Robert Thoresen There were a few common denominators in February’s PCQC Photo Contest. The top finishers took advantage of southern Arizona’s summer monsoon season and all the photographs were taken in Quail Creek. Club President Jeff Krueger took the top honor with his image The Electric Sky. Since Jeff and Sharon came to Quail Creek…
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Clubs & Classes, March 2016
Mike Tumchewics takes the PCQC Open Photo Contest win
Robert Thoresen The January contest was open to all Quail Creek residents, instituted as an annual open event by club members in 2013. Again, there was a very large submission of entries with two of the three places garnered by non-club members. Mike Tumchewics returned to the winner’s circle (won open contest in January 2013,…
Clubs & Classes, March 2016
Photographers Trek Tanque Verde Ranch
Robert Thoresen At the western foothills of the Rincon Mountains and the eastern terminus of Speedway Boulevard is Tanque Verde Ranch (Green Tank or Pool). Pima Indians first settled here in the 1600s near the Cottonwood Grove. Ranching commenced in the 1860s. Dude ranching came to the wash in the 1920s. Twenty members of the…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Photography Club December Contest Winners: After Dark
Robert Thoresen December’s contest theme was After Dark. There were 21 entries from which the three outside judges could select. A bright, full moon on a dark, crisp October evening in Quail Creek is a beautiful experience. Jon Williams placed first with his photograph October Full Moon. Jon wanted to photograph in a manner that…
Clubs & Classes, January 2016
PCQC’s November photo contest: Loretta Klingenberg by a foot
Second Place: John Standquist – Beach Feet Third Place: Steve Piepmeier – Sole a la Cart Robert Thoresen A definition is needed for this article. How is “feet” defined? Thanks to the on-line Free Dictionary by Farlex for assistance. Feet (fi:t, fet) noun. The plural of foot. At someone’s feet as someone’s discipline. To be run…
Clubs & Classes, December 2015
Photography Club travels to the Empire Ranch Festival
Robert Thoresen Seven festivals abound in the area in November. Two compete on the second weekend: the Tucson Celtic Festival and the Empire Ranch Roundup. Last year the club took in the Celtic Festival. This year it would be the Empire Ranch Roundup. Fifteen members got off to an early start to make it in…
Clubs & Classes, December 2015
Steve Piepmeier lassoes first place in Photography Club October contest
Robert Thoresen Steve Piepmeier’s first place photo was taken on a PCQC photo shoot last May at the White Stallion Ranch in Marana. Prior to the afternoon’s ranch hand rodeo, Russell True, a general manager and primary owner of the facility, gave a fine talk on the use of the lariat while seated on his…
November 2015
PCQC photo contest: “Take to the Streets”
September’s theme, Street Photography, found the winners on the streets of Tucson, San Diego and Chicago, at horse tracks, interstate overpasses and municipal parks. Jim Burkstrand’s, Tucson Celtic Festival, gets the honor of the first place finish and the revered wall location outside the Madera Clubhouse’s Crystal Ballroom entrance for a two month mounting. Jim…
November 2015
Photography Club takes shots at the Pima Air and Space Museum
Robert Thoresen The morning of October 9 found ten members of the Photography Club of Quail Creek roaming the 80 acres of the Pima Air and Space Museum looking for opportunities for taking memorable aircraft photographs. The Pima Air and Space Museum is a private non-profit museum. It is not part of Davis-Monthan Air Force…
Front Page, October 2015
Photography Club captures mood without people
Robert Thoresen August’s theme was designed to provide a mood emphasizing a pervading quality of feeling or emotion without including the presence of a human being. August’s winners relied on landscapes, the summer monsoon and horses to generate that feeling. John Standquist’s first place photo, Lonely, was taken last summer about 30 miles from Grand Teton…