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.

Arizona Council of Camera Clubs (ACCC)

Spring 2025 Roundup Awards

Members of the Trilogy Photography Club

Mission Statement

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

APRIL 2025

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT

Dear Photography Club Members,

Spring is here, and it’s the perfect moment to get outside and capture the beauty of this time of the year! The bushes are blooming, trees are full, and local birds and animals are busy enjoying the new season.

It is good timing that our THEME OF THE MONTH is NATURE’S PATTERNS. Go explore, take photos, and send them to tpcphotos4myclub@gmail.com. Please submit your photos by Monday, April 2. I will show a few at our next meeting and ALL will be posted on the Gallery section of this website.

Speaking of the Gallery…be sure to look at photos from Saguaro Lake trip as well as the great photos from last month’s theme of “music.” Thank you to all who submitted photos and embraced the fun theme. There is still time to submit your photos of the Saguaro Lake trip if you have not already done so.

The club outing along Route 66 is this month. It will be an exciting trip, and I look forward to seeing photos. We will use the “Spotlight” time in October to hear and see highlights from the trip.

Our April 23rd meeting will feature Bert Sirkin via Zoom. Bert is a professional photographer who offers many workshops and training sessions online. He will share with us his insights on “The Art of Seeing and Visualization.” Linda Walsh will tell us her story behind the photo and Kevin Klein will give us a tip on how to remove reflections from our photos with Photoshop. Terry Corbin will also give us ideas for shooting video with the smartphone.

In September, we plan to focus on how to use the judging criteria from a typical competition to improve any photo. It is also an opportunity to think about how to put some finishing touches on photos prior to the ACCC competition for the Fall. If you have a photo you would like us to use in this exercise, please send them to tpcphotos4myclub@gmail.com and label them “for use in September meeting”. We won’t be able to feature all of them, but we will try to look at as many as possible.

Shoot, Reflect, Experiment, Learn, Have fun! And remember: The secret to taking better photos is to TAKE MORE PHOTOS!

Duane Lakin

President, Trilogy Photography Club

Photo by Al Ungar, Club Member

COMING ATTRACTIONS: APRIL 2025

April 6 - 10: Route 66 in Arizona, Club Roadtrip

April 23: 6 - 7:30 p.m. TPC Membership Meeting 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