Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC) is the largest camera club in the Southeast Valley. We are open to all, not just residents of Sun Lakes! Our members share an interest in photography that reaches beyond the casual snapshot. We appreciate the power and beauty of a great photo and share tips and constructive critiques to improve our images. We welcome all shooting styles and levels of experience. (January Banner Image is "Dawn at Mobius Arch" by Jan Ballard.)
The slideshow is our photo winners from our December 2024 Competition . (Click on the large image for full screen view, wait for images to load and then use back/forward arrow to view images.
Note: Sun Lakes Camera Club has a new meeting location. Click for SLCC Address and Map.
Annual Dues need to be paid by December 31. Click HERE to download the "Membership Form". Either mail it to Betsy or bring it to the next meeting.
The Next General Meeting will be in the Lecture Hall at Cottonwood County Club at 6:30pm on Thursday, February 13, 2025. The speakers will be a 3-judge panel. The title for this presentation will be "Inside the Mind of a Photo Judge".
"Anyone who has been involved in photo competitions has at some point wondered what the judges are looking for and how they arrive at a score. In this presentation a 3-Judge panel will discuss photos submitted anonymously by our membership with each stating what they believe to be the strong points of the photo and what they believe could be done to make it an even better photo. No scores will be given and no one other than the creator of the image will know whose photo is being discussed." (Ken Duquaine)
The Next Competition Meeting will be in the Lecture Hall at Cottonwood County Club at 6:30pm on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Projected images and digital copies of print images must be submitted to the competition website no later than 11:30pm MST on the Monday before the Thursday competition. Mounted prints must be brought to the club meeting room between 5:00pm and 6:00pm MST on the day of competition.
January 2025 Rotating Subject: Nature. Nature Photography refers to a wide range of images taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, geologic formations, weather, wildlife, plants, and close ups of natural scenes and textures. This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food, however, no evidence of human activity should be visible. To reiterate, no hand of man can be present in the image. This means fences, roads, power and telephone lines and poles, mechanical equipment, hybrid flowers or plants or other man- made items cannot be in the image. The exception is identification banding, tags and radio collars or similar identification items attached to the animal. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph, but without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted, including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning. All adjustments must appear natural. Removing or changing elements in an image by post processing techniques such as cloning, or content aware fill are not allowed. The image may be in color or monochrome but infrared images are not allowed.
January 2025 Special Techniques: Macro or Close Up. This is an image of small subjects or parts of larger subjects. Achieving sufficient depth of field is the challenge with this technique. In some cases, just using a very small lens opening might be sufficient but in other cases some form of focus stacking may be needed. The image may be color or monochrome.
Rules for Intra Club Competition (Amended April 2024)
2024-2025 Rotating Subjects and Techniques
2025-2026 Rotating Subjects and Techniques
Here are the award winning photographers for our 2023 - 2024 competition year.
Class A Print Photographer of the Year – Janet Ballard
Class B Print Photographer of the Year – Phyllis Peterson
Class C Print Photographer of the Year – NA
Class A Projected Image Photographer of the Year – Ken Duquaine
Class B Projected Image Photographer of the Year – Ruth Massey
Class C Projected Image Photographer of the Year – Samantha Rose Palmatier
These are the 1 st place winning images from the 2023 - 2024 year end competition.
Digital:
Class A. Linda Davis "Woodpecker"
Class B. Susan Smith "Teton Oxbow Reflection"
Class C. Samantha Rose Palmatier "Hungry Hummer"
Print:
Class A. Lynn Thompson "Winter in the Valley"
Class B. Donna McGregor "Its Too Big to Carry"
Class C. NA