SPECIAL NOTICE!
Please see the new meeting room notice below (click here)...
Members, get your application and dues in for the coming year!
Don't Hesitate!
Active membership is required for salon image submissions!
Click here to download the complete application.
⇒ NVPC Activities Update for Aug-Sept, 2022 ⇐
(All events start at 7:00 PM)
Mon, Aug 1st : Sept Digital Salon Opens for Submissions
Mon, Aug 15th : Sept Digital Salon Closes
Thu, Sept 1st : October Digital Salon Opens for Submissions
Wed, Sept 7th : Salon Night at the Littleton Library, 7:00 PM
Wed, Sept 14th : Board of Directors Meeting
Thu, Sept 15th : October Digital Salon Closes
Wed, Sept 21st : Open House / Presentation at the Littleton Library, 7:00 PM
Wed, Sept 28th : Digital Users Group
Assigned and Club Choice Topics for the 2022-2023 Season
Hand of man is okay. Birds, trees with or without critters,
cultivated flowers, insects flying around flowers, ...
Oct: "Inside the House"
CC: Scapes
Furniture, kids playing, people performing inside home activities,
preparing/cooking dinner, flowers and or fruit baskets, ...
Nov #1: "Emotions/Feelings"
CC: Macro or Close Up
Happy, sad, ...
Nov #2 AS: "Old"
CC: Not applicable in this salon
People, places, things, ...
Dec AS: "Minimalism"
CC: PSA Photojournalism
Jan : "Night Time Blue Hour to
Blue Hour"
CC: Scapes
Sunrise and sunsets are not allowed. Moon & astro-photography are
examples of permissable subjects. Night-time cityscape would also work.
Feb: "Music/Musical Performance
Instruments"
CC: Macro or Close Up
Including implied, like a radio or someone dancing,
something that generates music. Music theater, loud speakers, sound stages,
recording studios, images of 8 track players and tapes, ...
About Assigned Topics:
The topic should be the main subject of the image,
or the image should convey a strong feeling of the topic
when being viewed. We would like you to strive for creativity
in your presented image; thinking outside the box is encouraged.
The image can also be in the literal meaning of the topic.
About Club Choice Topics:
Topics alternate each month.
Please visit the Competition Rules
page - Section 15b(6) - for details.
2022 NVPC Annual Recognition Awards...
Log in, then got to
Members Only >> NVPC Annual Recognition Awards 2022...
Awards for...
NVPC Digital Images of the Year
NVPC Photographer of the Year - Digital
NVPC Best in Category and Benchmark
NVPC Newer Member Participation Recognition
NVPC Memorial Service Award
In case you missed it...
View the NVPC 2021-22 Year-In-Review video!
Members, log in and the link will appear on the next line.
In case you missed it...
View the Bird Photography presentation
by Dianne and Daniel Carey
Presented March 23rd, 2022.
Log in, then go to
Members Only » Education & Training...
The NVPC Photo Equipment Marketplace
is Open to all Members!
The Marketplace for members to
sell their used equipment
is now open. Members, log in
then select
Members Only » Photo Equipment Marketplace...
Digital Salon Status
Next digital salon: Oct
Salons will resume August 1st for the next photo year.
Enjoy the summer and make lots of images!
Select Salons » Previous Salons... to view results of previous salons.
Select Salons » Current Salon... to view uploads for the most recent salon.
- NVPC Education News -
Updated Friday, June 17, 2022
• Please continue to monitor emails from the club president
for upcoming club events, including times and locations.
✔
Mirrorless Cameras - Technology, Pros & Cons and Whats Available in 2021, by club members: Check out Education & Training in the Members Only menu.
✔
Table Top Still Life Photography, by Tom Briere: Check out Education & Training in the Members Only menu.
✔
Macro Photography - Close & Closer, by Meyer Franklin: Check out Education & Training in the Members Only menu.
✔
A Guide to Using Luminosity Masks, by Tom Price: Check out Education & Training in the Members Only menu.
✔
Image Sharpening Using High Pass Filtering, by Tom Briere: Check out Education & Training in the Members Only menu.
Welcome to the Nashoba Valley Photo Club!
Most photographs are taken, but the best ones are made.
If you have an interest in making photographs rather than just taking pictures,
then you should join us at the Nashoba Valley Photo Club.
Share your interest and enthusiasm with us - we have plenty to share with you!
New Meeting Room
We normally meet the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and most 4th Wednesdays of the month, from 7:00PM - 9:30PM.
For the 2022-23 year, our in-person meetings - primarily salons, which are held on the first Wednesday of the month - will
be held in the Sturtz Meeting Room at the
Reuben Hoar Library, located at 41 Shattuck St., Littleton MA.
Unless otherwise indicated in the calendar, the Digital Users Group (DUG), Photographer's Round Table and other special
meetings will be held online using Zoom
Click here for Reuben Hoar Library information
Note to Guests
After two years exclusively online, we're happy to once again start meeting in person for our monthly salons!
These take place on the first Wednesday of each month, and will occur at our new meeting location at the
Reuben Hoar Library in Littleton MA.
We will continue hosting our User Group
and Round Table
meetings online until further notice.
Online access uses Zoom virtual meetings, which are by invitation only.
If you would like to join us, please use the
Contact Us page
to request a guest invitation.
What Our Members Have Been Shooting (from previous salons)...
All images on this site are copyrighted.
They may not be used except by written permission from the photographer.
All rights reserved.
These images are copyrighted by their respective owners.
All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
"Sunrise 1"
by Robert Peterson
These images are copyrighted by their respective owners.
All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
"Foggy Sunrise"
by Julie L'Heureux
These images are copyrighted by their respective owners.
All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
"Ladybug Eyes Lunch"
by Jim Kay
These images are copyrighted by their respective owners.
All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
"Tiger in Snow Winks at Me"
by Mark Timmins
These images are copyrighted by their respective owners.
All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
"Toronto Coffee Shop"
by Marty Conley
These images are copyrighted by their respective owners.
All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
"Roseate Spoonbill Landing"
by Dianne Carey
These images are copyrighted by their respective owners.
All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
"Chive Explosion"
by Vera Kaufman
Just Around the Corner
Thu, Sep 01
October Digital Salon Opens for Submissions
Assigned Subject - "Inside the House"
Club Choice Category - "Scapes"
Judge - TBD
Wed, Sep 07
Salon Night - starts at 7:00PM at the Littleton Library
Wed, Sep 14
Board of Directors Meeting
What We're Up To
NVPC Member News
Members: Log in and submit your images for the current salon.
Click here!
All members must register and log in to use the salon submission features of this site.
In order to register, you must be a paid-up member of the club and your email address must be in our database.
Please email the webmaster if you have difficulty registering - your email address may be different
or incorrect in our database.
Registration is easy. Just click the yellow Register button, above the main menu, and follow the instructions.
Upcoming NVPC Events
Date
Event
Description
Thu
October Digital Salon Opens for Submissions
Assigned Subject - "Inside the House" Club Choice Category - "Scapes" Judge - TBD
Sep 01, 2022
Wed
Salon Night - starts at 7:00PM at the Littleton Library
Sep 07, 2022
Wed
Board of Directors Meeting
Sep 14, 2022
Thu
October Digital Salon Closes
Sep 15, 2022
Wed
Open House / Presentaton - starts at 7:00PM at the Littleton Library
Sep 21, 2022
Wed
Digital Users Group
Sep 28, 2022
Sat
November Digital Salon Opens for Submissions
Assigned Subject - "Emotions/Feelings" (Happy, sad, ...) Club Choice Category - "Macro or Close Up" Judge - TBD
Oct 01, 2022
Wed
Salon Night - starts at 7:00PM at the Littleton Library