WELCOME!

Welcome to the website of the Trilogy Photography Club, a club open to all residents of Trilogy at Vistancia who want to improve their picture-taking skills. Or maybe you just want to learn how to use your camera. All are welcome to be a member of our club.

Want to know the secret to taking better photos? Take more photos!

And that is why we exist. We take pictures, talk about our photos and the stories behind them, have monthly themes to encourage members to keep taking pictures, and have guest speakers to help us learn new ideas. We sponsor trips and workshops, and we even have competitions to recognize outstanding photos submitted by members. We also invite members to share their tips about their cameras or how to use Lightroom/Photoshop.

Whether you use a DSLR, a point-and-shoot, or a smartphone camera, you will find our club to be fun and helpful. Take a few minutes to look at our website. Enjoy our “galleries” that often feature our monthly theme or a field trip. And then jump in and join us.

Mission Statement

To promote learning, photographic proficiency, and fellowship through guest speakers, education, workshops, members helping members, field trips, and photo competitions.

NOVEMBER 2024

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT

Happy Fall to members and welcome back to snowbirds. Also, we’re thrilled to welcome new members who joined in October! Our club is growing, and it’s wonderful to see all the new talent and perspectives.

Our October meeting featured Tom Klare who excited us with examples of shooting in black-and-white. As a result, this month’s THEME OF THE MONTH is “black and white”. Send us a couple of your favorite black and white photos to tpc.contact21@gmail.com so that we can add them to our website Gallery. (Please remember to check this link for information on how to size your photographs for posting.)

We offered an early bird announcement regarding our upcoming club competition. The competition will formally open on November 30, 2024 and the topics will be: Open, Sunrise/Sunset, and Cityscape. Details will follow via email and this website with information on where and how to submit your photos. As always, please remember to check the rules on our website at these links: How to Enter a TPC Projected Images Competition and How to Resize Your Images for Competition Stay tuned.

Our next meeting is November 13 due to Thanksgiving. Mark Batista will be the featured speaker as he talks about “Still Life Photography.” We will also have members telling us about their “Story Behind the Photo” and “Tip of the Month”. By the way, if you’d like to volunteer to do a brief presentation to the Club on either of those topics, please contact me at tpc.contact21@gmail.com. We love it when we can learn from each other and get to know each other through our photographs.

A big "thank you" to Tom Trompeter for telling and showing us his "Story Behind the Photo". His work is featured in the sidebar on this page. And also, thank you to Curtis Roberts for sharing his video of the Veterans Memorial near Trilogy.

I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting and please bring a friend or neighbor who might be interested in our club. Remember: the secret to taking better photos is to TAKE MORE PHOTOS!

Duane Lakin, President

Tom Trompeter, Club Member Presentation

COMING ATTRACTIONS: NOVEMBER 2024

November 6, ACCC Fall Roundup - Register HERE

November 8 - 17, Scottsdale Canal Convergence (on your own)

November 13, 6 - 7:30 p.m. TPC Membership Meeting at Kiva

November 30, first day to submit photos for the TPC annual competition

MEETINGS

Trilogy Photography Club meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of each month from September thru May at the Center for High Learning in the Kiva Club at 6 PM.

Meetings may include guest speakers, field trips to practice skills and capture unique photo opportunities, workshop classes, or club competitions.

PLEASE NOTE: Meetings in November and December may occur on other days or may be cancelled due to holiday conflicts. Trilogy residents who are interested in learning more about the Club are invited to attend prior to joining.

PHOTO SHOOTS

The TPC hosts a number of photo shoots each year, including field trips, workshops in the field, monthly themes, etc.

Past photo shoots have included:

"A Day at the Zoo" led by the Zoo photographers
A 3-day trip to Monument Valley for a guided shoot of sunrise and sunset with a Navajo guide
A day event at the Pioneer Living History Museum which included a re-enactment of an old west shoot-out!
A trip to the Vulture Mine

COMPETITIONS

Each year the TPC hosts at least one club photo competition for its members.

Judging is performed by the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and awards are presented at our Club meetings.

In addition, winners and their photographs are highlighted on this website and in print at the Trilogy Kiva Club. Information on how to enter can be found HERE.

The TPC also encourages its members to participate in other competitions throughout the year, such as those held by the Arizona Camera Club Council (ACCC). Information on the ACCC competitions can be found HERE.

GALLERIES

The best way to learn photography and to improve your skills is to shoot, shoot, shoot...and share!

The TPC encourages members to "shoot and share" by hosting print displays of selected photographs at the Kiva Club and through posting members' photos on this website.

We encourage members to submit their photos to "theme of the month" and other special galleries created by the Board. Please refer to the Competitions tab to learn how to submit correctly sized and named photos.

In addition, the Board posts galleries of winning photographs from the TPC competition(s) and from the ACCC competitions. Please visit our on-line galleries to see and share the work.

JOIN US!

If you are not yet a member, please look around our website to see if this is something you might be interested in. We are open to all residents of Trilogy at Vistancia.

If you would like more information, please email us at tpc.contact21@gmail.com and one of the Board members will be in touch with you soon. You are also welcome to attend a meeting as a visitor before signing up.

Are you thinking about buying a camera but know nothing about photography? Do you wish you could get better photos of those darling grandkids? Your next trip? Have you ever thought of photographing a bubble? Do you own a camera or smart phone and want to improve your skills? Do you have photographic skills to share in any aspect of photography from equipment, to getting the best shot, to post-production? Do you enjoy learning and sharing?

Then we are the Club for you!

Please fill out our on-line application or pick one up at the next meeting and join us in our photographic adventures!

Membership Application and Dues Information