Welcome to the Photography Club of Quail Creek Web Site!

WELCOME TO THE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB OF QUAIL CREEK WEBSITE

First Place : Pete Murphy “Untitled” Second Place: Steve Piepmeier - “Last Joist” Third Place: Jim Burkstrand - “Home on a Waterway” Congratulations to the winners. Thanks to all Photo Club members who entered the August photo contest. All of the entries can be seen on the club Flickr site. Judges comments can be seen here. You can see larger photos of the August 2019 Contest Winners here and all Contests on the club Flickr site.

Membership You can join the Photography Club of Quail Creek any time during the year. Club Dues are $20.00 per household for 2019. Current Members can renew at any time. Print the PCQC Membership Form- fill out- bring to a meeting.

Photography Club of Quail Creek 2019

September Photo Contest You can enter the member’s September Photo Contest now! The theme is Arches. Any PCQC member can submit up to 3 photos. A photo has to be 3 years old or less. Please rename each file with the title of the image. Size your image to either 13”X19” or 16”X20” and then send all (large) jpg images to (copy and paste address) pcqccontest@gmail.com Entry Deadline is midnight - Sept 30, 2019. NEW: Detailed Rules and Guidelnes are here.

Education

The next education session offered to the PCQC membership will be held on September 18th. The topic will be a Photography Help session. Bring your camera & questions. Or, bring a lap top or thumb drive with a couple of photos you would like processing help with. We will have a variety of software available.

August Photo Contest Winners :

October Monthly Meeting The October meeting of the Photography Club of QC will be held Weds, October 9, 2019. The meeting will start at 7:00 pm in the Kino Center. We will continue the National Geographic Travel Video series. We will be presenting lessons 13 & 14 . Notes from the two presentations from the Sept meeting can be found here Topic no 11 People in Performance Topic no 12 Using Flash on the Road .

October 2019 Field Trip

The October club field trip will be Friday Oct 11, 2019. We will travel to Tohono Chul in Tucson. Tohono Chul is a beautiful botanical garden with many photo opportunities. Entry fee for seniors is $10. You can find lots of information on their web site here. It is located at 7366 Paseo del Norte Tucson, AZ 85704 We will have lunch on site at their Bistro. Plan to leave from the Madera Clubhouse west parking lot at 9:00 am. Reservations required. Please notify Jim Dixon at dixonsat AT aol.com by Weds Oct 9.

September Club Photos of the Month

Photos submitted by club members are shown above as well as on our Flickr web site. Send to jimmsp AT AOL.com

Q3 2019 Photo Challenge The member’s Quarterly Photo Challenge runs from July 1 to Sep 30, 2019. The topic is Inanimate Objects. The subject should be inaminate. Webster defines inanimate as “ not endowed with life or spirit”. Animate objects in the field of view are fine, as long as they are not the main subject. See this page for a description and rules. Topics for the next challenges are also listed. Submit all photos to jimmsp AT outlook.com The photos submitted for the Q2 2019 challenge can be seen here on Flickr. and the winning 3 photos and summary of the voting can be seen on this page.

For members who like to plan ahead, you can find the list of topics for the 2019 contests here.

Q2 2019 Photo Challenge Winners

First Place : Lois Haglund- “ Bucharest Alley Cafe” Second Place: Larry Phillips - ”Balance Rock At Arches NP” Third Place: Jeff Krueger- “Monumental Sunset”