Monthly Meeting

Date:     Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Time:     6:30 pm Please Note the Time!
Place:    Quail Creek Kino Center, Ocotillo Room
 
David Lamb, MFA in Design, University of Arizona 1995. David will introduce you to the basics of constructing a PowerPoint Slideshow for presentation.

He will cover basic principles of design, layout, content and context, manipulating text, and sequencing to tell a story. He will also cover some advanced concepts that will enhance and add impact to your presentations.

He currently lives in Sahuarita with his wife Lisa (MFA Painting). In retirement, his passion and focus is the study of Art History. 

I hope to see you at the meeting!

Bruce​
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Future meeting topics can be found here

Education

No meeting this month

Field Trips

Tohono Chul  ( https://tohonochul.org/)
Fri, April 11
Leave QC at 8:30, arrive, enter, and start taking photos by 9:30

Sr Admission (62+) - $15

Lunch outside at their Garden Bistro at 12:00.

Jim will need a commitment for lunch by Tuesday evening, April 8  (jimmsp at outlook.com).

Jim

​​Photos from field trips can be seen on our Flickr site.

November Photos of the Month

Photos 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 Sheets 

As Jeff presented in the June meeting, here are links to the two cheat sheets.

Exposure Cheat Sheet

Histogram Cheat Sheet

October Photo Contest

You can enter the October Photo Contest now!  The theme is Humorous.  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, 2025.

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 :       Jeff Krueger “Ranch Cabin” 
Second Place:  Steve Piepmeier “Bee Resort”
Third Place:      Eleanor Houts “Burly Bowl"​    

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 Wood.

Judge's comments can be found here.
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You can see all Contests on the club Flickr site.  You can also see contest winners back to 2017 via the CONTESTS tab above.  

Membership

You can join the Photography Club of Quail Creek any time during the year. Club Dues are $20.00 per household for 2025.

Current Members can renew at any time.

Print the PCQC Membership Form- fill out- bring to a meeting.

Q4 2025 Photo Challenge

The member’s Quarterly Photo Challenge runs from October  1 to December 31, 2025.
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The new Q4 2025 Member's Challenge topic is Textures and Patterns.  

Guidelines:  In these photos, you will want to show a repeating pattern or an interesting texture.  Hopefully, you can get both in the same photo.  If you were to Google "Texture Pattern Photo" and then look at "Images", you will see hundreds of photos that show the theme way better than I can describe it.  

For photo club examples, you can navigate above to Contests > Quarterly Challenge.  We did Textures and Patterns in 2024 Q1 and 2021 Q1.  In the Monthly contests above, look for April of 2025 and August of 2024.

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. 

Use of AI is limited to removing unwanted objects (like people) from your photo.  For example the Remove Tool in Photoshop.  But please do not use AI to add anything (say, a dragon flying across the sky!)

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Q3 2025 Photo Challenge Winners

First Place :           Shari Rodgers “Clowning Around”
Second Place:      Shari Rodgers ”Lavender Morning”
Third Place:          Jan Hartzell "Ready For Harvest"

The topic was Dominant Color.

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.