Tag: photography

Camera Club Explores New Techniques

A beautiful example of colors in nature taken by club member Larry Matney at White Sands National Park. See more images at larrymatney.com.

Lynn Warren Camera Club meetings for the next few months will continue to be conducted via Zoom. The September meeting featured an interesting presentation on creative photography using software such as Topaz, to create other worldly photos utilizing inexpensive equipment and readily available household objects. For the October meeting, club member Larry Matney will explain…

Camera Club Meeting

An example of creative photography by Ernie Jackson, utilizing a dead leaf and some readily available post-processing software.

Lynn Warren All camera club meetings for the foreseeable future are to be conducted via Zoom. The August meeting featured an interesting presentation on Monsoon photography. Join us for the September 21 meeting, at 6:30 p.m., for a presentation on Creative Photography by camera club member Ernie Jackson; he will show us how he creates…

Camera Club Roundup

Impressive Star Trail photo taken from the comfort of PebbleCreek by Camera Club member Gene Fioretti.

Lynn Warren Although in-person meetings of the Camera Club were discontinued because of the COVID-19 shutdown, the club has been actively conducting meetings, presentations, and photo challenges remotely via Zoom software. Prior month topics have included black and white processing (Ansel Adams style) and creating star trail photographs from your backyard. Several Zoom meetings are…

Camera Club Roundup

Lynn Warren The Camera Club, open to all PebbleCreekers with an interest in photography, offers presentations on a variety of interesting topics and frequently sponsors club outings. On a rotating basis, the club also gets to display its handiwork in the Creative Arts Center windows. The March general meeting featured a presentation on HDR (high…

Camera Club Roundup

Lynn Warren The Camera Club, open to all PebbleCreekers with an interest in photography, offers presentations on a variety of interesting topics and frequently sponsors club outings. On a rotating basis, the club also gets to display its handiwork in the Creative Arts Center windows and was a featured club for December and January. Join…

Camera Club Events

Left to right: Jim Frey, Susan Bernt, Adriana Greisman, Glenn Ishibashi, and Lynn Warren (photographer) pausing for a quick group photo in front of impressive fall colors along the West Fork Trail.

Lynn Warren The Camera Club, open to all PebbleCreekers with an interest in photography, offers presentations on a variety of interesting topics and frequently sponsors club outings. On Oct. 23, several club members drove north to Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon to enjoy a relatively flat hike on the popular West Fork Trail which featured…

Camera Club events

Left to right: Lynn Warren, Len Jeffery (London), Adriana Greisman, and Paddy Hoy paused at the Bear Tracks sculpture on an outing to the Scottsdale Museum of the West.

Lynn Warren The Camera Club PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club offers presentations on a variety of interesting topics. October’s general meeting featured a presentation on natural light portraits, and the club conducted an outing to Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona to photograph the fall colors. For the November general meeting, the topic will be plant photography, and…

Camera Club events

Lynn Warren You too can learn to take pictures like the one above. The Camera Club meets on the third Monday of each month and provides presentations on a variety of topics (with pictures, of course). At the August meeting, Adriana Greisman impressed attendees with photos of spectacular landscapes and wildlife from her recent marathon…

Camera Club events

Lynn Warren The July meeting featured a presentation by Lynn Warren on trekking to Machu Picchu. At the August meeting, Adriana Greisman impressed attendees with photos of spectacular landscapes and wildlife from her recent marathon journey throughout the American West. September’s general meeting on September 16 will include a presentation on creating a video from…

Camera Club events

Lynn Warren For the June meeting, members and guests enjoyed a change-of-pace pool party at the Oasis. Each member brought some favorite snacks and treats, and the group saw examples of how LAZERTRAN can be used to transfer images such as photographs onto surfaces like wood, ceramic or tile. The July meeting featured a presentation…