We visit Lavandula Farm at Shepherds Flat when the lavender is in full bloom.

Gate fee is $5 per person. There is a cafe on site.

Albert will be joining us in person at the club rooms for a presentation titled "WOW Photography" so come along and prepare to be WOWed and to come alway with the knowledge of how you too can make photographs that pop!

Entries due of VAPs Interclub: Subject is open. Prints and Digital entries accepted.

Learn more about Albert Tay via Instagram

Club favourite Mieke Boynton will return, via Zoom, and bring along a presentation about making landscapes in the Victorian Alpine Region.

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We will have an adventure around Ballarat - Details to come

Judging of our first competition of the year: Monochrome and Open

Supper night, bring along a plate to share

Entries due for competition 2: "Curves" and Open

Where we put into practise and build upon the techniques introduced to us by Albert Tay. Be sure to bring along your camera and tripod for this workshop.

Join us for the judging of our second competition: "Curves" and Open.

Supper night, bring along a plate to share.

Join us in Mount Macedon for our annual Fungi Hunt. It's always surprising just how small some of these fungi are, hunting them is truly what we're doing.

Rena makes some beautiful portraits, many featuring dancers and movement. In her presentation Rena will discuss her process and techniques, hopefully inspiring members to create some wonderful portraits of their own for our competition later in the year.

Find out more about Rena via Instagram | Website

Entries due for "Blur/Panning" and Open

Details to follow... plan your accommodation now

Building on the knowledge we gained from our presentation with Rena, we will host a Portrait workshop for members to put theory into practice. Bring along your camera gear including tripod for a fun night of photography.

Entries due for Knox Interclub - Monochrome - Prints and Digital entries required

Judging of our third competition of the year "Blur/Panning" and Open

Supper night, bring along a plate to share

Details coming when available from VAPS

We'll meet at Federation Square in Melbourne as our starting point for a city-wide photograph challenge.

Members will be tasked to capture everyday items in creative ways. More details to come.

Our, now annual, trip out off the club rooms into the waters of Altona Beach to make some exciting light painting images.

Entries due: "After dark" and open

Two of our own; Tania Chalmers and Phil Taylor; will let us in on their process of capturing stunning sports photos. They have both taken photos in a range of sports and will present on the challenges of this fast-moving genre of photography.

Details to be determined, but we'll be making use of all we learned from Tania and Phil and making some sports photos of our own.

We're hoping to reach out to a few different sports so we don't all end up with the same shot. So stay tuned.

Once we dispatch with the required admin work of the AGM we will get into the judging of our fourth competition of the year: "After Dark" and Open

Supper night, bring along a plate to share.

Duade will present to us about his passion of Wildlife Photography

Find out more about Duade via: Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube

Entries due: "Sports" and Open

Join us for a look at our own backyard with photographer Ruth Schwarzenholz

Find out about Ruth via: Website | Facebook | Instagram

Following the trail of our presentation by Ruth Schwazenholz we'll take a look at our own backyard with an adventure in Hobsons Bay.

Join us for the judging of our fifth competition of the year "Sports" and Open.

Supper night: bring along a plate to share

Members are encouraged to submit and bring along images for a group project in Image Evaluation.  In groups we will discuss the images presented and "evaluate" them providing constructing feedback. 

The aim of these evenings is to encourage reflection on our own images and to stimulate conversation about our work beyond "that looks nice" expanding on how the image makes us feel, what the maker might do to add to the image's appeal and better their and our own work.

Entries due: "Portraiture" and Open

We're hitting the town, the big smoke, and heading to the Docklands region of Melbourne for a night photography walk around the waterfront area.

Bring along your camera gear, including a tripod for this adventure beyond the club rooms.

Car pooling is encouraged.

It feels like we've been waiting for this one for forever! And it is finally happening!

Details to be confirmed, book accommodation now.

Join us for our final judging night of the year for our subjects "Portraiture" and Open.

Entries due: End of Year - see competition rules page of more information

A night of exploration, try your hand at different creative disciplines of photography at our station-based workshop covering different elements of photography including the fundamentals.

The winners of the 2022 images of the year will present an image makers talk about their winning images. Including their approach to photography.

We will meet, eat, and drink, celebrating the year that was 2023 and present our end of year awards

As with previous years this will be held at our club rooms with catering provided. Cost has typically been around $20 per person for food with members encouraged to bring along drink and nibbles to share.