Members of the following camera clubs may submit photos for the juried exhibit at the Expo: Loudoun Photography Club, Manassas-Warrenton Camera Club, McLean Photography Club, Northern Virginia Photographic Society, Reston Photographic Society and Vienna Photographic Society. Each club has their own procedures for collecting prints. Please contact your club for further information.

 

Volunteers from these clubs are responsible for all aspects of the Expo: from planning it to running the event. The time and effort they put forth each year make the Expo a reality.

 

Each club member may enter a maximum 6 photographs for consideration. Each club must preview the entries to ensure they comply with the Exhibitor Guidance requirements.

 

Download Exhibitor Guidance (pdf document)

 

 

The photographs will be juried on February 14. A designee from each club is responsible for the delivery and retrieval of their members’ entries. The jury process will be completed that day and the entries can be retrieved as soon as all judging is completed. The panel of jurors will choose one photo to be awarded the distinction of Best in Show. That winner’s name will be added to the Perpetual Plaque.

 

Best of Show Award

People's Choice Contest

Sponsors' Choice Awards

 

The jurors will also select photographs for 2nd and 3rd place awards.

2009 Jurors:

Ian Plant : Ian Plant has been photographing the natural world since 1995. His work has appeared in a number of books and calendars, as well as national and regional magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, National Parks, Blue Ridge Country, Adirondack Life, Wonderful West Virginia, and Chesapeake Life, among others. Ian is a Contributing Editor to Nature Photographers Online Magazine. His sixth and most recent book is the critically acclaimed "Chesapeake: Bay of Light. An Exploration of the Chesapeake Bay's Wild and Forgotten Places." Ian's work has also appeared in five books of the Wonder and Light series: Shenandoah Wonder and Light, West Virginia Wonder and Light, Blue Ridge Parkway Wonder and Light, Virginia Wonder and Light, and Maryland Wonder and Light. Ian is co-owner of Mountain Trail Press and Mountain Trail Photo. Ian leads several Workshops every year through Mountain Trail Photo.

 

Miriam Stein : As a photo editor for the National Geographic
Society, Miriam Stein has worked on magazines, books and websites for the
School Publishing and Cartographic Divisions. She is currently conservation
projects photo manager at National Geographic Maps, where her main focus
is LandScope, a multimedia conservation initiative jointly run by NatureServe.
Miriam has dedicated her educational background in conservation to photo
editing natural history subjects for nonprofits such as Conservation International, Defenders of Wildlife, Nature's Best, the Smithsonian Ocean Initiative
and The Nature Conservancy. Miriam has contributed her time to a variety
of conservation initiatives and her own photography is held in both museum
and private collections. She is an active member of the North American
Nature Photography Association and concurrently serves as a founding affiliate
to the International League of Conservation Photographers and a board advisor
to the Imaging Foundation.
 

 

Chuck Veatch :  Chuck is a nationally respected nature photographer who did all the photography and writing and published the book, "The Nature of Reston", about the flora and fauna of this celebrated area of Virginia. His creative photography has appeared in many publications, including the cover photograph and story in "Nature's Best Magazine", which covered an artistic look at the landscape of the American Southwest. He is a Vice President of Nature's Best Publishing and is part owner and actively engaged in day to day activities of "Nature's Best Magazine", including image selection and editorial content. Chuck is a past president of NVPS and was named a Photographer of the Year 4 times by NVPS. He is a 2- time graduate of the Freeman Patterson workshops in Canada and is a frequent judge and lecturer on photography and visual design. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Reston Arts Center, the Fairfax County Parks Foundation, the Endowment Board for the National Wildlife Federation, and the Advisory Board for the Potomac Conservancy.