Monthly MeetingWed. January 8, 20254 7 pm Ocotillo Room
From our new President, Bruce Hartsell: As we welcome in a new year, we also welcome in a new board to our club. No worries . . . Jeff and Jim are still with us. They just wanted to see what new faces and ideas might do, so they have stepped back from their board positions. They are still loyal members: Jeff will continue handling the monthly photo contest while Jim continues to manage the quarterly challenge. Our QCPC monthly meeting will take place on January 8th at 7:00 PM, and the hope is for all our wonderful members to attend. At this meeting we want to take some time for you to know your new board members and for the new board members to know YOU! This meeting will be centered around our members and your thoughts on what this club can do to make your photography better as well as making the club fun. Also, allowing time for you, our members, to show some of your own photos and tell us a little more about you and: What you enjoy photographing What you can use some help with to make your photos better What type of field trips you might like What you would like our monthly meetings to be like I know that is a lot of “What” type questions. So, let’s make it easy and fun. Please send a favorite photo that you would like to share – whatever is special to you. At the meeting, you can tell us about your photo. Please email the photo by noon on January 6 to brucehartsell55 at hotmail.com . That will give enough time to put the photos together for the meeting. At the meeting, we would love to hear from you about these photos and anything else you might want to share with us. Let’s make this meeting a great start to a new year and help us make this club fun, informative, and helpful for all our photography members! Future meeting topics can be found here
EducationNo meeting this month
Field TripsJanuary Photos of the MonthPhotos submitted by club members are shown above as well as on our Flickr web site. Send to mlqcpom AT gmail dot com
Photography Cheat SheetsAs Jeff presented in the June meeting, here are links to the two cheat sheets.
Exposure Cheat Sheet Histogram Cheat Sheet Smart Phone PhotographyHere is a list of the videos that Gary Carroll presented May 13: 1) 13 Smartphone Photography tips & tricks 17:11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYGsx1i5L8&t=4s 2) How can smartphones have so many megapixels? Pixel binning explained 5:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xTxbNRvcM 3) $5,000 Pro Camera vs iPhone 15 Pro: Which is Better for YOU? 12:44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbx20dJU0H8&t=16s 4) 10 AMAZING iPhone Videography Tips 10:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?=VE5QM3WJAvY&t=49s 5) How To Take Incredible Macro Photos With Your iPhone 11:51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE7LHuh-XE&t=23s |
2024 Photo of the Year
Shari Rodgers September Contest - Motion "I Believe I Can Fly" January Photo ContestYou can enter the January Photo Contest now! The theme is Colorful Object(s). Any club member can submit 3 photos. A photo has to be 13 months old or less.
Please rename each file with the title of the image. Size your image to 12”x 18” and then send all (large) jpg images to pcqccontest AT gmail.com Entry Deadline is midnight - January 31, 2025. Detailed Rules and Guidelines are here. If you like to plan ahead, themes for future months can be found here. December Photo Contest Winners   First Place : Tom Cadwalader “Saguaro Sunrise”
Second Place: Lon Richardson “Serenity on the Strand” Third Place: John Tubbs “Mexican Dancers" Congratulations to the winners. Thanks to everyone who entered the December photo contest. All of the images submitted will soon be found on our Flicker photo gallery. The subject was Open. There were no judge's comments this time. You can see all Contests on the club Flickr site. You can also see contest winners back to 2017 via the CONTESTS tab above. MembershipYou can join the Photography Club of Quail Creek any time during the year. Club Dues are $20.00 per household for 2023.
Current Members can renew at any time. Print the PCQC Membership Form- fill out- bring to a meeting. Q1 2025 Photo ChallengeThe member’s Quarterly Photo Challenge runs from January 1 to March 31, 2025.
The new Q1 2025 Member's Challenge topic is Black and White. Guidelines: You can use any subject, but your submitted image needs to be black and white, or monochrome, if you prefer. Have fun, Denny Send up to 3 photos taken during the quarter to QuarterlyChallenge at gmail dot com. Remember, any post processing is allowed. If you add elements from another photo (like sky replacement) those elements must have been photographed by you within the quarter. Topics for the next challenges are also listed here. Q4 2024 Photo Challenge Winners   First Place : Mark Cohen “Tracks to Tumacacori” Second Place: Larry Hudson ”Roman Aqueduct” Third Place: Dave Hammel "Montezuma Castle" The topic was By the Hand of Man. All of the challenge photos can be seen on our Flickr site on this page. Past Challenge winners can be seen via the CONTESTS tab above. |