Monthly MeetingDate: Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm Please Note the Time! Place: Quail Creek Kino Center, Ocotillo Room Charles Schinner, a photographer and photography educator from Tucson, will talk about photographing wild animal safaris – the animals and the experience. Mr. Schinner has earned designations as a Master Photographer, Craftsman Photographer, and Certified Professional Photographer. He emphasizes visual storytelling via wildlife images. His style has been called “a fusion of technical prowess and artistic intuition” that reflects his “understanding of the interplay between light and shadow.” We hope to see you there! Future meeting topics can be found here
EducationNo meeting this month
Field TripsTohono 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. July 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 |
July Photo ContestYou can enter the July Photo Contest now! The theme is Dramatic Sky. 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, 2025. 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 : Shari Rodgers “Wild Horse”
Second Place: Tom Cadwalader “Sitka Relic” Third Place: Jeff Krueger “Yosemetree" 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 Black and White. Judge's comments can be found here. 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 2025.
Current Members can renew at any time. Print the PCQC Membership Form- fill out- bring to a meeting. Q3 2025 Photo ChallengeThe member’s Quarterly Photo Challenge runs from July 1 to September 30, 2025.
The new Q3 2025 Member's Challenge topic is Dominant Color. Guidelines: Dominant color means your photo should have a subject (any subject) and the viewer should see a single color popping out at them. The photo can have other colors of course but one color should be dominant. For examples, you can navigate above to Contests > Quarterly Challenge. We did Dominant Color in 2019 Q1, 2020 Q2 and 2022 Q3. 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!) Q2 2025 Photo Challenge Winners   First Place : Shari Rodgers “Under the Sea!” Second Place: John Tubbs ”Flame Skimmer” Third Place: Tom Cadwalader "Eagle" The topic was Black and White. 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. |