Get Ready! A New Look and Feel for the GNPA Website is Coming
August 23, 2017
By early this year, the Board realized the GNPA had far outgrown the current design and navigation used on our website. It's a problem resulting from growth. When we first started, we had one chapter, then two and now we're on our way to 10 or more... Like an old house with a large fast-growing family, we tacked on additions to accommodate new family members and even added additions to the additions as new needs emerged. Finally, we found we were getting lost in our own house and worse, it had leaks and problems we couldn't fix. So, last winter, we put together a team of Chapter Coordinators…
800% price increase coming for the the NPS Senior Pass Aug. 28.
July 14, 2017
On August 28, 2017, the price of the America the Beautiful – The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass will increase for the first time since 1994. The additional revenue will be used to enhance the visitor experience in parks. Learn more about the changes, what they mean for you, and how the additional funds will be used. Read the full announcement >>>
GRIFFIN GA
Sept 19, 2017 - Composition in Photography
Speakers
September 19, 2017, at Central Chapter in Griffin, GA, Roger Sibaja will talk about composition and using your photography skills for other types of photography. The meeting will begin at 6:30 PM at the Women’s Center, Spalding Regional Hospital. Members as well as interested potential members are invited. Roger Sibaja of Gobi Photography in Tyrone Georgia has been a photographer since 2005. He began as an outdoor photographer. He particularly enjoys rural scenes, covered bridges, churches and old mills. Along with his wife Charlene, they traveled around the south taking photos and selling… Read Announcement >>>
GWINNETT GA
Aug. 23, 2017 - Jonah McDonald, August 23rd – Author of “Hiking Atlanta's Hidden Forests: Intown and Out”, a guidebook to metro area trails
Cornerstone Coworking279 W Crogan Street, Lawrenceville, GA Jonah McDonald is a 14-year Atlanta resident and former Appalachian Trail thru-hiker. An educator, naturalist, and outdoorsman, Jonah has worked as an outdoors outfitter, at several Atlanta-area independent schools (where he started and ran wilderness and outdoors programs), and is the founder and president of Sure Foot Adventures (an outdoors guide service that leads hiking, camping, backpacking and outdoors education programs). In each of these professional capacities and as a hobby, Jonah has spent countless days exploring… Read Announcement >>>
ROSWELL GA
August 8, 2017 Dr. Renee’ Carlton will present “The Berry Eagles”
Meeting starts at 7:00 pm in the Chattahoochee Nature Center theater. Dr. Carleton is an Associate Professor of Biology in the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences at Berry College. She will speak to us about the Berry College Eagles. http://www.berry.edu/eaglecam/ Read Announcement >>>
June 13, 2017 - “It’s a Small World After All” - A Practical Guide to Close-Up Photography with Jeff Milsteen
Close-up photography covers a number of photographic genres — from nature to tabletop to abstract —and presents limitless creative opportunities to photographers of all levels. This presentation will focus on the tools and techniques needed to get up close and personal with small subjects. We’ll explore the range of equipment that can be used (HINT - you don’t need an expensive macro lens!) and learn lighting and focusing methods that will enhance our ability to make successful macro images. Join us for what promises to be an educational and entertaining presentation!Jeff has been an avid… Read Announcement >>>
SMYRNA GA
September 21, 2017 Travis Rhoades will present “Long Exposure Photography”
The GNPA Smyrna Chapter is excited to have Travis Rhoades speak on the “Art of Long Exposure Photography.” The landscape changes when the shutter is left open for a longer duration. Long Exposure photography transforms static still images into dramatic, dynamic and ethereal Long Exposure photographs. Long Exposure has been a primary element in my photography for many years now, and is my favorite way to communicate my vision for a place in time to the audience. My “Art of Long Exposure Photography” presentation focuses on the techniques, camera tools compositional tools, and the movement of… Read Announcement >>>
