Barbara Wilder and Frank Earnest Recently Frank Earnest, a member of the photo club, suggested that he would like to take a group on a field trip up the road to Mt. Lemmon in the Catalina Mountains to practice shooting panoramas. Windy Point is known for the scenic views before you get to the top…
Tim Butler Are you new to photography and interested in learning about the basics of taking more interesting images without having to learn a lot of technical jargon? If so, the SaddleBrooke Photography Club is offering a course for you. The “Introduction to Photography” course is designed to help new photographers learn to capture more…
Byron Cotter, SaddleBrooke TWO Golf Committee Do you enjoy taking photos? Do you enjoy walking on the Preserve and MountainView golf courses? Are you a golfer or do you live on one of the two SaddleBrooke TWO courses? SaddleBrooke TWO is announcing a Golf Course Photo Contest with three top prizes. First prize is dinner…
Ellen Citron and Laurel Parrott Are you interested in a trip of a life time? If so, consider the following: a photographic rafting trip down the Colorado River, running the rapids and enjoying the scenery of one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Four SaddleBrooke photographers, members of both the Digital Imaging Group…
The Digital Photography Club of SaddleBrooke (DIGS) has assembled another great series of programs for the 2018-2019 year, thanks to the Club’s Program Director, Bill Todd and the presenters. Programs, starting in November, will include “Creating Composites,” presented by Paul Davis, followed in December with “Black and White Conversions,” presented by Byron Cotter. The…
Barbara Wilder and Dave Burgess The SaddleBrooke Photography Club enjoyed the September program presented by one of our members, Dave Burgess, about night skies photography. Most people think taking pictures on a very dark night would be difficult, but as Dave explained it, just follow some simple instructions and you will be pleased with the…
Michael Caryl On Wednesday, November 21 Byron Cotter, a noted local photographer, will present “Photographing Nature on a Hike.” The talk will focus on opportunities and techniques for photography on a hike. Topics will include options for equipment, some basics of camera use and what elements to consider when composing shots. The talk will also…
Barbara Wilder Our speaker at the August meeting was Eric Peffer, a Renaissance man of many talents. He is a photo guru, adventurer, teacher, biologist documenting wildlife and more. When asked to be our speaker, he chose the topic, “What makes me excited to go out and take pictures.” During his slide show we saw…
Barbara Wilder and Bob Garner As our speaker for the Photography Club’s general meeting in July, Bob Garner led us along his path beginning as an amateur picture taker, to where he is now, a competent and thoughtful photographer. What was unusual in his presentation was that he didn’t mind showing some of his…
Barbara Wilder and Bob Koblewski When you ask for suggestions, sometimes you get a great one. At our last general meeting when President Roddy Wilder asked for ideas to make the monthly meetings more interesting, a member suggested that we could have a featured photographer give a slide show of their pictures on any topic.…