{"id":26767,"date":"2023-03-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=26767"},"modified":"2023-03-25T22:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T02:16:27","slug":"march-2023-presidents-message-from-kirk-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/march-2023-presidents-message-from-kirk-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2023 \u2013 President\u2019s Message from Kirk Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cI really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn\u2019t photograph them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Diane Arbus (American Photographer, 1923 &#8211; 1971)<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kirk-in-Delos-Island-Mykonos-Greece.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25611 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kirk-in-Delos-Island-Mykonos-Greece-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\"><\/a>March should be a great month for NVPS and I encourage you all to attend each week.<\/p>\n<p>On March 7 we welcome professional photographer and workshop leader David Shaw. David will present \u201cThe Value of Knowledge in Outdoor Photography,\u201d and will explain \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00adhow the knowledge of a photographic subject can play a vital role in creating successful images.<\/p>\n<p>Our monthly field trip is on March 11 is a popular visit to Huntley Meadows Park. To learn more about these programs and events visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/events\/month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NVPS Events Calendar<\/a> on our website.<\/p>\n<p>On March 14 we\u2019ll have the second of our two interim portfolio project reviews. This should be a great evening and I want to thank our Portfolio co-chairs, Ginger Werz-Petricka and Brenda Wilson, joined by Deb Rose, for their hard work and dedication to this valuable program.<\/p>\n<p>On March 21 we welcome Rosalie O\u2019Donnell who will be judging our themed competition\u2015\u201dCreative Altered Reality.\u201d Take a moment to read the <a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/competition-themes-present-and-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">definition of this theme<\/a> on the NVPS website. Should you have questions or need further guidance, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/events\/month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NVPS Rules of Competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Member\u2019s Gallery on March 28 Alan Goldstein will present \u201cA Five Month Journey Around the United States in Ten Minutes\u201d and Tana Ebbole will share \u201cStaying Local.\u201d The evening will conclude with a Member\u2019s Forum presentation by Mike Whalen titled \u201cPacific Northwest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>The Board of Directors held its annual winter meeting on February 6. Planning for the second half of this Club year is complete, and we are now starting the process for 2023-2024 (nominating new board members, reviewing possible updates to competition rules, in-person vs. virtual meetings, etc.) and we will keep you updated.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there are two important dates to put on your calendar. The first is on Friday, June 9, for the NVPS End-of-Year Awards, which will be done virtually (like last year). Also, on Saturday, June 10, we\u2019ll have our End-of-Year Picnic at Burke Lake Park (same location as last year). More information will follow.<\/p>\n<p>See you on Tuesday night and keep those shutters clicking!<\/p>\n<p>Kirk Johnson<br>NVPS President<br>2022-2023<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn\u2019t photograph them.\u201d Diane Arbus (American Photographer, 1923 &#8211; 1971) March should be a great month for NVPS and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":25612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[0],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-presidents-message","entry","has-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kirk-Johnson-NVPS-President-2022-2023.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 11:34:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26768,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26767\/revisions\/26768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}