Happy 2015! This year brings the opportunity to put photography on your resolution list. Printing your Christmas pictures of the family; learning to use that new camera you received as a gift; or joining the Sun Lakes Camera Club can reward any picture-taker in the family. Start the year off by giving yourself the gift of memories.

For inspiration, enjoy these top-honored images from our club’s competitions to motivate you. Kicking off our club season in October, Canyon Winter by Lyn Thompson received top honors in our Rotating/Assigned category of Weather – Print. Capturing our iconic wonder with a coat of white uniquely displays winter in our desert state at the Grand Canyon. Our November competition brought several stunning panoramic images from around the globe; however, Jan William’s Monument Valley received high recognition in the Special Techniques – Digital category.

Checking off your resolution list can be daunting. Photography can offer you splendid times practicing as you capture those precious moments of a grandchild’s christening, a celebration of your anniversary or documenting the views of your travels. Come join a meeting with the Sun Lakes Camera Club to learn how to capture those Arizona sunsets or a rare sighting of a bald eagle. These are just a couple of the subjects the club covers. Upcoming workshops on how to shoot food, learning editing techniques and image critiques are just a few of the photographic spectrum of topics to be offered.

Fundamentals of Digital Photography by Dan Dragoon will resume on Monday, January 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the Ceramics Room of the Cottonwood Country Club. Contact Dan at [email protected] for updates and interest in future courses.

Reminder: ACCC Spring Round Up 2015 will be held in March at the Sun Lakes Country Club. Committee members, contact John Livoti at 480-895-6880 for details on the event and updates on delegated duties.

Due to the New Year holiday falling on the first Thursday of the month in January, the Sun Lakes Camera Club will only meet for its monthly Competition on the third Thursday of the month, January 15. Competition categories are Open, Human Emotions – Rotating/Assigned and Vintage Effects – Special Techniques. Our monthly meeting on the first Thursday of the month will resume on February 5.

The Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC) meets the first and third Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Navajo Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club from October through April. During the summer, the club meets the first Thursday of each month in the Ceramics Room of the Cottonwood Country Club. For more information about the SLCC and its activities call SLCC President John Livoti at 480-895-6880, Vice President Burt Williams at 602-354-0266 or past President Fred Giese at 480-220-4394 or visit our website at  sunlakescameraclub.com.