While the fall leaves are fickle, the sunsets on the Blue Ridge amaze every day. Join us Saturday, September 16th on the Skyline Drive for a two-part field trip. We will meet at the Dickey Ridge Visitor Center, approximately 3.5 miles beyond the Front Royal Shenandoah National Park entrance at 2:00 PM. We can explore
A demonstration of the “Golden Years of Flight” between the First and Second World Wars, the Flying Circus recreates the barnstorming era. Most of the aircraft date to the 1940s. On August 19 and 20, they’re adding a Hot Air Balloon Festival to the mix – previsualize all those images of multi-colored balloons across a
This National Park Service location is best known for its lotus and summer waterlilies, but offers a wider array of photographic opportunities. These include birds (some herons are “commonly” seen), amphibians, and bugs, including dragon flies (and probably mosquitoes). NPS has a useful field guide to the birds at https://www.nps.gov/keaq/learn/nature/upload/Copy-of-Common-birds-of-KEAQ.pdf as well as similar guides
We’ve started gathering ideas for field trips for next year, hoping to revisit some of the tried and true locations that always deserve another visit, as well as a few new locations. However, we need your help and involvement. What are the locations that you love to visit with your camera? Please send ideas
Waterford, located in northern Loudon County, is one of the most photogenic locations in our region. Founded in the early 1700s, it is today a National Historic Landmark District, with buildings dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. These include the Waterford Mill (mid-1700s), the “Arch House Row” (also mid 18th Century), and the
Paul Simon had it right — “It’s all happening… At the zoo.” The NVPS April field trip will be April 15 to the National Zoo – photographic opportunities there certainly include the pandas, see but are far more extensive. Most exhibits should be open. The exceptions, stuff according to the Zoo’s web site,
March 11th, Saturday. Longwood Gardens, Orchid Exravaganza. Opens a 9am, Tripods 9-12. Lunch around 1pm in he cafeteria. Please purchase ices if you wan o go. Saturday will likely sell out. hps://www.longwoodgardens.org/ (Directions a he website) Driving up and bac is certainly doable, bu if you wish o spend a nigh, Google: hotels near longwood
The NVPS February Field Trip will be o he Library of Congress, 10 First Sreet SE, Washington, D.C., on Saturday February 11h, from 2:30 o 5 p.m. This is an afternoon shoot as the west setting sun comes through he windows then. (Sunset is a 5:45.) We will meet at the entrance just before 2:30
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, is fascinating for anyone interested in the history of air and space travel, as well as a challenge to the photographer. museum’s restoration work. Our next field trip is scheduled for Udvar-Hazy on January 21, 2017. Two large
Alexandria’s Old Town is a perennial favorite for Christmas, with the trees along King Street bedecked with lights and doors decorated with wreaths. NVPS’s next field trip will be Saturday evening, December 3, to practice night photography and to enjoy these lights and decorations. We will meet at 3:30 at the Torpedo Factory at the foot of