Event Schedule

Schedule of events for the 2022-2023 season:

Date Meeting Type Presenter/Judge Description
September 8 Speaker Doug Mattice Topic: 212°: The Extra Degree
September 22 Competition Jeff Johnson Topic:“What I Did This Summer”
Open theme. Photo must be taken in June, July, or August 2022.
October 13 Peer Critique Facilitator: John Tabor Topic: This is an opportunity to ask questions on composition, editing, and other perspectives about your images – and to offer your opinions on other images. Images are treated anonymously by the facilitator, though you may certainly speak up with any specific questions or desired feedback about your images from the other participants.
October 27 Competition Mary Ann Setton Topic: “Heat”
Image of or about “heat”.
November 4-6 MAPV Expo N/A Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions Expo
November 10 Speaker David Luria Topic: Early Light and the Golden Hour in DC
November 25 No meeting – Thanksgiving N/A N/A
December 1
(Early date)
Speaker Antony Zacharias Topic: Mastering Long Exposure
December 15
(Early date)
Competition Walt Callahan Topic: “Shadows”
Image where the primary subject comprises one or more shadows.
2023 Jan 12 Speaker Sandi Croan Topic: Seeing Creatively Before and After
January 26 Competition John Garofalo Topic: “Making Tracks”
Image where the primary subject is tracks and perhaps how they are made.
February 2 Peer Critique Facilitator: John Tabor Topic: This is an opportunity to ask questions on composition, editing, and other perspectives about your images – and to offer your opinions on other images. Images are treated anonymously by the facilitator, though you may certainly speak up with any specific questions or desired feedback about your images from the other participants.
February 9 Speaker Irene Hinke-Sacilotto Topic: “A Passion for Wildlife Photography”
February 23 Competition Janet Little Topic: “Vintage”
Image conveying a sense of the past (i.e. alternate film types/different eras/etc.)
March 9 Speaker Ben Greenberg Topic: Panoramic Photography: Methods and Examples in Virginia and the Nation
March 23 Competition David L. Crooks Topic: “Industry”
Image of our about “industry”.
April 13 Speaker Jack Brennan Topic: Bucket List – Travels to Memorable Places
April 27 Competition Sandi Croan Topic: “View from Below”
Image of a subject as seen from below.
May 11 Speaker Stan Bysshe Topic: Birds of Bosque
May 25 Competition John Garofalo Topic: “Hand Tools”
Image where hand tools or their use are the primary subject.
June 10 @ 4pm End of Year N/A Awards; fun

The competition descriptions above are not intended to limit the photographer’s creativity and any examples given are in no way all inclusive. It is the judge’s discretion to determine how well the image works for the particular theme.

Jack Brennan – Speaker Coordinator
Jack Brennan – Competition Coordinator