{"id":8972,"date":"2016-09-08T20:12:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T00:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=8972"},"modified":"2017-03-28T19:25:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T23:25:13","slug":"october-25-2016-members-gallery-kieulan-nguyen-digital-tami-steiger-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/october-25-2016-members-gallery-kieulan-nguyen-digital-tami-steiger-print\/","title":{"rendered":"October 25 2016: Member’s Gallery – KieuLan Nguyen: Digital; Tami Steiger: Print"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kieulan Nguyen\u00a0–\u00a0Digital Images<\/h1>\n
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Kieulan Nguyen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A native of Vietnam, Kieulan came to America a week before the end of Vietnam War in 1975.\u00a0 She has spent two thirds of her life in Fairfax, Virginia and has considered this place as her second homeland. \u00a0Married with 3 grown children and her lovable dog named Chewy.\u00a0 Her husband retired in April of this year and though she has not thought about retirement yet she is looking forward to retiring in 5 years.<\/p>\n

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Kieulan has loved photography for many years.\u00a0 She bought her very first camera right after she finished college but only got serious about 10 years ago.\u00a0 Kieulan considers herself as a self-taught novice photographer and believes she only knows 10% about photography.<\/p>\n

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Water Lily<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kieulan has been a member of NVPS since 2014 and is also a member of theVietnamese Photography Society for few years.\u00a0 Her fulltime job with the Department of Homeland Security does not give her much free time to travel and explore new aspects of photography or even participate in any competitions.\u00a0 Perhaps when she retires she hopes that she is still healthy enough to continue to pursue her love for photography.<\/p>\n

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Her first love for photography has always been macro photography. \u00a0\u00a0Her love for photographing flowers starts from studying the works of Tony Sweet, Denise Ippolito, Sandra Bartocha just to name a few. \u00a0Kieulan is also interested in Abstract, Architecture and Landscape photography and hopes to spread her wings in these areas.<\/p>\n

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Empty Sky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Digital photography has given Kieulan new ways to see and capture things surrounding her and that comes with a lot of trials and errors.\u00a0\u00a0 Doing photography has taught her to be patient, persistent, and attentive to detail, appreciating what Mother Nature has been giving and grateful for how beautiful the world is. \u00a0Taking photographs is her meditation when she is out with nature.\u00a0 Her passion for capturing surrounding things not only has grown stronger but making beautiful images is what she strives for.<\/p>\n

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Kieulan has been a Canon shooter for the last 20 years.\u00a0 She upgraded from a Rebel T1i to a 5D Mark III two years ago and it was the best decision ever.\u00a0\u00a0 For post processing, she uses Photoshop 2015 CC, Nik Collections and few Topaz plug-ins.<\/p>\n

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The Hallway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kieulan has kept her life busy with so many things.\u00a0\u00a0 Besides photography, she loves to cook for family and friends, bake cookies, host parties with friends, go shopping and now she also takes Chinese brush painting.<\/p>\n

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Kieulan\u2019s presentation: \u201cMy Vision Through the Lens\u201d represents a small sample of her work from the last 5 years.\u00a0 Digital photography has continued to evolve for the better and as a novice photographer, she knows she still has so much to learn to be able to create images that interpret a scene in an artistic and aesthetic way to evoke emotions rather than just documenting a scene.<\/p>\n

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Pretty in Pink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chicago City at Night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Tami Steiger – Prints<\/h1>\n
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Tami Steiger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tami\u2019s love for photography began in high school. The scents of the darkroom pulled her in. She started using her dad\u2019s Pentax 35mm. For graduation her parents bought her first camera, a Nikon 2000. Tami studied commercial art and photography in college. As a stay at home mom, Tami used her creativity and skills teaching others how to organize, design and preserve their memories.<\/p>\n

Years later, Tami\u2019s passion was reignited when her husband gave her the best present ever. Dave surprised her with a Canon T2i, which opened up the new world of digital photography. Dave continues his support and encouragement by taking weekend trips, being a chauffeur, carrying her gear and providing feedback.<\/p>\n

Tami has been a member of NVPS since September of 2012. Since joining NVPS, she has served on the board as the Membership Coordinator, Co-VP of Programs and Co-VP of Competition. Tami received NVPS Versatile Photographer of the year awards in both 2012 and 2013. The friendships and knowledge Tami has gained means more to her than anything.<\/p>\n

Through the lens Tami has made wonderful friendships and has created works of art. She enjoys volunteering and photographing veterans with the Honor Flight and Heroes on the Water organizations. When Tami isn\u2019t photographing \"t13a9852-edit\"veterans, you can find her wandering around our national treasures or enjoying a weekend of fishing with her husband.<\/p>\n

Tami has always been creative and has incorporated her artistic talents into her photography. When taking photos, Tami envisions a work of art. \u00a0In the gallery she will be showing, you
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She enjoys sharing her passion and love of photography with the hope for you to feel as though you are standing by her side while she captures these moments in time. In our busy world we tend not to see the beauty in everyday situations and in the simplest of objects.<\/p>\n

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