The photo of the month for April is a striking landscape by club member Lynn Warren featuring Weaver’s Needle, a prominent formation in the Superstition Mountains visible from many areas around the valley. This iconic landmark is named for Pauline Weaver, an 1800’s frontiersman, military scout, prospector, and explorer who was active in the early southwest.…
Lynn Warren The Photo of the Month for March is an impressive view of Sandhill Cranes preparing for morning takeoff from a lake near Willcox, Ariz. The photo was taken by club member Gary Glascock on a recent club overnight trip to Willcox, childhood home of Rex Allen. The cranes migrate every year and one…
Is it sunrise or sunset? It could be either but the Photo of the Month is a dramatic sunrise captured by club member Lynn Warren. As everyone remembers, the summer was extremely hot so the hiking club departed very early and usually conducted nearby hikes. One benefit was that for a brief few minutes hikers…
The November Photo of the Month is a colorful photo taken by club member Lynn Warren. As everyone remembers, the summer was extremely hot and so several members of the Hiking Club conducted one of their favorite hikes at West Clear Creek near Camp Verde. In addition to being cooler, the area is very scenic…
Lynn Warren Camera Club meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month in the Coyote Room in the Creative Arts Center. Join us on Oct. 14 for an “in depth” presentation about Depth of Field by club Secretary John Mirro. John will explain how the properties of a lens can…
Lynn Warren For the April Photo of the Month, the Camera Club selected an impressive “wildlife” photo taken by club member Jody Ryan. While visiting Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state, Jody encountered this cute, well-balanced beggar in a parking lot, obviously hoping for a handout. Jody normally uses her Nikon for serious photography…
For November’s Photo of the Month, the Camera Club selected an impressive sunrise taken by Lynn Warren, club vice president, while on an early morning hike in White Tanks Mountain Regional Park. Our summer was uncomfortably hot on many days, but we did experience numerous impressive sunrises, this one including crepuscular rays. The best camera…
Lynn Warren For September’s Photo of the Month, the Camera Club selected a dramatic close-up of a bull elk taken by club member Adriana Griesman while visiting Grand Teton National Park in May. As Adriana was heading home after sunset one evening, she came across this male elk with his antlers starting to grow back.…
Lynn Warren Each month the Camera Club selects a Photo of the Month and, for August, chose an impressive close-up of a bee visiting an orange blossom in the backyard of John Mirro, club secretary. John used a telephoto lens so that he wouldn’t have to be too close to the flowers and scare away…
Each month the Camera Club selects a Photo of the Month and, for July, chose a striking combination of wildflowers by club vice president Lynn Warren from an April hike in the White Tanks Mountain Regional Park just west of PebbleCreek. Maybe not a true Super Bloom spring, but the White Tanks had some outstanding…