{"id":4466,"date":"2013-09-05T11:55:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2017-07-15T12:13:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T16:13:24","slug":"november-5-2013-program-night-with-alan-sislen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/november-5-2013-program-night-with-alan-sislen\/","title":{"rendered":"November 5, 2013 &#8211; Program Night with Alan Sislen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>NVPS is pleased to welcome Alan Sislen for November&#8217;s Program night on Tuesday, November 5th,\u00a0&#8220;The Beauty and Challenge of the Landscape&#8221;.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Alan_Sislen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4472 alignleft\" alt=\"Alan Sislen Candid Headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Alan_Sislen-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Alan_Sislen-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Alan_Sislen.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Alan M. Sislen<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Beauty and Challenge of Landscape Photography&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alan will discuss why, after over 40 years doing photography, he has<br \/>\ngravitated to and specializes in landscape photography. He will discuss the\u00a0equipment he uses, but more importantly, what he looks for in a particularlocation to try to capture that elusive &#8220;great photograph.&#8221; Pre-planning is\u00a0always a major part of landscape photography, and Alan will discuss all the\u00a0variables that should be considered, and then, how to deal with the\u00a0unpredicted events that always occur. For a landscape photographer, more\u00a0important than the scene that is being photographed, is the light on the\u00a0scene being photographed. He will use many examples throughout his<br \/>\npresentation to demonstrate this critical element, as well as other\u00a0important topics like composition, aspect ratio, mood and emotion, all of\u00a0which can help make what might be an ordinary photograph, extraordinary.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Sislen, who lives in Bethesda, Maryland, has been an avid photographer for more than 40 years.\u00a0 Landscape photography is his passion and he has photographed in the United States, France, Iceland, Italy, Canada, England, Chile, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and New Zealand.\u00a0 Alan is a well-recognized photography educator and speaker.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although his equipment might be \u201cstate-of-the-art,\u201d Alan\u2019s style and technique are traditional. He has studied with well-<a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20120221_D3x_DSC1231_Master.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4471\" alt=\"20120221_D3x_DSC1231_Master\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20120221_D3x_DSC1231_Master-300x237.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20120221_D3x_DSC1231_Master-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20120221_D3x_DSC1231_Master.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>known British landscape photographer Charlie Waite, former National Geographic photographer Bruce Dale, digital expert Thom Hogan, black and white master John Sexton, photographic artist and Photoshop expert John Paul Caponigro, fine art photographer Charles Cramer and color management\/printing expert Bill Atkinson, and Photoshop expert Eliot Cohen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20100219_D3x_DSC5257-69_Pano_Master_BIG_CR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4470\" alt=\"20100219_D3x_DSC5257-69_Pano_Master_BIG_CR\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20100219_D3x_DSC5257-69_Pano_Master_BIG_CR-300x95.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20100219_D3x_DSC5257-69_Pano_Master_BIG_CR-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20100219_D3x_DSC5257-69_Pano_Master_BIG_CR.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In 2005 he was juried into Multiple Exposures Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia, and was juried into the Torpedo Factory as a Resident Artist in 2006.\u00a0 In 2007, he was juried into VisArts, in Rockville, Maryland as one of 9 Resident Artists.\u00a0 Alan has served on the Board of the North Bethesda Camera Club and <a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20050722_2XB0777_Master_ver_c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4469\" alt=\"20050722_2XB0777_Master_ver_c\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20050722_2XB0777_Master_ver_c-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20050722_2XB0777_Master_ver_c-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20050722_2XB0777_Master_ver_c.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>has been selected as Color Photographer of the Year \u2013 Advanced, Black and White Photographer of the Year \u2013 Advanced, and Electronic Photographer of the Year \u2013 Advanced.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4468\" alt=\"20050522_2XA1919_Master_c\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20050522_2XA1919_Master_c-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20050522_2XA1919_Master_c-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20050522_2XA1919_Master_c.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NVPS is pleased to welcome Alan Sislen for November&#8217;s Program night on Tuesday, November 5th,\u00a0&#8220;The Beauty and Challenge of the Landscape&#8221;. 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