Ken Duquaine Early on in my photographic journey I had the opportunity to take some classes with and have my work critiqued by Bryan Peterson. Bryan is a photographer, author, and educator who gained well-deserved notoriety with his book Understanding Exposure. When asked the question, “When should you take a vertical shot?” his answer was…
Ken Duquaine As you read this article we are in the middle of the prime travel photography season. But what exactly is travel photography? May I suggest that travel photography as a genre is not the same as doing photography while traveling. I would submit that the goal of travel photography is to portray landscapes,…
Ken Duquaine The East Valley Photo Club’s (EVPC) annual banquet, competition, and year-end awards meeting was held on April 16 in the Navajo Room of Sun Lakes Country Club. The evening’s festivities began with the presentation of individual awards won by our members at the Arizona Camera Club Council’s (ACCC) Spring Roundup Competition on April…
Ken Duquaine On March 19, the East Valley Photo Club held its fifth and final monthly photo competition of the season. The competition categories were Open, Monochrome, Travel, and Rotating (Macro). Several categories had multiple winners with identical scores. Our first-place winners were as follows: Class A Open Color Prints—Raul Lopez; Class B—Donna McGregor; Class…
Ken Duquaine The East Valley Photo Club (EVPC) has gotten off to a great start to its new season in a number of ways. We are happy to have welcomed quite a number of new members, as well as capturing many awards in the Arizona Camera Club Council’s (ACCC) Fall Roundup. ACCC is a federation…
Ken Duquaine The East Valley Photo Club (EVPC) held its first competition of the new season on Oct. 16. This year’s competition categories have been increased from three to four, and each competing photographer may enter a total of four photos across the four categories in both print and digital divisions. Our first-place winners in…
Ken Duquaine The East Valley Photo Club (EVPC) held its first meeting of the new season on Oct. 2. Our guest speaker was JoAnne West. JoAnne is a fine professional photographer and a thoroughly engaging speaker who has a gallery in Gold Canyon and exhibits her work widely. This was Joanne’s second appearance for EVPC,…
Ken Duquaine Once again this fall, the East Valley Photo Club (EVPC) will participate in the Community Days held in all three Sun Lakes neighborhoods. Visit our display at Cottonwood Palo Verde on Oct. 4, Sun Lakes Country Club on Oct. 11, and IronOaks on Oct. 18. The many stunning images displayed at our table…
Ken Duquaine As October approaches, we look forward to the coming of cooler weather and to new photographic opportunities during the first season for our club under its new name. Our first meeting for this season will be on Oct. 2 and will include a presentation by Joanne West. Joanne gave a presentation two years…
Ken Duquaine People take pictures for a multitude of reasons. Some came of age when the smartphone camera made the taking of selfies to share with friends possible and have retained that motivation for taking photos. Others discovered online sites such as Instagram where they could show their photos to a wide audience and perhaps…