Monthly MeetingDate: Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm Place: Quail Creek Kino Center, Ocotillo Room On October 14 at 6:30 PM in the Ocotillo Room, Jim Burkstrand will share his thoughts about photographing wildlife. His presentation, entitled Protect Their Peace, explores a vital topic for nature photographers: why and how to protect the peace of wild animals whom you photograph. Jim will showcase and discuss a new video dedicated to this topic that he produced, along with techniques for crafting a compelling storytelling video using your own still photos combined with AI-generated images, video clips, and music. Jim Burkstrand is a retired technologist, corporate executive, and management consultant. Future meeting topics can be found here
EducationNo meeting this month
Field TripsSeptember 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 at the first of the month.
Photography Cheat SheetsAs Jeff presented in the June meeting, here are links to the two cheat sheets. Exposure Cheat Sheet Histogram Cheat Sheet |
October Photo ContestYou can enter the October Photo Contest now! The theme is Mystical/Mysterious. 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 - October 31, 2026. Detailed Rules and Guidelines are here. If you like to plan ahead, themes for future months can be found here. September Photo Contest Winners   First Place : Monte Hudson “A Toast”
Second Place: Jim Burkstrand “Simple Glass of Wine” Third Place: Denny Huber “Elvira's" Congratulations to the winners. Thanks to everyone who entered the September photo contest. All of the images submitted will soon be found on our Flicker photo gallery. The subject was Wine. Judge's comments can be found here. Sorry, no judge's comments this month. 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 2026.
Current Members can renew at any time. Print the PCQC Membership Form- fill out- bring to a meeting. Q4 2026 Photo ChallengeThe member’s Quarterly Photo Challenge runs from October 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026.
The Q4 2026 Member's Challenge topic is Inanimate Objects. Guidelines: Well, obviously "Inanimate" means something that is not alive. This is a very broad subject but let me broaden it a little more. Your photo can have living things in it but the Subject needs to be inanimate. Think of a big rock in a field of grass; a cathedral with some people milling about; or a car. Look in the tabs above and find 2020 Q3, where we took on this topic before. 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. AI Use You can use AI to remove objects (like people) from your photos. You can use AI for image processing and enhancement of photos captured by your camera. These might include: resolution changes, denoising and colorization. However, generative AI must not be used to add or create any subjects, objects, or backgrounds that were not present or captured by your camera during the challenge period. So no dragons flying across the sky! Q3 2026 Photo Challenge Winners   First Place : Shari Rodgers “The King” Second Place: Monte Hudson ”Santa Fe Indian Market” Third Place: Shari Rodgers "My Buddy" The topic was Street Life/ Culture. 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. |