Bio: Alex Mody, the 2009 Windland Smith Rice Youth Photographer of the Year, lives in damp and beautiful Olympia, Washington. His images, exclusively landscape and wildlife, have been featured in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Nature’s Best Photography Magazine, N-Photo Magazine, and many other publications around the world. In his spare time, Alex is
Brian Zwit’s Biography Brian Zwit is a nature and outdoor photographer based in northern Virginia and is obsessed with capturing the elegance and majesty of unique landscapes, wildlife, and flora throughout the United States. His images are in private residences and corporate offices and have been used in regional magazines and for corporate and international publications.
What are you trying to say with your photography? Since photography is a form of visual communication, all photographers should strive for simplicity in their photographs. With a complicated image, the message may not be obvious to the viewer. Simplicity and clarity in thought, process, and technique can lead to expressive images that evoke emotion.
Applying creative techniques to how you make a photograph can elevate your subject or scene to have greater visual impact. These can be in-camera techniques, as well as ones that are applied during your post-processing workflow. Included in this presentation will be panning, subject motion, multiple exposures, shooting through, overlays, blending textures, light painting, star
On September 1st, NVPS launches our new year with Erika Nizborski. She will be speaking on Portrait Photography, both formal and informal, in advance of our November themed competition: Portraits. About: Erika Nizborski has been working as a professional photographer in the DC area for 5 years. She started her photography business shortly after graduating
While Brian generally lightly edits his images, he uses many Lightroom and Photoshop plugins to speed his workflow and polish his images. During the evening, Brian will demonstrate some of the popular as well as some of the lesser known plugins for Lightroom and Photoshop and discuss when and how to incorporate them into your
Many thanks to the 50th Anniversary Planning team for putting on a great meeting to celebrate the occasion. The team included: Beth Morris, Scott Musson, Tami Stieger, Kirk Johnson, Sandi Croan, Susan Savino, Jeff Hancock and Georgette Grossman. Here are some images from the evening taken by Chris Langford & Alan Goldstein:
Come to the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of NVPS. Several of the longer-term members will share their experiences since joining NVPS and the history of the club. Speakers will include: Jim Steele, Josh Taylor, Tom Brett, and Wayne Wolfersberger. Mary Ann Setton sent a wonderful letter to Sandi Croan. Mary Ann won’t
I am writing to congratulate NVPS on its 50th anniversary and to express my gratitude for the major contribution it has made to my life. The first meeting I attended was in 1998 when the Club met in the auditorium of the Washington Gas Building. I had graduated from Washington School of Photography but
Come join us for Alex Mody’s presentation of Landscape Images of the Pacific Northwest. He will be sharing images mostly from the mountains, coastlines, rain forests, and waterfalls of the PNW region. Alex will be speaking about both the creative and technical methods he used to make them. An emerging talent in nature photography, Alex Mody—winner