The PebbleCreek Camera Club’s general meeting will be held on Monday, May 20, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. in the Coyote Room, Creative Arts Center (enter via rear doors). The topic will be Beyond the Basics of Composition, presented by PebbleCreek resident, Diana Matney. Diana will present on how to improve your photography by thinking like…
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Clubs & Classes, March 2019
Camera Club shoots cacti, flowers and the sunset
On Thursday, March 14, 2019, the club will present a Lightroom Workshop for paid members only at 6:30 p.m. Coyote Room, Creative Arts Center (enter via rear doors). This will be a member only LR Workshop led by Larry Matney, Adriana Greisman, John Weber and Roger Bunting. The topics to be covered include: LR basic…
Clubs & Classes, January 2019
Photography Club posts upcoming events
Adriana Greisman Eleven members of the PebbleCreek Camera club traveled out to Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, AZ on December 1 to photograph the fabulous fall colors of the garden’s pistachio trees. As expected, the fall colors were fantastic! The club’s January 2019 schedule is full of wonderful activities. All PC residents and their guests…
Clubs & Classes, November 2018
PC Camera Club announcements
Adriana Greisman November 5 6:30 p.m. Coyote Room, Creative Arts Center: Hands-on Lightroom Training (one-on-one). Please RSVP by October 30, 2018 to [email protected] (Adriana) with info on how many of you will be attending and your experience level with Lightroom. Please bring a memory stick with three-five of your unedited photos. Bring your laptop with Lightroom…
Clubs & Classes, October 2018
October Camera Club events
The PebbleCreek Camera Club has scheduled two events for October. Both are open to any PC residents. On Monday, October 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Coyote Room at the Creative Arts Center, the club’s general meeting will consist of a short business meeting followed by a presentation by Nathaniel Smalley entitled “How a Photographer…
July 2018, Clubs & Classes
PebbleCreek Camera Club has been approved by the HOA
Adriana Greisman The PebbleCreek Camera Club is now an official PC HOA club! Approximately 70 photographers, ranging from novices to professionals, have expressed an interest in the club and more than 25 have already paid membership dues during the three months since we started organizing. The club holds a general meeting on the third Monday…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
PebbleCreek Camera Club is forming
Adriana Greisman The new PebbleCreek Camera Club is off to a fantastic start. Approximately 25 interested photographers, ranging from novices to professionals, met in January to discuss their interests and how we might organize the club. Organizational plans are proceeding well with a meeting of possible Board members scheduled for February 17 and a Wildlife…
Clubs & Classes, January 2017
Photography – frame your subject for depth
Bill Raymond Did you ever photograph a spectacular view only to have the final result lack the sense of depth you saw in the original scene? This happens because while we see in three dimensions and almost all cameras only capture a two dimensional image. Our eyes see the clues to depth; near and distance…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Photographing the Grand Canyon
Bill Raymond Taking pictures of beautiful landscapes is always tempting. I’ve taken thousands of them. Often, later when I look at them, I don’t even find them interesting. I’m sure friends who saw them felt the same way, but they were too polite to say so. Somehow the magnificent sight I saw when I took…
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Camera or cell phone? That is the question!
Bill Raymond The increased camera capability of cell phones has people asking that question. Many have given up on separate cameras to use their cell phone as the camera of choice. How well does that work? It all comes down to what you want to do. There are several pluses to using a cell phone…