Upcoming Speakers
2024-2025 Season
" The Magic of Visual Contrasts " Presented by Joshua Cripps. May 14, 2025 6:30-8:00PM
Description:
Visual Contrasts have the power to make or break your photographs. By learning what they are and how to utilize them in your photography, you will be able to make your subject matter pop, add depth and dimension to your photos, direct your viewers' attention, and translate your emotions into powerful images. In this presentation, Joshua Cripps will lead you through the three kinds of visual contrasts and give you some of his favorite techniques for utilizing them in your photos.
Bios:
Joshua Cripps is a landscape photographer who has received more than 100 international awards and distinctions for his breathtaking images of our planet’s wild places. His photos have been published by National Geographic, NASA, The Sun, Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, CNN, Nikon, and many more. Growing up in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Joshua has been exploring the Range of Light his entire life. Since 2015, he has made his home in the Eastern Sierra, one of the most spectacular and photogenic mountain landscapes in the world.
A lifelong Nikon photographer, Joshua has photographed numerous projects for the legendary camera company, including the worldwide marketing campaigns for the Nikon D750 camera and the Nikon AF-S 8-15 mm Fisheye Lens.
Joshua is also one of today’s most sought-after photography educators. He leads photo tours and workshops around the world, and is regularly invited to speak at conferences across the US and Europe.
Web site: www.joshuacripps.com
" Capturing Tangier Island " Presented by Cameron Evans. June 11, 2025 6:30-8:00PM
Description:
The abundance of wildlife and ever changing ecosystem of Tangier Island
Bios:
Welcome to Tangier Island and the surrounding Chesapeake
Bay habitats, my name is Cameron Evans.
Growing up on Tangier and having worked the waters with my dad, I very much appreciate and more importantly embrace the unique history and lifestyle of Tangier Island. I began documenting the bay when I was a young teenager. As a recent graduate of Virginia Wesleyan University, my love of photography as it pertains to capturing environmental and still life photographs has grown.
Now as a professional photographer and licensed Coast Guard Captain, I share my life through my photography, Eco-tours, photography workshops, crabbing trips, and excursions out on the bay. With the ever changing habitats and land loss due
to coastal erosion, I joined Tangier's town council serving as the vice mayor from 23'-24'. By doing so I began to help give back to my community through efforts of trying to protect nesting habitats and make change instead of just capturing the changes through my photography!
Web site: www.cameronevansphotography.com
2025-2026 Season
" Making Competitive Nature Images " Presented by Rick Cloran, GMPSA, HonNEC. August 27, 2025 6:30-8:00PM
Description:
In this program Rick will explore the key aspects of a successful competitive nature image and what separates them from an otherwise good nature image. Each of the key aspects is covered in short, easily remembered points. These points are then reinforced with multiple examples using images that have and have not been successful at local, interclub and international exhibition levels.
Bios:
Rick is a well-known judge and lecturer having served in those capacities extensively in New England as well as throughout the US and Canada. He has been a member of the Greater Lynn Photographic Association since 1975. For his service to photography both in New England and at a national level he has been awarded the Honor of HonFPSA by the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and HonNEC by the New England Camera Club Council (NECCC). He is one of thirteen individuals who have received the PSA Lifetime Achievement Award. Rick’s success in exhibitions has earned him the GMPSA distinction.