Robert Thoresen January’s contest was open to all Quail Creek residents. There were 88 entries. Gift certificates were awarded to top finishers. Eleanor Houts, who just joined the club last November, garnered a first place tie with a recent portrait of an Arizona Puma while on a visit to the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum. The sleek…
Robert Thoresen December’s contest theme was Windows and again the judges voted for a tie for third place. There were 30 entries for the three outside judges to select from. There is no run-off for ties. Ken Haley’s first place picture was taken at Macy’s department store in Salt Lake City. The window was one…
Robert Thoresen Bob Johnson’s End of the Trail, winning first place, picture was taken at the Triangle T Guest Ranch in Texas Canyon, Arizona, during a PCQC photo shoot two years ago. The Triangle T was a filming location for the original 3:10 to Yuma western movie and was featured two years ago on the Travel Channel’s…
Robert Thoresen Helen Phillips garnered the judges’ first place votes of a picture taken on the club’s first “Doors of Tucson” field trip to Barrio Viejo in fall 2010. October’s contest theme was “The Color Blue”. The door is at the Elysian Grove Market which was vacant at the time. Helen likes to make her…
Robert Thoresen PCQC members took on the Tucson Celtic Festival on October 1. The gathering is a celebration of Celtic culture, traditions, piping, drumming and all other things conceived to be Celtic. Clans set up their own tents to illustrate and preserve their history. Village Shoppes sell Celtic merchandise. Dining and relaxation can be provided…
Robert Thoresen On a trip to Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park (see also last May’s contest article), Jeff Krueger passed through a town called Chloride, an old mining camp north of Kingman, Arizona. It was like going back in time for the place is not a tourist town. Chloride is Arizona’s oldest mining camp…
Robert Thoresen Quail Creek Photography Club members kicked off their fall season photo shoot season on October 4 with a two in a day shoot at the Hacienda de la Canoa and Equine Voices Rescue and Sanctuary; first stop, Hacienda de la Canoe. It did not become an active ranch until 1875. The land grant…
Robert Thoresen The Quail Creek Photography Club will be providing a return visit of Joel Sartore for a new Art of Travel Photography video lecture series. The very positive reception of his Fundamentals series prompted the club to purchase this more specific set of lectures. The three evening program is open for all Quail Creek…
Robert Thoresen August’s contest theme was sculpture and for the first time in contest history the judges voted a tie for second place. There were 27 entries for the three outside judges to select from. There was no runoff for third place. John Standquist made a return to first place and perennial favorites Ken Haley…
Robert Thoresen Old Tombstone was the location for Pete’s winning photograph Gunslinger. The contest theme was Hands which required the three finalists to go out and plan the shot rather than culling through their photo files for an appropriate entry. Pete’s granddaughter was visiting this summer and a visit to Tombstone was one of the…