• 2025 Christmas Breakup

    Breakup to be held at the Fernlea Community Centre, 356-358 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd, Emerald VIC 3782.  Further details to be advised.

  • First Night for 2026 – “Social Night”

    Emerald Hub 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald Vic 3782 Emerald, Victoria

    Social night- lots of time for catching up, and if anyone has any interesting holiday shots, they could show them.

  • Competition Night Set Subject “Architecture”

    Emerald Hub 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald Vic 3782 Emerald, Victoria

    Anyone is welcome to attend the evening, however only members may enter. Maximum of 4 images per person, colour or black and white. All entries must be in jpg format. The maximum horizontal dimension allowed is 1920 pixels and the maximum vertical dimension allowed is 1080 pixels, with a maximum 5000 kb (5 mb) size. […]

  • Guest Speaker Kim Wormald

    Emerald Hub 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald Vic 3782 Emerald, Victoria

    The guest speaker, Kim Wormald, special subject "Ethical Bird and Wildlife Photography".

  • Preparing for Club Photographic Exhibition

    This meeting will be about preparing for the exhibition. Eric Yates will talk about sizing photos for printing, and Mike Wharton will talk about printing in general.

  • Competition Night Subject “Open”

    Anyone is welcome to attend the evening, however only members may enter. Maximum of 4 images per person, colour or black and white. All entries must be in jpg format. The maximum horizontal dimension allowed is 1920 pixels and the maximum vertical dimension allowed is 1080 pixels, with a maximum 5000 kb (5 mb) sizet. […]

  • Bump In for Photographic Exhibition

    Puffing Billy Visitor Centre 2/50 Emerald Lake Rd,, Emerald VIC 3782, Australia

    Bump in is on April the 2nd, please bring photos in between 11 am and 1pm. There is a loading dock on the back of the exhibition room for easy access to bring photos in.

  • Annual Club Photographic Exhibition April 3rd – April 16th

    Puffing Billy Visitor Centre 2/50 Emerald Lake Rd,, Emerald VIC 3782, Australia

    Our annual exhibition is to be held from April the 3rd, Good Friday, until Thursday, April the 16th. The venue is the exhibition room behind the Puffing Billy Visitor Centre cafe, and will be open daily from 10 am-4 pm. People manning the exhibition must have a current working with children check. This is available […]

  • The Zen Art of photo editing.

    Emerald Hub 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald Vic 3782 Emerald, Victoria

    Editing workshops, run by Paul Bianco and Steve Williams. This evening will be run as two groups. For those new to image editing, Paul will be running an introduction to editing workshop, and the rest will be run by Steve Williams who will facilitate a hands on evening exploring and sharing photo editing skills. Bring […]

  • Official Opening of our Photographic Exhibition

    Puffing Billy Visitor Centre 2/50 Emerald Lake Rd,, Emerald VIC 3782, Australia

    The official opening and prize giving ceremony will be held on Sunday, April 12th, at 1pm and will run until 3pm. As there is no byo liquor license, we can buy drinks from the bar.

  • Exhibition Packup

    Puffing Billy Visitor Centre 2/50 Emerald Lake Rd,, Emerald VIC 3782, Australia

    Pack up will be started at 12 on the 16th of April, and photos can be collected any time before 3 on that day.

  • A Night Walk Around Olinda

    Explore the village after dark, and try out your light trail skills on cars travelling on  the bend at the end of the shops. You will need a tripod for this, if you would like to give it a go. Details re time and where to meet TBA. Weather permitting. A back up plan will […]

  • Competition Night Set Subject “Birds and Animals”

    Emerald Hub 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald Vic 3782 Emerald, Victoria

    Anyone is welcome to attend the evening, however only members may enter. Maximum of 4 images per person, colour or black and white. All entries must be in jpg format. The maximum horizontal dimension allowed is 1920 pixels and the maximum vertical dimension allowed is 1080 pixels, with a maximum 5000 kb (5 mb) size. […]

  • 1970’s Dress Up Night Photo Shoot

    Emerald Hub 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald Vic 3782 Emerald, Victoria

    Come along and have a fun night dressed in your best 1970's gear.  Who still has some flares in the wardrobe? Our Roaring 20"s dress up night last year was so good, we all had a ball. If you don't want to dress up, you can still come along and practice your portrait/directing model skills.

  • Talk by Glyn Lavender

    Emerald Hub 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald Vic 3782 Emerald, Victoria

    Glynn Lavender will do a talk called "Dog Car Window", better travel photos. This talk follows on from his “My photos are shit and I don’t know why I bother” talk.    There maybe a small charge. Further information to follow.

  • Competition Night. Set Subject “Nostalgia”

    Emerald Hub 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald Vic 3782 Emerald, Victoria

    Anyone is welcome to attend the evening, however only members may enter. Maximum of 4 images per person, colour or black and white. All entries must be in jpg format. The maximum horizontal dimension allowed is 1920 pixels and the maximum vertical dimension allowed is 1080 pixels, with a maximum 5000 kb (5 mb) size. […]

  • HPS Annual General Meeting

    Emerald Hub 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald Vic 3782 Emerald, Victoria

    2025-26 Hills Photographic Society Inc. Annual General Meeting

  • Competition Night – Set Subject – “Surrealism/Creativity”

    Emerald Hub 402 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald Vic 3782 Emerald, Victoria

    Anyone is welcome to attend the evening, however only members may enter. Maximum of 4 images per person, colour or black and white. All entries must be in jpg format. The maximum horizontal dimension allowed is 1920 pixels and the maximum vertical dimension allowed is 1080 pixels, with a maximum 5000 kb (5 mb) size. […]

  • Dowel Motor Museum, Upper Beaconsfield.

    Dowel Motor Museum 74-76 Beaconsfield-Emerald Rd, Emerald, Vic, Australia

    Meet at the Dowel Motor Museum at 12.30 pm. Price for entry $20.00. Numbers will be limited to about 20 people which will make photographs, uncluttered by many people in the shot, much easier. Attached is the link to their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100027726204162