Monthly Meeting

Wed. December 11, 2024  7 pm  Ocotillo Room

It's time to start putting together your slideshows for our December general meeting.

This is always a fun way to share and enjoy our photographs. You can use any software you are comfortable with, many folks use PowerPoint or the Slideshow module in Lightroom. There are of course other software options to build a video slideshow. 

​If you have questions, feel free to drop Jeff or Jim a note and we can try and assist. Bring your show on a flash drive and we'll take it from there. 

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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.

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

Photography Cheat Sheets 

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

Exposure Cheat Sheet

Histogram Cheat Sheet

Smart Phone Photography

Here 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

December Photo Contest

You can enter the member's December Photo Contest now!  The theme is Open (any Subject).  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 - December 31, 2024.

Detailed Rules and Guidelines are here. 

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

October Photo Contest Winners

First Place :       Shari Rodgers “Feed Me!” 
Second Place:  Jeff Krueger “A Different Kind of Convent”
Third Place:      Jan Hartzell “Diablo"​    

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

The subject was Eerie and Spooky.

Judges comments can be seen here​2024_october_judges_comments.pdf
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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 2023.

Current Members can renew at any time.

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

Q4 2024 Photo Challenge

The member’s Quarterly Photo Challenge runs from October  1 to December 31, 2024.
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The new Q4 2024 Member's Challenge topic is By the Hand of Man.  

Time: Q4 2024 Oct 1 to Dec 31 

Topic: By the Hand of Man 

Guidelines: The subject of the photo needs to be made by man, not nature or AI. Acceptable subjects are things like cars, planes, pottery, toys, buildings, clothing and even people. Unacceptable subjects are things like animals, mountains, lakes, skies, and plants. However, an acceptable subject can have anything in the background as long as the main subject is obvious and dominant, eg a car with a background of a natural landscape.


Have fun,

Jim


The photos need to be taken between October 1 and December 31, 2024

Send me (Jimmsp AT outlook.com) up to 3 photos taken during the quarter.

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. Submit all photos to jimmsp AT outlook.com

Q3 2024 Photo Challenge Winners

First Place :           Tom Cadwalader “Sunset in Wyoming”
Second Place:      Tom Cadwalader ”Swan”
Third Place:          Ron Skelton "Sunflowers in the Mist"

The topic was The Letter S.

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.