{"id":29243,"date":"2024-01-27T10:07:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T15:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=29243"},"modified":"2024-01-27T14:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T19:01:27","slug":"december-2023-message-from-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/december-2023-message-from-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2023 – Message From The President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cPhotographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.\u201d
\u2013 Sally Mann<\/strong><\/em>

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Ginger Werz-Petricka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Hard to believe it, 2023 is drawing to a close and we are entering the Holiday Season.  I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving and whether you are looking forward to Christmas, Hanukah, or Kwanzaa, I hope your holidays are memorable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you considered giving your photography for gifts this year?  Holiday cards, calendars, framed works, coffee table books and more.  There are so many ways to make gifts more meaningful for your friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the positives of this club season has been getting back together at the Merrifield Firehouse for Education and Training, and Members Gallery and Forum.  The club Field Trips are always a great source of personal contact.  But it\u2019s important for us to support the efforts of other club members who have put the effort into creating presentations for us, and in-person contact is much more impactful than meeting on Zoom.  In December the Education and Training meeting on the 12th will feature Dan Ward presenting \u201cPhotographing a Solar Eclipse\u201d.  We also have three in-person meetings planned this club year for Competition so that the membership can once again present printed images.  I\u2019m pleased that on December 19th<\/sup> the first in-person competition will be un-themed, with David Blecman as judge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember that we will not be meeting on the 26th<\/sup> for the Christmas holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please join us at the Silver Diner in Tysons, official address is 8101 Fletcher Street, McLean, VA for dinner before the in-person meetings.  We are gathering at 5:30 and hope you will join us.  RSVP to nvps-president@googlegroups.com<\/a> so we can reserve enough seats, thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\u2026we are still looking for someone to take over the coffee service for the in-person meetings at the firehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Holidays to all of you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy some images from our in-person meetings\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ginger Werz-Petricka
NVPS Club President 2023-2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 2023 – Member’s Forum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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