The Photo Club of Quail Creek has a field trip for its members every month, excluding the very hot summer months. Helen Phillips, the trip leader, reported, “On Friday, May 12 nine members of the Quail Creek Photo Club traveled to St. Anthony’s Greek Monastery just outside of Florence, Arizona. Founded in 1995, it has…
The Photo Club of Quail Creek continued into 2017 with its monthly members’ contest having a theme Family. This month it drew another large number of entries – we had 21 shots submitted by members, all of which can be seen on our Flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129343350@N08/albums/72157679376244033 Jim Burkstrand‘s first place photo, A Happy Dance, was taken…
The Photo Club of Quail Creek has a field trip for its members every month, excluding the very hot summer months. In March we visited Sabino Canyon. The sun was bright and trees and flowers were in bloom. Sabino Canyon is a natural desert oasis located in Tucson’s Coronado National Forest and is home to…
The Photo Club of Quail Creek has a field trip for its members every month, excluding the very hot summer months. In March we visited Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, known locally as simply Canoa Ranch. The sun was bright and trees and flowers were in bloom. La Canoa, as it was once called, was…
The Photo Club of Quail Creek started the new calendar year with its monthly members contest having a theme Cars. This month it drew a large number of entries – we had 39 shots submitted, all of which can be seen on our Flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129343350@N08/sets/72157677697258724 Joan Muckley‘s first place photo, Old Texas Packard, was…
Every year the Photo Club of Quail Creek opens up its monthly contest to all Quail Creek residents. January’s contest theme was Open, i.e., submit the best photo you have taken over the last three years, no theme restriction. This year it drew a large number of participants; 39 people submitted shots, all of which…
Every month, the Photo Club of Quail Creek tries to take a field trip. December’s contest was to present your shot from a recent outing. All entries are viewable on the club’s Flickr page (https://www.flickr.com/photos/129343350@N08/albums) for choosing one’s own favorite. This month we had a husband and wife finish first and second. Larry Phillips’ first…
Jim Burkstrand There were 65 entries in the November contest with the topic of Birds. All entries are viewable on the club’s Flickr page (https://www.flickr.com/photos/129343350@N08/albums) for choosing one’s own favorite. Jeff Krueger’s first place photo, Affection Quail Style, was taken in April 2016. It was shot at the Bill Forbes bird blind outside of Madera…
Robert Thoresen There were 36 entries in the August contest. All entries are viewable on the club’s Flickr page for choosing one’s own favorite. In June 2015, Jon’s image is from the travels he and his wife took to Italy and Croatia. The tour included a stop at Matera in southern Italy which their guide…
Robert Thoresen Those that placed high in PCQC’s July photo contest did so by interpreting the theme Bridging the Gap, doing so by taking a more imaginative interpretation than a literal interpretation. Over 20 submissions were submitted and the judges gave a higher score that used a more imaginative interpretation to the theme than a…