• “Becky Bubble” and “Sebastian”

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

    Great work by Pauline and Eric to get these performers. They performed recently at Knox Photographic Society. "Becky Bubble" and "Sebastian" are an artful, professional and entertaining act. Becky is the master of her craft and will fascinate you with her skills. She adds a depth far beyond just bubble blowing. Sebastian presents an entertaining […]

  • COMPETITION NIGHT – Set Subject – “Local District”

    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. […]

  • Costume Night – Portrait Shoot

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

    Come dressed in your best Roaring 20”s outfits, for a fun fancy dress portrait shoot. It doesn’t have to be a full costume, but maybe hats, scarves, jackets, anything reminiscent of 1920’s fashion.

  • Splash Photography

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

    Splash Photography. Learn how to capture fast moving objects, which settings to use, etc. Bring along a clear glass vase or similar and something to drop into it- perhaps fruit, a ball, whatever takes your fancy. We will take it in turns to drop the objects into the water.

  • Presentation by Joseph Bailouni on “Wildlife and Bird Photography.”

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

    "Who am I" - Stephen Bruhn followed by:- Joseph Bailouni, our judge from Thursday night (27/2),  will do a presentation for us on the 24th of July, on Wildlife and Bird photography. He also said that if anyone signs up for his workshops on the night he will give them a 20% discount. Checkout his […]

  • HPS Annual General Meeting followed by Competition Night Set Subject – “Flash Lit”

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

    Club Annual General Meeting followed by Competition Night. Set Subject -"Flash Lit" 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 […]

  • COMPETITION NIGHT – “Set Subject” – “Relics from the Past”

    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. […]

  • Presentation by Peter Berzanskis

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

    Peter Berzanskis- Presentation on his work, he graduated with a Master in Photography in 2022, and has been a professional architectural photographer. From his website- Peter uses photography and digital manipulation to explore modern urban landscapes , blurring the lines between realism and surrealism. His work delves into the juxtaposition of utopian lightness and dystopian […]

  • Presentation on Lenses by Chris Grylls

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

    Chris will talk about how to buy the best lens, and will discuss the best method to assist you in achieving this. One method is using the DXOMARK website which Chris will discuss.

  • COMPETITION NIGHT – “Set Subject” – “People at Play.”

    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. […]

  • Video Tutorial Night

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

    Video tutorial night. We will select online tutorials to show, and if anyone has a favourite online photography guru that they follow, please let us know so they can be included. Varying subjects will be covered.

  • Social and Photographic outing to Sky High Lookout

    26 Observatory Rd Mount Dandenong vic 3767 26 Observatory Rd, Mount Dandenong, Vic, Australia

    Social and photographic outing to Sky High lookout, Mt Dandenong, to photograph city lights. Meet at 7 pm in the lookout car park, and bring a picnic dinner to have while we wait for the sky to darken and lights to come on. This will be weather dependent, but hopefully should be OK in November. […]

  • COMPETITION NIGHT To be judged similar to a National/International Competition

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

    This competition is  modelled after a real ''National or International Competition”. Three judges will be shown each Print or EDPI for nine seconds and each judge will award a score out of  ten points. The scores are then summed and the winner will be from the highest score. In case of more than one image […]

  • Last meeting of the year – Social Night

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

      Torbjorn will give a presentation of his recent overseas trip. As well as Torbjorn's talk, the Club is going to talk to the group about a "Project" for the next year. The Club also plans to have a longer "Tea Break" so if you could bring a "Plate of Goodies", that would be great.

  • 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".