Malcolm Fackender is an Australian award winning travel photographer who specialises in small group photographic tours. Malcolm has been involved with and successful at photography since a young teenager, winning a Gold Medal in 1985 at the age of seventeen. Initially, Malcolm had a strong interest in macro and bird photography, but more recently developed a strong interest in travel photography, where he has broadened his photographic interests to cover many other genres.
Through his company Spotlight on Asia, and with the assistance of local and international travel agencies, Malcolm has successfully planned, arranged and led 63 small group photographic tours to Asia, Africa, Europe and South America. Being passionate about photography, travel and just being around and inspiring fellow photographers, Malcolm intends to build his business to include many more countries in the years to come.
Having been involved with Photographic clubs in Sydney and New South Wales for over 30 yrs, Malcolm is always eager to share his knowledge with the members of clubs as well as any other photographers and clients. Malcolm regularly conducts educational and inspirational photographic talks at various photographic clubs and has recently incorporated workshops into his business. Malcolm actually gets much more joy out of inspiring and teaching people than receiving any competition awards. For him, there is no greater joy than seeing or hearing about the successes that past clients have with images taken on one of his tours. This is one of the main reasons clients are happy to continue travelling with Spotlight on Asia whenever a new destination is released. In addition to introducing new exciting destinations, Malcolm always freely gives advice on photographic equipment and technique.
Personally, Malcolm enjoys taking photographs and extending himself wherever possible. He believes that photography is a cycle of continuous improvement from a technical, hardware and creative perspective and as such looks forward to growing and extending his portfolio for many years to come.
Note: Due to Health Department Orders,* the meeting will held via Zoom (not Nancy’s house). Zoom details are the usual.
Kind regards
Nancy
Welcome Back and AGM via Zoom: Presentation of the 2021 program and the AGM.
The presenter is Michelle Kennedy with Part 2 of creative photography.
Presentation 02 – Philip Weir Portraiture – Bring your camera, dress up, bring a model
Hi all, we will be holding our next committee meeting Monday night 31st May at my place.
Address: 1137 Pacific Hwy, Cowan
Kind regards
Nancy
Outing – Parramatta: Visit Parramatta at night and dinner.
Initial meet: 4:00 pm at Bankwest Stadium (Opposite St Patrick’s Cathedral)
2nd Meeting place: 6.00pm at George St Gatehouse
Dinner @7.15 at Alex & Co 125 Church St Parramatta Directions: from Parramatta Heritage & Visitor Information Centre. Walk over the Lennox Bridge and it will be on your left.
Getting There:
- Drive and park – you will be lucky to get a free car park, so some options are park near the Catholic School after school hours, or the shopping Centre car park (Westfield) or the parking lot just south of the Bankwest Stadium
- Catch a bus – from the city west along Victoria Rd; Bus from Parramatta Railway Station up Church St; Bus from Castle Hill down Windsor Rd and then Church St: Bus 600 from Hornsby to Parramatta (it goes around the world)
- Ferry – Catch a ferry from Circular Quay or Meadowbank or Rydalmere to Parramatta
- Train – Disembark at Parramatta Station and navigate to Bankwest Stadium
You can get maps from the Parramatta Heritage & Visitors Information Centre near the north eastern end of the Lennox Bridge that crossed Parramatta River on Church St across the road from the Riverside Theatre.
Hope to see you there. Email/phone me with any questions.
Contact Nancy for more info
This year’s PHPC Photo Rally will be advised closer to the date.
Members’ photos taken at the Photo Rally can be entered into PHPC Competition 2008 to be judged on the 31st August 2020.