Welcome to the Photography Club of Quail Creek Web Site!

WELCOME TO THE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB OF QUAIL CREEK WEBSITE

First Place : Helen Phillips- “Essence of Cactus” Second Place: Monte Hudson- ”Antelope” Third Place: Curt Dailey- “Watchful Eye” Congratulations to the winners. Thanks to all Photo Club members who entered the December 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 Dec 2018 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

January Photo Contest You can enter the annual January Open Photo Contest now! There is no theme. Any Quail Creek resident can submit 1 photo; any topic. It 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 - January 31, 2019. Further information can be seen here. Detailed Rules and Guidelnes are here. Parts A,B,C D,F, and G apply for this QC Open Contest.

Education

The next education session offered to the PCQC membership will be held on Jan 16, 2019 at 7:00 in the Kino Conference Center. This session will be an open Camera Help session. Bring your camera, and bring your laptop to discuss photo software.

December Photo Contest Winners :

February Monthly Meeting The February meeting of the Photography Club of QC will be held Weds, Jan 13, 2019. The meeting will start at 7:00 pm in the Kino Center. Steve Dell, a well known professional photographer will be presenting his latest work. He will precede the meeting with a critique session for members only. Details on this session will follow soon.

February 2019 Field Trip

The next field trip will be Friday February 22. We will travel to the Biosphere 2 in Oracle, just north of Tucson where we will have a tour of the facilities. Admission cost is $19 for seniors. Biosphere 2 is a unique large-scale experimental apparatus housing seven model ecosystems with ongoing active research. We will leave the parking lot of the Madera Clubhouse at 8:30. A map and directions can be found on their website. University of Arizona Biosphere 2 32540 S. Biosphere Road, Oracle, AZ 85623 Lunch will be at Oracle Patio Cafe. 270 American Avenue, Oracle Deadline for reservations is Weds, Feb 20. Please respond to Sylvia by email: butler916 AT msn.com Photos from the January field trip to the Sonoran Glass School can be seen in this album.

January 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

Q1 2019 Photo Challenge The member’s Quarterly Photo Challenge runs from Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2019. The topic is Dominant Color. The photo should have a dominant color that immediately attracts the viewer’s eye to the 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 Q1 2018 challenge can be seen here on Flickr. and the winning 3 photos and summary of the voting can be seen on this page. A comparison between the original and the post processed images for the 1st and 2nd place images is seen here.

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

Field Trips planned for January - April 2019 can be seen on this page.

Q4 2018 Photo Challenge Winners

First Place : Denny Huber - “Madera Canyon Sunrise” Second Place: Denny Huber - ”Santa Rita Clouds” Third Place: Larry Hudson - “Aspen Storm”