Monthly Meeting

Date:     Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Time:     6:30 pm
Place:    Quail Creek Kino Center, Ocotillo Room
 
On Wednesday, July 8, at 6:30 PM in the Ocotillo Room, John Tubbs will lead a discussion of the artistic and technical challenges associated with photographing assigned subjects. 

Mr. Tubbs is a multi-talented artist, community volunteer and leader, and an experienced photographer with a special interest in wildlife.  He also graciously serves as the membership chair of the Photography Club.

Future meeting topics can be found here

Education

No meeting this month

Field Trips

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

July 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

July Photo Contest

You can enter the July Photo Contest now!  The theme is Celebration.  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 - July 31, 2026.

Detailed Rules and Guidelines are here. 

If you like to plan ahead, themes for future months can be found here.

June Photo Contest Winners

First Place :       Steve Piepmeier “Calm Clouds” 
Second Place:  Monte Hudson “Livorno Italy Boats”
Third Place:      John Tubbs “Window Reflection"​    

Congratulations to the winners. Thanks to everyone who entered the June photo contest.  All of the images submitted will soon be found on our Flicker photo gallery. 

The subject was Reflection.

Judge's comments can be found here.  Sorry, no judge's comments this month.
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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 2026.

Current Members can renew at any time.

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

Q2 2026 Photo Challenge

The member’s Quarterly Photo Challenge runs from Apr 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026.
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The Q2 2026 Member's Challenge topic is Color.  

Guidelines:  The new challenge is … COLOR.

This topic is as broad as a photo topic can get so to give you some context, here are some example themes:

Monochromatic images - not black and white but most of the colors come from a small segment of the color wheel

Complimentary Colors - colors are mainly from opposite ends of the color wheel.  You can see a color wheel in the example photo.

Primary Colors -  usually this means Red, Green and Blue

Nature's Palette - colors you see in nature

Pastel vs Vibrant - pastels are soothing; vibrants are high energy.

Portraits Using Color - people can be colorful too if they dress that way

City Lights- street scenes at night are especially vibrant after a rain

Abstract Colors - some photos are naturally abstract or you can use software to add colors where you would not expect them

Dominant Color - we've had the topic of dominant color in the past (25 Q3, 22 Q2 - you can look in the Contest tab above).  Basically, it is a single color that jumps out at the viewer.  You can enhance this by saturating the dominant color and desaturating the rest.

Color Chaos - a cacophony of colors concentrating on the chaotic

​Look at the slideshow above for some examples.

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!

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Q1 2026 Photo Challenge Winners

First Place :           Steve Piepmeier “Colony Saguaro Rainbow”
Second Place:      Jim Parco ”M42 Orion”
Third Place:          Jim Parco "M45 Pleadies"

The topic was LIGHT.

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.