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…
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…
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…
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…