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