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

September 12, 2018 – April 21, 2019

Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project, is a tribute to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. Coinciding with the 55th anniversary of this tragedy, the exhibition focuses on how Bey visualizes the past through the lens of the present, pushing the boundaries of portraiture and engaging ongoing national issues of racism, violence against African Americans, and terrorism in churches.

National Gallery of Art - West Building, Ground Floor
Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565


https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2018/dawoud-bey-the-birmingham-project.html

Through April 28, 2019

 A Mexican Canadian artist known for straddling the line between art, technology, and design, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer fills the Museum’s entire Second Level with immersive environments that use heart-rate sensors to create kinetic and audiovisual experiences from visitors’ own biometric data. Over the course of six months, Pulse will animate the vital signs of hundreds of thousands of participants.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Independence Ave and 7th St
Washington, DC 20560
https://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/rafael-lozano-hemmer-pulse/

Through May 5, 2019

Inspired by the four elements of hip-hop—DJ’s, MCs, breakdancers and graffiti—Represent showcases photographs from the Eyejammie Hip Hop Photography Collection that illustrate the early days of hip-hop and its rapid expansion to a cultural phenomenon in the mid-to-late 1990s.

National Museum of African American History and Culture
1400 Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20560
2nd Floor, Center for African American Media Arts gallery
https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/represent-hip-hop-photography-event-exhib-6322

Through June 2, 2019

The 2018 installation of the Daguerreian Gallery celebrates the National Portrait Gallery’s golden anniversary by highlighting fifty years of daguerreotype collecting by the museum.

National Portrait Gallery
8th St NW & F St NW - first floor
Washington, DC 20001
https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/daguerreotypes-five-decades-collecting-event-exhib-6261

June 7, 2019 — October 14, 2019

David Levinthal’s photographs reference iconic images and events that shaped postwar American society.  His images provide a lens through which to examine the myths and stereotypes lurking within our most beloved pastimes and enduring heroes.  Levinthal encourages us to consider the stories we tell about ourselves—what it means to be strong, beautiful, masculine, feminine, and ultimately, American.

Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th St NW & F St NW
Washington, DC 20004
https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/levinthal

July 14, 2019 – January 5, 2020

Photography played a significant role both in preparing for the mission and in shaping the cultural consciousness of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The exhibition will include a selection of photographs from the unmanned Ranger, Surveyor, and Lunar Orbiter missions that led up to Apollo 11. Additionally, a select survey of lunar photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries will be featured.

National Gallery of Art - West Building, Ground Floor, Gallery 22
Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565
https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2019/century-of-lunar-photographs-1850s-apollo-11.html

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 St NW & F St NW
Washington, DC 20001
https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/women-progress-early-camera-portraits-event-exhib-6351

Through September 2019

See the world’s natural wonders through a whole new lens. Sixty stunning images have been selected to showcase the extraordinary work of photographers from around the world. United by their creativity and technical skill with a camera, these artists of all ages and experience levels share their visions of nature to inspire future photographers and conservationists alike.

National Museum of Natural History
10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW - 2nd floor
Washington, DC 20560
https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/23rd-annual-natures-best-photography-windland-smith-rice-international-awards-event-exhib-6384

September 8 – December 1, 2019

On the 180th anniversary of photography’s introduction to the world in 1839, an exhibition of some 170 photographs offers an in-depth look at the development of the medium throughout its first 50 years. The exhibition is organized chronologically and thematically, beginning with the earliest photographs in the collection by one of photography’s inventors, William Henry Fox Talbot, and several examples of daguerreotypes, and ending with photographs made in 1889 by the Kodak, the first snapshot camera.

National Gallery of Art - West Building, Ground Floor, Inner Tier
Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565
https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2019/eye-sun-nineteenth-century-photos.html

November 2019

The World Press Photo Exhibition represents the year's best visual journalism. The goal is simple, to tell the stories behind the photos and to encourage deeper undestanding and debate of current events in the community, the country and abroad. This is photojournalism at its best and most thought-provoking.

Dupont Underground
19 Dupont Circle, entrance on 19th Street
https://lightscapedc.org/

June 1, 2019 - June 30, 2019

Click DC is a month-long celebration of photography in the nation’s capital. For the month of June, photography organizations, clubs and collectives, along with galleries across the city will join together to share their love of photography. They will host talks, workshops, photo walks, exhibits and other events that show the power of photography to entertain, enlighten and inspire us.

Various venues and times
Washingtion, DC
https://clickdc.org

October 24 - 26, 2019

Javits Convention Center
655 W 34th St
New York, NY 10001
https://www.photoplusexpo.com

November 1 - 3, 2019

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

January 16-21, 2020

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
2800 Opryland Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37214
https://imagingusa.org