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David Luria’s recommendation for a French film about the joy of photography and relationships – Visages, Villages We do not usually offer movie reviews in these pages but today is an exception! If you are a photographer, you will love the new French movie Faces, Places (Visages, Villages). It is the story of a 37 year old photographer who makes friends with an 89 year old woman artist and movie director. Together they travel around France and make HUGE 40′ tall photographs of the people they meet in factories, dockyards, mining villages, and many other places, and then they paste the photographs on the walls of tall buildings, water towers, oil tanker freight cars, and shipping containers, so that all the people they meet are memorialized in a huge photographs.printed on a massive printer that is built into their camera-shaped…

Recognizing that photography is a labor of love, Washington Photo Safari honors Labor Day by offering a 20% discount on many of the safaris taught by architectural photographer and WPS director E. David Luria during the month of September. Check out the list below for some of the safaris that are available with this offer. The 20% discount is valid for safaris from September 1 through September 30, and registration can begin right now. Upon registering, just type LABOR into the discount coupon box. Customers may purchase as many safaris as they wish. Just remember that the safari must be led by WPS director E. David Luria during the month of September.

There are plenty of opportunities to venture out to a fair in the surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia. As tripsavvy.com says, there’s something special about a good old-fashioned county fair. The counties of Maryland and Virginia that surround Washington, DC each host a summer fair, complete with carnival rides, live animal shows, musical entertainment, arts and craft exhibits, contests, educational exhibits and lots of food. Each county fair has its own specialty and unique attractions. Many of them showcase regional agriculture and home arts with hands-on-activities for the whole family. Before you go to one (or more) of these fairs, learn new techniques and fine-tune your photography skills by joining WPS Instructor Essdras Suarez on one of his Street Photography – DC Safaris where he will teach you how to capture those moments that “tell the story” you see at the fair! Here is a guide to…

On August 21, 2017, there will be a total solar eclipse visible in a 70-mile wide belt spanning all across the US. This will be the first total solar eclipse visible from anywhere on mainland United States since the total solar eclipse in March 1979. The next one will be in April 2024, but it…

There is no place better to photograph fireworks than Washington, DC on Independence Day…with a multitude of venues in and around the city that provide plenty of photographic opportunities. As Independence Day approaches, here is a list of sites with the best views of those incomparable fireworks over the Nation’s Capital: https://washington.org/visit-dc/top-spots-catch-fireworks-washington-dc Tips for Photographing fireworks: These…

Checking your laptop and camera gear on international flights appears likely to become the norm, not the exception In addition to taking Safaris in and around DC, Washington Photo Safarians regularly travel abroad. Given the recent “rumblings” about banning electronic devices larger than a cell phone from carry-ons on all international flights, it makes sense to consider the issues that would arise from the ban. There is an interesting article worth reading on the Digital Photo Magazine blog: https://www.dpmag.com/blog/airline-laptop-ban-guide-for-photographers/

Whether you use a simple disposable or a complex digital camera, Washington, DC has a ton of places to capture great photos: monuments, memorials, historic places, rushing rivers, stately mansions, sweeping vistas, gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, carousels, funky and kid-friendly sculpture, ethnic neighborhoods, colorful storefronts, mural art, and free-admission Smithsonian museums that let you photograph…

Cradling the child in her arms, her left elbow thrust forward, the woman stands resolute, determined to protect the baby as she watches her home collapse in an earthquake. This scene takes place 24 hours a day in Washington DC, one block from the White House, on the grounds of the headquarters of the American Red Cross. It is depicted in the “Motherland” statue by the Armenian sculptor Sacoyan, who crafted this dramatic statue as a gesture of thanks to the American people for the help they gave to Armenia through the American Red Cross during the severe earthquake in 1988. And it is but one of hundreds of unique, often little-known,  photo opportunities that exist here in the nation’s capital, which I call “ a photographer’s paradise.” Washington, DC offers more than famous landmarks and monuments.    Like Paris, it…

Located in Arlington, Virginia, adjacent to the Arlington National Cemetery, the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial is definitely a “must-see” — or more appropriately a “must-photograph” near Washington, DC.  Before you visit make sure you know a little more about the Memorial by checking out our 7 Interesting Facts about the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial!…