About Sherwin S. Kaplan

Sherwin Kaplan has been a member of the Northern Virginia Photographic society since 1986 and has served in various NVPS Board positions, including President in 1990-91. In June, 2005, NVPS awarded him the Joe Acheson Memorial Award for his service to the club. This award is comparable to MWCC's Jim Spor Award.

He has been NVPS' "Photographer of the Year" six times in the Advanced Slides competition category, won NVPS' "Slide of the Year" twice in that category and, when he competed in GWCCC competitions, won numerous awards, including First Place in Master or Advanced competitions in the Architectural, Pictorial and Nature categories. Three of his slides were included in NVPS's submission to Nature's Best International Photo Competition which won First Place in the Camera Club category for NVPS in 2003. As a result, one of his images was published in the magazine and exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution. He has also judged and presented programs at numerous camera clubs and other forums in the Washington, DC area.

He uses Nikon 35 mm equipment, shoots color slides exclusively and
specializes in nature, wildlife, macro, travel, and landscape photography.
His film of choice is Fuji Velvia, although he uses Fuji's Provia F 100 in
high contrast situations. He has not yet entered the digital age. He uses a
tripod for just about everything.

When not involved in photography, Sherwin is an attorney in the Washington office of Thelen Reid & Priest specializing in litigation, pension and health law matters.