{"id":30345,"date":"2024-08-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=30345"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:29:24","slug":"september-28-2024-field-trip-the-old-town-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/september-28-2024-field-trip-the-old-town-farmers-market\/","title":{"rendered":"September 28, 2024: Field Trip &#8211; The Old Town Farmers&#8217; Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thumbnail-7-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thumbnail-7-1-1024x820.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30339\" style=\"width:385px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thumbnail-7-1-1024x820.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thumbnail-7-1-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thumbnail-7-1-768x615.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thumbnail-7-1.jpeg 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Old Town Farmers&#8217; Market held in front of city hall is the oldest farmers&#8217; market held continuously at one site in the country.&nbsp; The market as well as the block around City Hall offers lots of photographic opportunities for the street and urban photographer.&nbsp; Vendors will be tending to their stalls, shoppers will be scrutinizing the wares, and others will be out for a stroll making this area a fun and target rich environment.&nbsp; There&#8217;s even more to see as you walk down King Street to the waterfront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll meet at the South East corner of the market (intersection of King St. and N.Fairfax St.) for our usual meet and greet.&nbsp; We&#8217;ll explore the area around the market for a bit and then take a break at a nearby restaurant, la Madeleine (one block to the West).&nbsp; Once rested, you&#8217;ll have a choice between venturing down to the waterfront or staying around the market.&nbsp; Feel free to join the trek or stay as long as you like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our club had a wonderful time when we last attended the market back in September 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.smugmug.com\/NVPSGallery\/Field-Trips\/2019-2020-Field-Trips\/Old-Town-Alexandria-Sep-2019\">https:\/\/nvps.smugmug.com\/NVPSGallery\/Field-Trips\/2019-2020-Field-Trips\/Old-Town-Alexandria-Sep-2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong><br>301 King St.,&nbsp;<br>Alexandria, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free underground parking is available at the Market Square Garage until 12:30pm.&nbsp; Access the garage at 108 N. Fairfax St. between Cameron and King St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-2.png 868w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-2-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-2-768x334.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional parking options are outlined on the Alexandria City website.&nbsp; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandriava.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-08\/OldTownParkingMap2022Update.pdf\">https:\/\/www.alexandriava.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-08\/OldTownParkingMap2022Update.pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong><br><br>Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 8a.m. \u2013 11a.m. &nbsp;<br>(Rain date \/ no market: Sunday, September 29, 2024 from 8a.m. \u2013 11a.m.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Equipment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most subjects won&#8217;t be that far away.&nbsp; Lenses around 24-70mm will provide excellent results.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider bringing a longer lens in the range of 70-200mm if you want more candid shots from a distance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget your polarizer&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tripods may be helpful as a creative tool but are not necessary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wear comfortable shoes<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you can join us!<br>Rena Schild and Steven Glintz<br>Field Trip Coordinators 2024-2025&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Town Farmers&#8217; Market held in front of city hall is the oldest farmers&#8217; market held continuously at one site in the country.&nbsp; The market as well as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":30336,"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":[6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-field-trips","entry","has-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/thumbnail-7.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 07:57:13","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\/30345","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30346,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30345\/revisions\/30346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}