Program Wayne Wolfersberger will present a program on photographing bears of Yellowstone. I have spent 14 summers (May to September) in Yellowstone working as a ranger naturalist from 1999 through 2012. I have spent hundreds of hours just watching bears while waiting to get that special photograph, sometimes standing next to the likes of Tom
Chuck Campbell is a serious amateur/fledgling professional photographer based in Northern VA. He’s been a member of NVPS for 6 years and credits the great folks in the club with sparking his interest in becoming a better photographer. He completed the yearlong Professional Program at the Washington School of Photography a year and a half
Biography Tom’s “life’s work” involved college graduation from The Citadel with a Regular Army commission as an Infantry officer. His 30 1/2 Army years were extremely satisfying and involved plenty of travel, including 7 overseas assignments (with 3 combat tours) and 3 years of teaching at West Point. His photography introduction came during his mid-20s, but
Curtis Gibbens has been a member of NVPS since 2000 which has helped him advance his photographic knowledge and skills. He served as the Field Trip Coordinator in 2010-2011, and had some various smaller tasks, such as running the projector in the old days of slides, and providing coffee for the meetings. He hasreceived many ribbons over the years within NVPS, the Manassas Warrenton Camera Club, Huntley Meadows Park, the Ward Museum, the Audubon Society
Ginger has been a member of NVPS since 2009 and over the years has been involved with Members Gallery, the Portfolio Project and most recently Education and Training. She came back to photography after a long hiatus as a creative outlet and as self-defense from the daily grind of work. 2015 was a banner year
Susan Phillips has been an active member of NVPS since 2009. She served as Co-vp of Competitions 2013-14 and also Forum Co-ordinator 2014-15. Susan has won many ribbons for her work exhibiting in the Claude Moore Photo Expo, Joe Miller Center for Photographic Arts, Vienna Art Society Photo Exhibition and Washington Gardner Magazine. Her work
Joseph Miller has been photographing for over 65 years. He started long before Photoshop and other computer software programs existed. Thus, he believes it is important to get it right in the camera rather than relying on post processing programs. He firmly believes that photography is or can be an art form and was hired by Eastman Kodak. He
Think about it. How many individual decisions both unconscious and conscious do you think you make to produce one image? By breaking down the process using Sandi’s images and stories, Seeing Creatively Before and After takes you through the potentially hundreds of steps/decisions that we all make from the moment we decide that we will
Dan Ward has been a member of NVPS for 8 years and was our newsletter editor for three years. Cultivating his passion for photography since high school, he first began exploring the night sky and astrophotography in the mid-80s while living in Arizona. As active deep sky amateur astronomer, Dan was one of the
On March 24, 2015 the Member’s Forum was a great presentation from Mike Whalen. He has been generous enough to post a condensed version of his wonderful presentation for NVPS members. Thank’s Mike for your contribution! March 2015 Slide Show – Ten Photographic Techniques – Condensed Version