Guest Speakers & events
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2020
GUEST SPEAKERS
GUEST SPEAKERS
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SEPTEMBER 28: JAN LIGHTFOOT
THEME: Travel
PRESENTATION: Iconic images of the Southwest
PRESENTATION: Iconic images of the Southwest
For the Sept. 28 Zoom presentation's guest speaker Jan Lightfoot will show and discuss her images of the Southwest as part of her presentation, Iconic Images of the Southwest.
Her love of photography became an enduring passion from the time she was in the fourth grade and took her Brownie camera with her on a field trip to a California mission. "Capturing those pictures on film, taking it to the drugstore and two weeks later, picking up 12 blurry black and white photos with ragged edges was thrilling," she recalled, adding that photography continues to fascinate her and it is what drives her to seek adventures close to home and in the far reaches of the world.
To see examples from her Southwest travels, as well as other images in her portfolio, visit https://www.janlightfoot.com
Her love of photography became an enduring passion from the time she was in the fourth grade and took her Brownie camera with her on a field trip to a California mission. "Capturing those pictures on film, taking it to the drugstore and two weeks later, picking up 12 blurry black and white photos with ragged edges was thrilling," she recalled, adding that photography continues to fascinate her and it is what drives her to seek adventures close to home and in the far reaches of the world.
To see examples from her Southwest travels, as well as other images in her portfolio, visit https://www.janlightfoot.com
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OCTOBER 26: Nita Winter, Rob Badger
THEME: Our environment
PRESENTATION: Wildflowers, the environment and
climate change
THEME: Our environment
PRESENTATION: Wildflowers, the environment and
climate change
Nita Winter
Nita Winter and Rob Badger are internationally acclaimed, award-winning photographers who have been life partners and creative collaborators for over three decades.
After many years of working on individual assignments, Nita and Rob combined their talents to create The WinterBadger Collection. They have focused on creating healing art that enhances spaces and have received commissions from Sutter Health, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco and Alameda County Art Commissions, Utah Arts Council and the Irvine Foundation.
In addition, their long-standing commitment to photograph wildflowers has evolved into a documentary art project: Beauty and The Beast: Wildflowers and Climate Change, a Blue Earth Alliance Project.
The photographers live in Marin County. In 1998 they began a collaborative project photographing wildflowers (and their environments) on public lands. This project brought Nita full circle back to her focus in college: biology/botany. Their ever-growing series features over 400 different wildflowers.
The authors recently completed as 264-page companion coffee table book featuring 190 photographs and 18 accompanying short stories by a diverse group of nature writers and scientists. Both the book and the exhibit focus offer simple suggestions for climate and conservation action. They will not be critiquing submitted images, however.
NITA WINTER grew up on Long Island, New York and enjoyed exploring the natural world around her. Her father's love of photography exposed her to the work of many of the great documentary photographers, such as Dorothea Lange and other WPA photographers. In 1976, after receiving a Bachelors Degree in Biology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts she followed her family out west to California.
She began her photographic career documenting her work fighting wildfires in northern California and later as a National Park Ranger on Alcatraz. While working at the San Francisco Women's Building, she found a new passion: capturing the San Francisco Bay Area’s rich cultural diversity. In 1986, Nita had her first major exhibit, “The Children of the Tenderloin.” This documentary project launched her career and directed her focus toward creating healthy communities.
After many years of working on individual assignments, Nita and Rob combined their talents to create The WinterBadger Collection. They have focused on creating healing art that enhances spaces and have received commissions from Sutter Health, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco and Alameda County Art Commissions, Utah Arts Council and the Irvine Foundation.
In addition, their long-standing commitment to photograph wildflowers has evolved into a documentary art project: Beauty and The Beast: Wildflowers and Climate Change, a Blue Earth Alliance Project.
The photographers live in Marin County. In 1998 they began a collaborative project photographing wildflowers (and their environments) on public lands. This project brought Nita full circle back to her focus in college: biology/botany. Their ever-growing series features over 400 different wildflowers.
The authors recently completed as 264-page companion coffee table book featuring 190 photographs and 18 accompanying short stories by a diverse group of nature writers and scientists. Both the book and the exhibit focus offer simple suggestions for climate and conservation action. They will not be critiquing submitted images, however.
NITA WINTER grew up on Long Island, New York and enjoyed exploring the natural world around her. Her father's love of photography exposed her to the work of many of the great documentary photographers, such as Dorothea Lange and other WPA photographers. In 1976, after receiving a Bachelors Degree in Biology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts she followed her family out west to California.
She began her photographic career documenting her work fighting wildfires in northern California and later as a National Park Ranger on Alcatraz. While working at the San Francisco Women's Building, she found a new passion: capturing the San Francisco Bay Area’s rich cultural diversity. In 1986, Nita had her first major exhibit, “The Children of the Tenderloin.” This documentary project launched her career and directed her focus toward creating healthy communities.
Rob Badger
ROB BADGER has created images of the natural world for a wide variety of clients, collectors and art buyers for more than 50 years. His extensive collection of nature photographs (geographically and seasonally diverse) range from dramatic, complex and colorful, to soft and subtle.
His mastery of light and color, and his ability to emotionally portray the essence of a place in time has won him international awards for his Antarctica series, and “Best in Journalism” for his evocative environmental photography, work that is simultaneously beautiful and disturbing.
Rob’s nature and environmental images have appeared in calendars, books, newspapers and national and international magazines, including The New York Times and Washington Post, TIME, OMNI, Better Homes and Gardens, Pacific Horticultural, National Wildlife, Sunset, Sierra, Wilderness Society and World Watch Magazines.
As a photographer for The Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, and The Trust for Public Land, Rob has completed more than fifty project assignments devoted to protecting and restoring vanishing natural areas.
More about their accomplishments and photography can be viewed at https://www.winterbadger.com/
His mastery of light and color, and his ability to emotionally portray the essence of a place in time has won him international awards for his Antarctica series, and “Best in Journalism” for his evocative environmental photography, work that is simultaneously beautiful and disturbing.
Rob’s nature and environmental images have appeared in calendars, books, newspapers and national and international magazines, including The New York Times and Washington Post, TIME, OMNI, Better Homes and Gardens, Pacific Horticultural, National Wildlife, Sunset, Sierra, Wilderness Society and World Watch Magazines.
As a photographer for The Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, and The Trust for Public Land, Rob has completed more than fifty project assignments devoted to protecting and restoring vanishing natural areas.
More about their accomplishments and photography can be viewed at https://www.winterbadger.com/
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*AUGUST: NICOLE AND STEVE GETTLE
Limited signups cancelled the webinair presentation
*JULY : DAVID COLEMAN: STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
*JUNE, MINUTE-TO-SPIN-IT
*MAY, MEMBERS CHOICE: stay-at-home diversions
*APRIL: MEMBERS' CHOICE: REWORKED IMAGES
*MARCH: MEMBERS' CHOICE IMAGES: WILDLIFE
*view on MEMBERS CHOICE, monthly critiqued images page
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ABOUT THE NEW MEETING FORMAT
The next general meetings through November 2020 are to be Zoom meetings and members are encouraged to contact Roland Dumas at radumas@servqual.com or Phil Venable at philven@comcast.net with any questions about Zoom or for assistance with setting it up.
This may change if rules and members’ comfort changes, but it’s the current plan.
*For most months, the link to the meetings and a calendar download will be in that month's newsletter so that members can place the reminders and links in their computer/phone calendar. However, these links are for members' use only. They are NOT to be shared or posted to anyone else!
RULES
We are setting the rules on “easy” because we’re a small group and don’t have much risk of someone causing problems, but do pay attention to these rules:
A gentle reminder: if you need to use the bathroom, DO NOT take your device with you. Please!
DATES
Napa Valley Photographic Society's next scheduled Zoom meeting and presentation is Sept. 28, featuring Jan Lightfoot.
Subsequent Zoom meetings, every fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. are planned for:
Oct. 26, 2020 Nita Winter, Rob Badger
Nov. 23, 2020 TBA
This may change if rules and members’ comfort changes, but it’s the current plan.
*For most months, the link to the meetings and a calendar download will be in that month's newsletter so that members can place the reminders and links in their computer/phone calendar. However, these links are for members' use only. They are NOT to be shared or posted to anyone else!
RULES
We are setting the rules on “easy” because we’re a small group and don’t have much risk of someone causing problems, but do pay attention to these rules:
- Do not forward or post the meeting link to anyone at all. If you wish to invite a guest, pass that person’s email to Roland or Phil and we’ll send a one-meeting invitation to them.
- When the meeting starts, set your status as “mute” - that will stop the crosstalk and inadvertent sounds from making things noisy. Only one person can speak at a time.
- If you wish to speak, physically put up your hand and the person leading the discussion will recognize you. Then unmute yourself to ask your question. After that, back onto mute.
- There is a chat function. Find it. When there is a presenter, you can ask your questions during his/her presentation, and the presenter can see it. Your question might be answered immediately or at the end of the presentation, at the presenter’s discretion.
- You can also use the chat function to send a message privately to an individual in the meeting. That’s the same as leaning over and whispering to the person next to you. Just make sure the message is to one person and not the whole group so you don’t embarrass yourself.
A gentle reminder: if you need to use the bathroom, DO NOT take your device with you. Please!
DATES
Napa Valley Photographic Society's next scheduled Zoom meeting and presentation is Sept. 28, featuring Jan Lightfoot.
Subsequent Zoom meetings, every fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. are planned for:
Oct. 26, 2020 Nita Winter, Rob Badger
Nov. 23, 2020 TBA