 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.

DECEMBER 2025

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Season’s Greetings Club Members:

The community is getting busier with more cars and trash bins. It must be the return of the Snowbirds. Welcome back everyone.

The club is also getting busier. Kevin’s Korner is filled with ideas for “Meet-Ups”. Check these out on the website. Find something you would like to do and invite members to join you. Everyone can meet at the mail boxes and start a new day-long adventure of photo opportunities. Find an activity that you want to do, and invite us to join.

The December meeting is Wednesday, the 10^th. We will be repeating the program on judging (critiquing) a photo. Members will use the “rubric” to score an image and then offer a suggestion of a change that might improve the score. This is a terrific opportunity to sharpen your eye for looking at your own photos. Several members have provided images for review. This is especially a good time to offer a photo that you might be considering for the upcoming club competition. Maybe you will get an idea to improve your photo before submitting it to our outside judges. Unfortunately, we will only have time for about 6-8 photos, so send us your photo soon.

The Story Behind the Photo will be presented by Laurie Brandaw. The Meet-A-Member will feature Al Ungar.

The Theme-of-the-Month is Street Photography. This is the natural follow-up to my presentation on the subject at November’s meeting. I really enjoyed sharing the topic and my photos. I hope you got some ideas that you can use as you participate in the theme of the month.

So clean your lens and head out to an event somewhere or just go to a fun place to people watch. It will be great to have a lot of street photographs to present in our Kiva display in December.

And remember: The secret to taking better photos is to TAKE MORE PHOTOS!

Duane Lakin

President, Trilogy Photography Club

Trilogy Photography Club Meeting December 10, 2025 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. at Kiva

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 trilogyphotoclub25@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

Photo by Al Ungar