Every camera bag should have a lens cleaning cloth, an extra memory card and most important, an extra battery. Additionally, the accessories listed below might come in handy.

 A clear glass filter designed to protect your front lens element from scratches or other damage. Get one for each lens and leave it on, unless you're using a different filter. No stacking filters.

Sunglasses for your lenses. Use on a bright sunny day to help increase saturation and contrast. Also use to remove glare on water, windows and foliage.

When you need a slow shutter speed in daylight, this filter helps prevent overexposure.
Perfect for photographing waterfalls in daylight.

Shoot in the rain or snow and use a rain sleeve to protect your camera and lens.

If you struggle to see your LCD screen when you're shooing outdoors on a sunny day, try one of these loupes. 

Visit their website at
https://www.hoodmanusa.com/HoodLoupes-s/128.htm

Telephoto, wide angle, fish eye and macro are some of our favorites. They also have filters for smartphones.

Visit their website at
https://www.shopmoment.com/shop/categories/all?collection=photographer-collection

When your fingers are too big for editing on your phone, a stylus is a the way to go.

Visit their website at
https://tenonedesign.com/pogo.php

Ongoing
Lower Level Corridor

The National Museum of American History presents a special display of 25 photographs that reflect the diversity of the African American experience. The photos come from two collections in the Museum's Archives Center that depict special occasions and everyday life in African American communities: the Scurlock Studio Collection and the Fournet Drug Store.

National Museum of American History
Constitution Avenue, NW
Between 12th and 14th Streets
Washington, D.C.
https://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/snapshots-african-american-communities

June 14, 2019 - May 31, 2020

In mid-nineteenth-century America, the growing presence of women in public life coincided with the rise of portrait photography. This exhibition of daguerreotypes and ambrotypes from the 1840s and 1850s features portraits of early feminist icons, women’s rights advocates Margaret Fuller and Lucy Stone, abolitionist Lucretia Mott and best-selling author Harriet Beecher Stowe. 

National Portrait Gallery
8th Street NW & F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/women-progress-early-camera-portraits-event-exhib-6351

Ongoing from July 31, 2019

Many American artists embraced surrealism in the late 1930s and 1940s, particularly after the 1936–1937 exhibition Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism at New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the arrival in the United States of European surrealists fleeing war and fascism. Gorky, a pioneer of abstract expressionism or the so-called New York School, and Lerner, who studied and taught photography at Chicago’s New Bauhaus, found diverse ways to engage with the movement’s ideas.

National Gallery of Art
East Building, Ground Floor, Gallery 106A
Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20565
https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2019/american-surreal-arshile-gorky-nathan-lerner.html

October 22, 2019 - Spring 2020

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the U.S. constitutional amendment establishing women's right to vote, this powerful exhibition highlights women from around the globe through iconic images selected from our 130-year-old image Collection as well as personal stories, portraits, and revelatory commentary from a wide swath of female luminaries.

National Geographic Museum
1145 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/events/exhibition/women-exhibition/

November 15, 2019 - August 30, 2020

The annual exhibition “Recent Acquisitions” showcases 25 portraits to recently enter the Portrait Gallery’s renowned collection. Images of individuals who have made an impact in art, business, fashion, media, medicine, music and social justice join more than 23,000 works that recognize individuals who have influenced the history and culture of the United States.

National Portrait Gallery
8th Street NW & F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/recent-acquisitions-2

November 22, 2019 - Summer 2020

In this hands-on, transportative multimedia exhibition celebrating her extraordinary life and work, you'll explore Dr. Jane Goodall's early years through iconic images.  You'll also learn about her current role as a leader in community-centered conservation and youth empowerment.

National Geographic Museum
1145 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/events/exhibition/becoming-jane/

December 13, 2019 - June 14, 2020

The exhibition will mainly interpret life experiences of African Americans during the World War I era (1913 to 1920)—with interpretations spanning from 1865 to 1963. Though the foundation of the exhibition will be the African American military experience from 1917 to 1919, the exhibition will mainly offer an inclusive non-military experience focusing on the social, cultural, political, economic and intellectual lives of African Americans before, during and after World War I.

National Museum of African American History and Culture
1400 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20560
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/we-return-fighting

February 19 - March 1, 2020

Touchstone Gallery
901 New York Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20001

http://exposeddc.com/2020/01/15/the-2020-exposed-dc-photography-show-opens-february-19/

Opening March, 2020

Prominent work of architecture is likely to be seen more widely through photographs than in person. This exhibition will present a cross-section of Karchmer’s professional photographs, coupled with personal photos and artifacts that shed light on his work. While the exhibition will feature numerous large-format images of remarkable beauty, it will also include didactic displays examining the technical and creative processes underlying such images. It will thus illuminate why certain images are so successful in expressing both the physical and emotional aspects of architecture.

National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
https://www.nbm.org/exhibition/alan-karchmer/

June 12, 2020 - June 6, 2021

In 1840, Jeremiah Gurney abandoned his career as a jeweler to establish one of New York City’s first daguerreotype studios. Despite vigorous competition from rivals such as Mathew Brady, Gurney soon developed his reputation as a leading camera artist whose works were “nearer to absolute perfection” than those of other daguerreotypists. Widely admired for the beautiful, hand-tinted images produced in his studio, Gurney continued to make daguerreotypes until the latter half of the 1850s.

National Portrait Gallery
8th Street NW & F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/%E2%80%9Cwarranted-give-satisfaction%E2%80%9D-daguerreotypes-jeremiah-gurney

February 27 - March 2, 2020

Northern Kentucky Convention Center
1 W Rivercenter Blvd.
Covington, KY 41011
https://photoproexpo.com/

April 14-15, 2020

St. Louis Union Station Hotel
1820 Market St
St. Louis, MO 63103

https://shutterfest.com/

October 22 - 24, 2020

Javits Convention Center
429 11th Ave
New York, NY 10001
https://www.photoplusexpo.com/

November 6 - 8, 2020

Hylton Performing Arts Center
10960 George Mason Circle
Manassas, VA 20110
http://naturevisions.org/home/