Ken Duquaine The title of this article, while admittedly a favorite song of mine, is also an apt description of spring in Arizona. While in much of the country people look forward to spring bringing a welcome end to winter and a return to more tolerable temperatures, many Arizonans anticipate the arrival of spring as…
Ken Duquaine Among the many reasons to join a camera club is the opportunity to participate in various photo shoots that can range from single-day trips to excursions of several days. Often these field trips involve places or subjects that one would not have known about otherwise. Some of the more rewarding aspects of such…
Ken Duquaine The Sun Lake Camera Club (SLCC) offered its members field trips in both November and December of last year. Two of our participating members were kind enough to provide a description of those trips. The first is by Tom Jones, who organized the November trip. His description of that photo shoot follows. “Two…
Ken Duquaine One of the popular activities of many camera clubs, including Sun Lakes, is photography contests. Photo contests are a great way to challenge ourselves to improve our photographic skills. While the approach to contests varies from club to club, often, photos submitted by members are evaluated and scored by a three-judge panel. A…
Ken Duquaine The Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC) opened its 2022-23 season on Oct. 6 with a general meeting, which included a presentation entitled “Seeing in Black and White,” by member Jim Smith. The meeting was well attended and included several new club members. The first competition meeting of the new season was held on…
Ken Duquaine Everyone’s photographic journey is different. Some have only recently started their exploration with the excellent cameras built into today’s smartphones. Others have been honing their skills for years from Brownies and Instamatics, then to 35mm, finally transitioning from film to digital photography. Still others practiced photography through high school and college, then put…
Ken Duquaine On Aug. 28 five members of the Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC) traveled to Superior, for a Milky Way photo shoot. The group was led by member Tom Jones who organized the trip based on several factors that were favorable for photographing the sometimes tricky and elusive subject. The chosen location was the…
Ken Duquaine At a recent Camera Club meeting, a presenter asked how many of us used back button focus (BBF.) I was surprised that a relatively small number of hands went up. I had assumed that because it had been a game-changer for me, the majority would have responded positively. It would seem that most…
Ken Duquaine Anyone who has not experienced an Arizona sunset has never truly seen how beautiful sunsets can be. If, however, you sometimes find that your sunset images don’t seem to live up to what you know your eyes have seen, you may wish to try some of the following suggestions for better sunset photos:…
Ken Duquaine Megapixels, megabytes, and resolution can be confusing terms for someone new to photography, but even many experienced photographers have difficulty sorting out the differences. All three are measurements that are important in determining how a final image will look, but they are not interchangeable terms. Megapixels (MP) measure how many pixels a given…