Speaker and Competition Schedule

September 14

Speaker Night

POSTPONED

Speaker: Jason Nader

September 28

Competition

POSTPONED

Image may be of any subject and must have been captured between 1 June 2023 and 31 August 2023.
(Category: Open)

Judge: John Garofalo

October 12

Speaker Night

Speaker: Doug Mattice

October 26

Competition

(Category: Landscape)

Judge: Sandi Croan CANCELLED

November 5

EXPO

There will be a virtual MAPV event on Sun, 5 Nov with speakers including Simon d’Entremont, Rad Drew, Julianne Kost, and Tim Grey. See their website for competition deadlines and milestones. The first milestone is coming up on Sun, 6 Aug when they open up the image upload section of their site.

November 9

Speaker Night

Speaker: Marie Joabar
Drawing on more than 12 years experience as the Corporate Trainer and Education Programs Manager for one of the Washington DC area’s leading camera retailers, Marie Joabar founded Capital Photography Center in January 2012. Marie finds just the right way to take complicated concepts and technology and break the information down into easy-to-understand nuggets to share with others. Whether teaching photography basics or helping one better understand their camera, she works to take away one’s intimidation or sense of overwhelming that often accompanies learning new things so they can begin enjoying the craft and develop their skills. Marie is also very active in the Shenandoah Valley where she teaches photography classes for Shenandoah County and writes the Shared Exposures photography column for “The Mountain Courier.” Her photos can be found in various print and online publications for the Shenandoah County Department of Tourism and have been published in various local magazines and newspapers. She is a member of ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers) and VECCA (Valley Educational Center for the Creative Arts). Her work can be seen on her website at www.mariejoabar.com.

November 30 – Popup Speaker

Link to recording:

https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/DtX4RTgU8KGsp-law1Z8kP-G5fwcNxo5Az4mjLNnQhjjUieE4KaFcPVnsvfg5kg.x4GGlHx_fo0Ns7Zm

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December 7

Speaker Night

Speaker: David Luria
Bio: E. David Luria is a professional architectural photographer and founder of the award-winning Washington PhotoSafari (www.washingtonphotosafari.com ) which is now one of the largest training programs for amateur
photographers in the country.
Since the program began in 1999, David and his 11 fellow instructors have trained over 41,600 amateur
photographers from 50 US states and 72 countries in camera usage for 29 different areas of photography, such as travel, architecture, nighttime, portraits, event, street, nature and wildlife photography and in Lightroom and
Photoshop post-processing techniques.  Training an average of 5 photographers every day, 365 days a year for 24+ years, his 6,400 + small-group safaris have taken place in 186 different locations in 30 cities of 11 states and 8 countries..

BRIEF LURIA BIO

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December 14

Competition

Image using water as a main element of a composition. (Category: Water)

Judge: Geff Bourke
Bio: Photography has been a passion of mine for over 40 years.I definitely caught the photography bug and my interests branched out from family vacations to nature photography, such as landscapes, birds, and flowers; travel photography with the goal of capturing the culture of my destinations; and urban landscapes… street, people, and decay.   Recognitions:

• Received 3! Honorable Mention awards in the reFocus International B&W competition (2023).
• Featured in the UK’s Black + White Magazine for his amazing B&W work of Icelandic horses.
• Awarded and published in Minimalist Photography Awards, Annual Book 2020.
• Two images published in Black & White Magazine, 2021, Smartphone issue.
• Featured in the 2021, Lenswork, Our Magnificent Planet 2021 edition.
• Awarded in Alternative Digital Processes category, Black & White Magazine, Looking Forward–Looking Backward 2022.
• Monochrome Awards 2022 Landscapes Honorable Mention.

January 11

Speaker

Speaker: Dan Ward

January 25

Peer Critique

Image where the primary subject comprises one or more non-domesticated animals (including birds).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.(Category: Fauna -not human)

Facilitator: TBD

February 8

Speaker

Speaker: Jason Nader

February 22

Competition

Image illustrating symmetry or patterns as a main element of the composition.(Category: Studio)

Judge: Ellis Rosenberg

March 14

Speaker

March 28

Competition

Image that uses a reflection to create the composition.(Category: Abstract)

Judge: Ross Stansfield

April 11

Speaker

Speaker: Andrew Sentipal

April 25

Competition

Image featuring an unmediated chance encounter or random incident within a public space.(Category: People)

Judge: Frank Van Riper

May 9

Speaker

Speaker: Janet Little Jeffers

May 23

Competition

Image may be of any subject and must have been captured between 1 September 2023 and 15 May 2024.(Category: Open)

Judge: Sandi Croan
Bio: Sandi Croan Bio;

You can see a sample of Sandi’s work on http://www.sandicroanphotography.com

June

End of Year