!&nbsp; This presentation attempts to distill those 21,000 images into a 10-minute Members Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>BIO<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Alan-Goldstein.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26566 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Alan-Goldstein-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Alan-Goldstein-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Alan-Goldstein-875x1024.jpg 875w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Alan-Goldstein-768x899.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Alan-Goldstein.jpg 897w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a>A member of NVPS since 2012, Alan has been involved in some way or other with photography for the past 60 years.&nbsp; It began with a science teacher instructing him on the art of film developing.&nbsp; At that time, he was using a Kodak Brownie.&nbsp; Veering off during his teen-age years to using an 8mm movie camera, he returned to still photography during his college years and while working as a reporter for his hometown newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Alan was supposed to call in a newspaper photographer for photos, but she lived nearly 30 miles away, so he opted to take photos himself.&nbsp; At first, he used a Polaroid Type 103 for photos since it made instant, crisp pictures.&nbsp; But encouraged by a classmate and photographer, Alan got a 35mm camera and access to the college\u2019s darkroom, and processed Tri-X each time he had a news event or other photo request.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from college, Alan enlisted in the Navy, becoming a Navy Journalist and later a Public Affairs Officer.<\/p>\n<p>His high school girlfriend had a Nikon SLR, and that became Alan\u2019s Holy Grail.&nbsp; As a low-ranking Navy man, Alan scraped up the money and bought his first true SLR \u2014 a Minolta SRT-101.&nbsp; As he progressed up the Navy ranks, he upgraded to a Minolta X700.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Columbia-River-Gorge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26562 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Columbia-River-Gorge-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Columbia-River-Gorge-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Columbia-River-Gorge-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Columbia-River-Gorge-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Columbia-River-Gorge.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Fast forward to 2003.&nbsp; Alan\u2019s brother-in-law was getting married and Alan was the photographer.&nbsp; An acquaintance who was a Nikon rep loaned Alan a D100.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was love at first click!&nbsp; Since then, Alan has had a D100, D200, D300, D810, and since November 2017, a D850.<\/p>\n<p>Retired from the Navy in 1994 and retired from Civil Service in 2011, Alan is happy to spend his time making images.&nbsp; He loves photographing just about everything, but really likes night scenes and landscapes. His photos have been used for greeting cards by non-profits, used for proposals by environmental entities, have been used by sports web sites, have appeared in newspapers, and even hang in a gas station.<\/p>\n<p>Alan says he loves being a member of NVPS.&nbsp; He has gained some great friends, enjoys the camaraderie, and has learned something new nearly every meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Upper-Falls-Yellowstone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"26565\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Upper-Falls-Yellowstone-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Upper-Falls-Yellowstone-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Upper-Falls-Yellowstone-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Upper-Falls-Yellowstone-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-Upper-Falls-Yellowstone.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-The-Badlands.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"26564\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-The-Badlands-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-The-Badlands-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-The-Badlands-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-The-Badlands-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Goldstein-The-Badlands.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of planning and making reservations, Alan and his wife Marty set off on April 25, 2022, for a 156-day journey around the U.S. in their 27-foot motorhome. 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