Robert Thoresen PCQC members spent March 15 taking in a full day of Civil War reenactments at Picacho Peak State Park. One is the reenactment of the Picacho Pass Battle and the other two represent reenactments of battles at Glorieta and Val Verde, New Mexico Territory (which were more strategically significant). The Confederates had hopes…
Robert Thoresen After members faced tough competition in February’s annual open contest including all Quail Creek residents, March’s contest returned to the traditional format for club members only. Former club president John Strandquist received the distinguished first place honor for his photograph of The Arches at Dry Tortugas National Park. While on a vacation trip…
Robert Thoresen Here was an opportunity to use a camera to photograph miniature objects. The Tucson Garden Railroad Society builds outdoor layouts and modular large scale model railroads at their homes that feature waterfalls, mountains, mining centers and towns populated with scaled models of people, animals, automobiles, bridges, residential and commercial structures. Some of the…
Robert Thoresen Only for a few select days during the year does the National Park Service open the Tumacacori National Historical Park before sunrise to benefit photographers and artists. After completing at least four lessons and constant reminders from the PCQC’s video lesson guru Joel Santore, fourteen members were at the mission’s door at 6:30…
Robert Thoresen The last week in February fifteen members of the Photography Club of Quail Creek took an overnight field trip to the Phoenix Botanical Gardens to try their photographic abilities taking images of the Chihuly installation. Several members of the club had made a similar daytrip to Phoenix three years ago to…
Robert Thoresen The February contest was open to all Quail Creek residents instituted as an annual open event last year by club members. Again there was a very large submission of entries with two of the three places garnered by non-club members. In early January club member Jeff Krueger took his first trip to Death…
Robert Thoresen Pete Murphy’s winning first place picture of the sandstone feature Ear-of-the Wind was taken on a club overnight photo field trip to Monument Valley in November 2011. The trip also included a Navajo guided tour of Antelope Canyon and Mystery Valley. Pete took over 1100 pictures on the trip, discarded a bunch, but…
Robert Thoresen The PCQC completed its Doors of Tucson photo shoot on February 7 with a walking tour of the historic Presidio Barrio. The original settlement of Tucson commenced with the construction of El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in 1775. Construction took over eight years with adobe walls enclosing an area to protect the…
Robert Thoresen Why did Bill Martone take a picture of the lowly onion? The striking color of a red onion was his motivation. That resulted in Bill receiving first place in December’s PCQC contest theme of Food. The onions were shot against a light monotone background to enhance their rich color. Canon EOS 60D with…
About one half the members made the 96 mile trip to Bisbee to take pictures of the 31st annual Historic Home Tour of Bisbee. The event is sponsored by the Bisbee Women’s Club as a fundraiser for local charities. It is regularly held on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving and coincides with the beginning…