Ken Duquaine At its March 6 general membership meeting, the members of the Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC) voted to accept the recommendation of the executive board to change the name of the club to the East Valley Photo Club. Several reasons prompted the board’s recommendation. Among them was a desire to dispel the idea…
Ken Duquaine Throughout its roughly 200-year history, photography has evolved in large part due to technological developments. Clearly, the pace of that evolution has increased exponentially. The same may be said about post-processing and editing capabilities. Modern smartphone cameras with their multiple lenses, state-of-the-art sensors, and sophisticated AI features have taken them to a level…
Ken Duquaine The Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC) joined the many clubs and associations participating in Sun Lakes’ three Community Days held at Cottonwood Palo Verde, Sun Lakes Country Club, and IronOaks. Our display featured many photos, an informational brochure on the club’s activities, as well as information on our photography classes. We were pleased…
Ken Duquaine On March 28 the Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC) held its fifth and final monthly photo competition of the season. The competition categories were Open, Monochrome, and Sports. Several categories had multiple winners with identical scores. Our first-place winners were as follows: Class A Open Prints: Linda Davis and Janet Ballard; Monochrome Prints:…
Ken Duquaine This month’s featured photo by member Norma Walsh won a well-deserved first place in our December competition’s Class A Digital Open category. Were there other photos entered in that category that were also of excellent quality? Absolutely! Have you ever entered a photo in a competition that you were certain was a “can’t…
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, beginning with Brownies and Instamatics, moving then to 35mm, and finally transitioning from film to digital photography. Still others practiced photography through high school and…
Ken Duquaine Perhaps Arizona’s greatest claim to fame is that it’s home to one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon. Each year, hordes of both amateur and professional photographers join the nearly six million visitors to this spectacular landscape. One of the first things that photographers realize when viewing their…
Ken Duquaine The recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), while tremendously exciting in many respects, have caused considerable concern among scientists and the general public as to the implications of that technology in many important areas. And like many other photographers, I have been forced to question the future of a hobby that has consumed…
Ken Duquaine Most novice and more experienced photographers alike have encountered the term “hyperfocal distance” in their readings. Simply put, hyperfocal distance is that distance at which the lens is focused that gives the most acceptable sharpness from half of that distance to infinity. Theoretically, everything from half of the hyperfocal distance to infinity should…
Ken Duquaine The Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC) wrapped up its 2022-23 season on April 20 with a banquet and year-end photo competition. The annual year-end competition represents the best images submitted by our competing members in monthly competitions throughout the past season. Each competing member is allowed to submit up to four photos that…