Helen Avery The Photographers of SaddleBrooke Club has joined with the SaddleBrooke Photography Club to become one club in 2024. Mark Guinn, president of the SaddleBrooke Photography Club, looks forward to leading the club in 2024 as they merge their knowledge and expertise in all things related to photography and digital art in the newly…
Tom Costner In early November three members of the SaddleBrooke Photography Club, Bob Shea, Rodger Bivens, and Bruce Hale, along with former member Jeff Eighmy, traveled to Caddo Lake, Texas, for a photography and kayaking adventure. What? You’ve never heard of Caddo Lake? Well, you’re not the only one! Caddo Lake straddles the Texas/Louisiana border and…
Helen Avery SaddleBrooke Photography Club members enjoyed a recent field trip to Tombstone, Ariz., for Vigilante Days, held Feb. 18 and 19. Tombstone, a once rough and tumble silver-mining town made famous by the O.K. Corral gunfight, offers amazing photo opportunities! If you think this could be the hobby for you, we invite you to join…
Helen Avery Members of the SaddleBrooke Photography Club attended a light painting workshop led by the club’s president Mark Guinn. Students practiced camera set-up and camera settings and experimented with various accessories that can be used to create and enhance the capture of light movement. The club is open to photographers at all skill levels…
Mark Guinn, President The SaddleBrooke Photography Club invites all SaddleBrooke photographers to join us on Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. in the Catalina Room (next door to the Mesquite Grill in SaddleBrooke TWO) for a 90-minute Zoom presentation by JP Stones, who will discuss his technique for turning one photograph into a whole story with…
Barbara Wilder As of now, the end of June, the wildfires have ceased to threaten the SaddleBrooke community. It has progressed to the other side of the mountain, and this morning it is covering 107,000 acres and only 45 % contained. I am a member of the SaddleBrooke Photography Club and have seen many great…
Sandy Wells, Secretary On Sunday, May 8, at 7:15 a.m., a Stearman bi-plane followed by another small aircraft from the Marana Regional Airport flew over SaddleBrooke Community and headed high, up to the Catalina Mountains. After flying low and slow over the range, they returned to SaddleBrooke, tipping wings in honor of their friend and…
On Sunday, March 1, a group of 13 SaddleBrooke Photography Club members and guests carpooled from the MountainView parking lot to Picacho Peak to capture the spring wildflowers. The outing was arranged and hosted by Bernie Nagy, one of the founding members of the club. Along the way, the group stopped at mile marker 11…
Barbara Wilder During this unsettling time when we don’t know what is coming next, I feel that the best thing for me is to make some positive plans for this period of seclusion. I’ve always enjoyed my photography hobby, since it is productive and keeps me in a happy place. Several years ago, I did a…
Barbara Wilder This month, Jan Cregan is our honored Photographer of the Month. She is an active member and, because of her friendly nature, we are glad to have her on the hospitality committee of the club. She is also why I am living in SaddleBrooke, because five years ago she said, “Why don’t you…