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…
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…
Robert Thoresen Valley of Fire State Park, located near the northern arm of Lake Meade, is Nevada’s oldest and largest state park. Ancient petrified trees, sandstone formations and early man petroglyphs are presented throughout the park. Jeff and his wife made an extended weekend visit to the park in the early spring of 2013. The…
Robert Thoresen Approximately a dozen members of the Quail Creek Photography Club packed their lunches and took in the six hour tour of the Fred Whipple Observatory on June 13. Whipple docent and PCQC member John Hockemeier hosted the tour and provided additional narration during the shuttle ride up the 12 mile road from the…