Tag: photography

Camera Club Photo of the Month

Lynn Warren Each month the Camera Club selects a picture as Photo of the Month and, for October, chose a dramatic mountain river/weather scene taken by club secretary John Mirro, while visiting in Colorado. The focus of the picture is the Blue River in Summit County, Colo., on a stormy day. This river flows north…

Camera Club Photo of the Month

Lynn Warren Each month the Camera Club selects a picture as Photo of the Month and for September, chose an impressive picture of a harbor seal taken by club president and award-winning photographer Adriana Greisman while on a recent photography tour/adventure in Alaska. Adriana titled her photo “Chilling” since the seal was just relaxing on an…

Camera Club Photo of the Month

Lynn Warren Each month, the Camera Club selects a picture as Photo of the Month and for August, chose one of my landscape photos taken on a recent trip to Moab, Utah. If you have seen a Utah license plate, the iconic image on the plate is Delicate Arch, a popular attraction in Arches National…

Camera Club Photo of the Month

Lynn Warren Each month the Camera Club selects a picture as Photo of the Month and for July, chose club secretary John Mirro’s impressive picture of a neighbor’s Argentine Giant. This picture provides an excellent example of how John utilizes simple props, in this case, a tripod, black backdrop, and a little assistance from a…

Camera Club Workshop July 20

Lynn Warren Instead of a monthly meeting, on July 20, from 1 to 3 p.m., the Camera Club will offer the second of a two-part Zoom class covering Adobe’s Lightroom post-processing software. Lightroom (LR) is an Adobe application that allows you to organize, store, edit, rate, and share your photos. Unlike Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom is…

Camera Club Workshops: Adobe Lightroom

Lynn Warren The club will not hold normal monthly meetings during June and July but, instead, will offer a two-part class (via Zoom) covering Adobe’s Lightroom post-processing software. Lightroom (LR) is an Adobe application that allows you to organize, store, edit, rate, and share your photos. Unlike Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom is nondestructive, i.e., your original…

Camera Club Photo of the Month

Lynn Warren Each month, the Camera Club selects a picture as Photo of the Month and for June, the club chose Roger Bunting’s impressive night picture of a lighted cactus. Have you ever asked what camera is best? A photographer will likely tell you that it is the camera you have with you. Roger’s photo…

Camera Club Photo of the Month

Lynn Warren Each month the Camera Club selects a picture as Photo of the Month, and for May, chose Adriana Greisman’s impressive picture of a grebe preparing to have breakfast. This picture provides an excellent example of how well modern cameras can handle higher ISO settings and still provide high resolution images. In this case,…

Ceramics Club Profile: Gena Wikstrom

Ardell Roberts In December of 2020, Gena Wikstrom and her husband, Bob, moved to PebbleCreek from Washington. They had been winter visitors to Scottsdale in previous years. When COVID hit, they stayed in Arizona for 7 months. After going back to Washington, they looked at the weather and each other, and on-the-spot made the decision…

Camera Club Photo of the Month

Lynn Warren Each month the Camera Club selects a picture as Photo of the Month and, for April, chose Suzy Skolnik’s dramatic Isis Descending photo showing stormy conditions at the Grand Canyon. Suzy had taken the Grand Canyon Railroad train to the South Rim with grandkids during their spring break last year. It had been overcast…