Linda Nagy On Tuesday, March 20 the SaddleBrooke Photography Club ventured to the Tucson Botanical Gardens to explore the plants and nature combined with the ancient art of Japanese Origami. Twelve members of the club strolled the Gardens looking for unique shots while following an assignment. From the day of photographing as if there wasn’t…
Barbara Wilder After you have mastered the intricacies of your camera, lighting and composition, you still need a creative eye to make that “WOW” photograph. In the SaddleBrooke Photography Club we have a creative special interest group to help you go outside your usual comfort zone and try something new. The group meets once…
Linda Nagy On Saturday, March 17, 2018, twelve members of the SaddleBrooke Photography Club traveled south of Tucson to witness the 36th annual Walk Pow Wow sponsored by the San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham (desert people) tribe. The Tohono O’odham tribe inhabits 2.8 million acres of desert landscape with 28,000 enrolled members…
Vicki Cunningham In post-World War II America, there was a resurgence of interest in medieval and Renaissance culture. In the 1950s, there was a strong, early “medieval music” revival that was heard with folk music. Along with the music, hippies dressed in medieval peasant costumes at music gatherings across the states. Although historical reenactments…
Linda Nagy On January 31, 2018 a phenomenon occurred that hasn’t happened in over 150 years, and won’t happen again until 2037. It was a super, blue, blood moon. In the morning some SaddleBrooke Photography Club members independently photographed the eclipse (blood moon) and blue moon, and in the evening a group met as…
Jim Hagedon An accomplished nature photographer and author spoke to an attentive audience at a recent Digital Imaging Photography Club of SaddleBrooke (DIGS) meeting. Colleen Miniuk-Sperry spoke on “The Art of Seeing Differently,” a subject very important to any successful or aspiring photographer. Miniuk-Sperry is also a very dynamic speaker, using her life experiences, her…
Dee English It was an evening of spectacular lights, movement, shapes and art created by the photographers who participated in the “Painting with Light” workshop. Light saber swords, glow sticks, electro-luminescent wires, light balls and other gadgets were twirled, wiggled and swept through the air to create patterns captured by cameras using a long exposure.…
Vicki Cunningham The SaddleBrooke Photography Club’s November trek was to the All Souls Procession in downtown Tucson Sunday, November 5. This is perhaps one of the most important, inclusive and authentic public ceremonies in North America today. The procession had its beginnings in Tucson, Arizona in 1990 with a ceremonial performance piece created by local…
Vicki Cunningham Looking for a cool place for a summer field trip, we arranged to go on a tour to the University of Arizona’s Art Museum followed by a self-guided visit to the Center for Creative Photography. A suggested assignment for the group was to mimic a person in a painting or sculpture and have…
Barbara Wilder and Vicki Cunningham Not all field trips in the SaddleBrooke Photography Club involve traveling a long distance. Recently some of the members visited a local Farmer’s Market in Catalina, just a short drive from our homes. Our Garden, six acres of organic vegetables, fruit and nuts, is located on Stallion Lane just off…