To study and learn from one another a number of amateur photographers in the area joined together in 1964 to form the Hualien Photographic Society, selecting Hsu as president.
民國五十三年（一九六四年）當地一些業餘攝影家為觀摩切磋、結合力量，乃組成「花蓮攝影學會」，並公推許安定為首任會長。