{"id":33373,"date":"2025-11-30T21:15:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=33373"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:53:12","slug":"members-forum-japan-and-hong-kong-and-taipei-by-boat-with-jim-and-jerri-mcdermott","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/event\/members-forum-japan-and-hong-kong-and-taipei-by-boat-with-jim-and-jerri-mcdermott\/","title":{"rendered":"Member&#8217;s Forum (Zoom) &#8211; Japan (and Hong Kong and Taipei) by Boat with Jim and Jerri McDermott"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tJanuary 27\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t8:00 pm\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t9:00 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bio<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mcdermott.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mcdermott-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33374\" style=\"width:323px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mcdermott-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mcdermott-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mcdermott-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mcdermott-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mcdermott.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jim and Jerri McDermott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jerri and Jim McDermott have been active members of NVPS for over 10 years. Jerri was a librarian in the Fairfax County schools, and Jim an economist in the federal government. Both credit their friends at NVPS with encouraging their learning and development as photographers. They\u2019ve both migrated to using mirrorless Nikon cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/McD-forum-presentation-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/McD-forum-presentation-1-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33376\" style=\"width:321px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/McD-forum-presentation-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/McD-forum-presentation-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/McD-forum-presentation-1.jpg 699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Jim McDermott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Having lucked into a repositioning cruise deal, NVPS members Jerri and Jim McDermott traveled to Hong Kong, Taipei, and along the coast of Japan in 2025. (Repositioning happens when cruise lines move ships from sailing in one geographic region to another. The cruises are sometimes less expensive than \u201cnormal\u201d cruises, generally less frequent, but may not offer the same range of shore excursions.) Jerri and Jim will share some photography from the trip, as well as observations on doing photography on a cruise, particularly a repositioning cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignfull has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/McD-forum-presentation-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"33377\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/McD-forum-presentation-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/McD-forum-presentation-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/McD-forum-presentation-2-300x200.jpg 300w, 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