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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHappy spring everyone. I hope you\u2019re getting outside with your cameras and enjoying the warmer weather. Every season has its own charm and offers photographic opportunities, but there is something about watching the trees start to bud, seeing the daffodils, and going out early to shoot without freezing that has special appeal. I hope spring will rejuvenate your spirits and creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
April is bringing us another terrific month of programming, starting on April 2 with The Art of Fog with Michelle Sons via Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ll have a Field Trip to Meadowlark Botanical Gardens on April 7. If you aren\u2019t familiar with Meadowlark, you definitely need to go\u2014it\u2019s close to Tysons Corner and has something good to shoot in all seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday, April 9, will be an in\u2013person meeting where Alain L\u00e1zaro Guti\u00e9rrez Almeida will review the final Portfolio Projects of Group 1. Portfolio is a wonderful learning experience and it\u2019s always a treat to see the creative work of our members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Competition night is on April 16 with Judge Lisa Cuchara which has no theme and will be on Zoom this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Member\u2019s Gallery and Forum round out the month on April 23 with a live meeting. For the Member\u2019s Gallery we will see Images\u2014Real and Imagined with Gary Perlow and a digital presentation by Ilenia Alvarez on The Magic of Hummingbirds. For Member\u2019s Forum we will hear from James Fatemi on Focusing on Nature. These programs are always special because our members have such amazing talent. Be sure to be there to enjoy the evening with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember that we will meet at the Silver Diner in Tysons Corner, 8101 Fletcher Street, McLean, VA, at 5:30 p.m. before the in\u2013person meetings for dinner and conversation. Please join us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ginger Werz\u2013Petricka
President
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\u201cWhen words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.\u201d Ansel Adams Happy spring everyone. I hope you\u2019re getting outside with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":27363,"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":[],"_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-29702","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\/2023\/05\/Board_Ginger-Werz-Petricka_Headshot.jpg.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 22:12:01","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\/29702","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29702"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29706,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29702\/revisions\/29706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}