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.

OCTOBER 2024

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT

Hello club members! The temperature is going to be below 100 in a few days. Maybe.

With autumn in full swing, it’s the perfect season for capturing the vibrant colors, moody skies, and dynamic textures that this time of year offers…in Flagstaff.

Or practice your “street photography” skills on the silly and often amazing costumes at the Kiva Club Halloween party. And remember to look for the Kiva balloon launch. Many opportunities for fun photography are coming up.

The October photo theme is LIGHTS. Submit your best photos to our website and remember to resize your file to competition specs. The Gallery is one of the best parts of our award-winning website.

Our October 23rd meeting will find us back in full swing. Member Dave Martinez will be our featured speaker as he shares some his creative ideas on processing and making a photo better. We will also have a “story behind the photo” segment. Plans are underway to feature more Smartphone segments and ideas as the year progresses, including how to shoot some good video with your Smartphone.

The October meeting will also include the election of next year’s officers. Please let us know whom you wish to nominate…including yourself… and we will present the candidates on the 23rd. No street signs. Please.

The October meeting will also welcome back the early social hour—F-STOP—from 5:00-5:45 in the Kiva Club. Look for the sign and get to meet some of our members outside the usual meeting format. Ellen has agreed to be our host for the year. Look for her (and the sign) and enjoy a “happy hour” moment before the meeting.

Remember: The ACCC Competition deadline for entries is October 18. Please check the ACCC website HERE to register for the Fall Roundup and/or information on how and when to submit photos. The October deadline does not leave a lot of time. We would like as many members to enter the ACCC contest as possible. SPORTS is the “rotating category”, and we know you have some great sports photos in your collection. The other categories for the 2024 Fall Roundup, are:

Color Open

Monochrome Open

Nature

Creative

Photo Travel

Be sure and carefully check the ACCC rules, which were updated June 2024 at this location: https://arizonacameraclubcouncil.org/competition-rules/.

Help is available to anyone who would like assistance in getting a photo ready to submit. Submission guidelines and even photo suggestions (critique) can be available if you would like some feedback. Send me an email if you would like some help. I will find the resource for you. We could even quickly form a “special interest group” if enough people are looking for some help or ideas. (Maybe a Saturday morning session or something like that.) There are both print and digital entries this year, and a new rule is that all print entries must be accompanied by a digital file. If you are planning on competing, please check the NEW RULES on the ACCC website. There are many new rules, especially relating to the use of artificial intelligence enhancements.

We will also have our own Trilogy Photography Club competition coming soon. Stay tuned.

We are excited to be back together and to see and hear about what you’ve been working on this summer.

Duane Lakin, President

Old Orchard Beach, Maine - Mary Gill

COMING ATTRACTIONS: OCTOBER 2024

October 18, deadline to submit photos to the ACCC Competition

October 22, 6 - 10 a.m Hot Air Balloon Adventure

October 23 , 6 - 7:30 p.m. TPC Membership Meeting at Kiva

October 29, 5 - 8 p.m. Halloween Happy Hour & Costume Contest

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