Tag: PCQC

Photography Club October Blues Contest

Second place - Patricia Thoresen

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…

Photographers Stop, Snap and Shop at the Celtic Festival

What a day for bagpipes! (Photo taken by Ken Haley)

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…

July photo contest – Pete Murphy wins hands down

First Place: Pete Murphy, Gunslinger

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…

Ken Haley places first in PCQC’s June contest

First Place: Ken Haley - Mirror Self-Portrait

Robert Thoresen Ken took his first place photograph using a mirror at a mall clothing store. Two years ago during a Christmas visit to Salt Lake City, Ken took his wife, daughter and granddaughter to compare competitive stores to the one that employed his granddaughter at a local mall. This particular store had covered its…

Photography Club Treks Ruby

Pete Murphy: Photographers take in some shade.

Robert Thoresen Hearty club members made the trip to the ghost town of Ruby on a beautiful Friday morning and explored the grounds until mid-afternoon. The drive was pretty rough in some areas, with nine miles of dirt road from Arivaca and a dirtier, longer and rougher segment from Ruby towards Rio Rico, which purports…

PCQC: Helen Phillips takes first place

First place: Helen Phillips, Two Wheel Cart

Robert Thoresen Helen Phillips’ winning first place photograph Two Wheel Cart was taken in Tubac three years ago. The afternoon sun cast interesting shadows and the wagon draws one’s eyes down to the pot of plants. Helen usually likes pictures popping with color but this one is sedate and natural. No after effects were done except…