Monthly Meeting

Date:     Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Time:     6:30 pm
Place:    Quail Creek Kino Center, Ocotillo Room
 
Photojournalist Richard Olsenius will talk about his career, From Newsroom to Cloudscapes, covering his early years at the Minneapolis Tribune through his decades withNational Geographic Magazine to his current interest in documenting the cloud vortex that forms over the Quail Creek area. ​
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Future meeting topics can be found here

Education

No meeting this month

Field Trips

Tohono Chul  ( https://tohonochul.org/)
Fri, April 11
Leave QC at 8:30, arrive, enter, and start taking photos by 9:30

Sr Admission (62+) - $15

Lunch outside at their Garden Bistro at 12:00.

Jim will need a commitment for lunch by Tuesday evening, April 8  (jimmsp at outlook.com).

Jim

​​Photos from field trips can be seen on our Flickr site.

January Photos of the Month

Photos submitted by club members are shown above as well as on our Flickr web site. Send to mlqcpom AT gmail dot com at the first of the month.

Photography Cheat Sheets 

As Jeff presented in the June meeting, here are links to the two cheat sheets.

Exposure Cheat Sheet

Histogram Cheat Sheet

January Photo Contest

You can enter the January Photo Contest now!  The theme is Trains and/or Rails.  Any club member can submit 3 photos. A photo has to be 13 months old or less.

​​Please rename each file with the title of the image. Size your image to 12”x 18” and then send all (large) jpg images to pcqccontest AT gmail.com

Entry Deadline is midnight - January 31, 2026.

Detailed Rules and Guidelines are here. 

If you like to plan ahead, themes for future months can be found here.

December Photo Contest Winners

First Place :       Denny Huber “A Simple Plastic Cup” 
Second Place:  Bruce Hartsell “Lily”
Third Place:      John Tubbs “Crested Caracara"​    

Congratulations to the winners. Thanks to everyone who entered the December photo contest.  All of the images submitted will soon be found on our Flicker photo gallery. 

The subject was Open.

Judge's comments can be found here.
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You can see all Contests on the club Flickr site.  You can also see contest winners back to 2017 via the CONTESTS tab above.  

Membership

You can join the Photography Club of Quail Creek any time during the year. Club Dues are $20.00 per household for 2026.

Current Members can renew at any time.

Print the PCQC Membership Form- fill out- bring to a meeting.

Q1 2026 Photo Challenge

The member’s Quarterly Photo Challenge runs from Dec 18, 2025 to March 31, 2026.
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The Q1 2026 Member's Challenge topic is Light.  

Guidelines:  The new challenge is … LIGHT.

Sure it takes light to illuminate a photo but I’m talking about light taking on the starring role, or at least the co-star.  Here’s what I’m thinking:

Direct Light:
      City Lights
      Holiday Lights
      Sun - as in sunrise or sunset
      Moon - I know, it’s actually a reflection but it can cast a lot of light
      Stars

Crepuscular light - rays of the sun

Back light
Backlit edges
Silhouettes
Dramatic shadows

Lens flare

Painting with light

​Look at the slideshow above for some examples.

Have fun,

Denny


Send up to 3 photos taken during the quarter to QuarterlyChallenge at gmail dot com.

Remember, any post processing is allowed.  If you add elements from another photo (like sky replacement) those elements must have been photographed by you within the quarter. 

Use of AI is limited to removing unwanted objects (like people) from your photo.  For example the Remove Tool in Photoshop.  But please do not use AI to add anything (say, a dragon flying across the sky!)

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Q4 2025 Photo Challenge Winners

First Place :           Mark Cohen “Chairs at Hostage Square”
Second Place:      Monte Hudson ”Ceiling Light”
Third Place:          Shari Rodgers "Seeing Spots"

The topic was Textures and Patterns.

All of the challenge photos can be seen on our Flickr site on this page. 

​Past Challenge winners can be seen via the CONTESTS tab above.