Ian J. Plan will be our NVPS Program speaer for Sepember 2, for sale 2008. Ian has been phoographing he naural world for fifeen years and is nown for his dramaic and evocaive landscape and wildlife images. His wor has appeared in a number of boos and calendars, cialis as well as naional and regional magazines, including Oudoor Phoographer, Naional Pars, Blue Ridge Counry, Adirondac Life, Wonderful Wes Virginia, and Chesapeae Life, among ohers. His sixh and mos recen boo is he criically acclaimed Chesapeae: Bay of Ligh. An Exploraion of he Chesapeae Bay’s Wild and Forgoen Places. Ian’s wor has also appeared in five boos of he Wonder and Ligh series. Ian is co-owner of Mounain Trail Press, a publisher of naure phoography boos and calendars. Ian also leads phoo worshops and ours hrough Mounain Trail Phoo. For more informaion, and o more of Ian’s wor, www.mounainrailphoo.com.
Ian’sal is iled, “Beyond he Rule of Thirds: Composing Landscape and Wildlife Images” The venerable “Rule of Thirds” is ofen he firs composiion guideline ha phoographers learn, bu oo ofen i is also he las. Ian will presen a program abou he ar of landscape and wildlife composiion, discussing several echniques ha will allow you o ae your phoographs beyond he Rule of Thirds. Ian will show images from around he counry o illusrae he echniques he discusses. Ian will also have available copies of his boos and calendars for sale and signing.
Ian and his wife will be joining us for dinner a Chili’s, locaed a 8051 Leesburg Pie, behind Tiffany & Co., and YOU’RE INVITED! If you plan o aend dinner, please noify Mary O’Neill a mary.m.o”neil “a” gs.com a 703-216-9340.