Adorama.com posted great tips on how to protect your digital camera gear in cold weather. Those of us in Texas are not used to this kind of extreme cold weather. Visit Adorama.com for some great deals.
Below is the link to their information:

https://www.adorama.com/alc/winter-photography-tips-protect-your-gear-in-extreme-cold-2/

We have a slight change to our Featured Photographers line up. When attending the Georgetown Texas Photography Festival please remember to wear your mask.

We have decided to move forward with the March 20,2021 Photography Festival in Georgetown,Texas. All featured photographers and businesses will be wearing masks and socially distancing. We ask all guests to wear masks and be mindful of others.
Please enjoy meeting and learning from the list of our outstanding featured photographers. Bring your cameras and take as many photos as you want. If you want to share your photos on Instagram we are @gtx_photofest   See all y'all on the Square. 
The Williamson Museum on the square will have an information table for guidance and they will be selling Georgetown Texas Photography Festival t-shirts for the first time.

Nikon USA will be offering their online photography classes free until Dec 31,2020.Thanks Nikon. Many years ago I was the Vice President of Business Development for Blue Pixel Digital Experts. Blue Pixel wrote the original curriculum for the Nikon Digital School of Photography. Today I am still a Nikon user. 
https://www.nikonevents.com/us/live/nikon-school-online/

We are excited that the Georgetown Texas Photography Festival co-hosted with the Williamson Museum will be held on the Square in Georgetown,Texas March 20,2021
.Businesses on the Square host our featured photographers in their stores.
The featured photographers this year will be:
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DonRypka: Former UPI photographer Washington DC, AFP Regional Deputy Director,Director of photography La Nation_Argentina and Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in News Photography.
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Todd Plybon: After suffering severe life changing injuries in Afghanistan Todd was able to participate in photography classes via the Independence Program which is a part of the Wounded Warrior Project. Todd photographs scenes around Austin,Texas.

Anna Kraft: Anna grew up designing and creating her large family's annual Christmas photo. She celebrates families, the women who create them and making her clients home a
beautiful space with  portraiture that shows the deep and inseparable love of family.
www.annakraft.co
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Randy Dykstra: Randy first started taking photographs over 40 years ago in high school. Randy loves the outdoors, nature and is an avid backpacker. His love of nature, wildlife and photography has always been a huge passion of his. Today Randy leads photography classes on locations if you have an inkling.
www.rdykstraphoto.com    

​Dawn Richardson: Dawn Richardson was featured as one of the top Texas Travel Photographers to follow on Instagram. Like many Texas travel photographers she has a fondness for the far West Texas. "There is beauty of a different kind beyond what one sees at first glance.
www.behr-richardson.com         

​Emily Roberson: LightWorx Studio creates one of a kind Photographic art using a technique called "Painting with Light". This technique is done in the camera and not Photoshop. Using a tripod an extended exposure and lots of light painting tools.
lightworxstudio.com

​Kim Hancock: Kim is an artist, an author, a storyteller. a mother, a hopeless romantic, a Texan a journalist, an animal lover, a college graduate, a friend, a computer geek, a wife a naturalist, a perpetual learner and the list goes on.
www.blutreestudios.com

​Cristina Schleifer: A native of Camaguey,Cuba, Cristina now calls Georgetown,Texas home. Ms. Schleier has traveled throughout the Americas, Europe, North Africa and Asia as a documentary photographer. She has had numerous exhibits and tried photo shows. 

Julie Copenhaver: Julie is an experienced multimedia/content producer with a forte in photography, videography, online marketing and publications. She has a passion for telling stories, documenting moments and helping people and organizations achieve success through creativity and commuications.
www.jkopenhaver.com

Bailey Flores: Bailey's aim is to capture authentic moments and connections. She strives to create photographs that tell stories, show individual connections, emotions and love.
Bailey Flores

Randy Kerr: Randy Kerr is a career professional photographer that teaches improv lighting skills and is the host of Light Austin Live’s Facebook symposiums. His body of work on display comes from Randy’s online Benevolent Gallery. The images cover a variety of local, national, and global lighting education and mission efforts.

Randy Kerr

Tina Strickland: Tina is a women's empowerment photographer based in Austin,Texas. We are excited she has agreed to join us.
Tina Strickland

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After a lot of thought and listening to the directives of Governor Abbott we have decided to cancel the Georgetown Texas Photography Festival scheduled for Aug 22,2020.  Due to increased and overwhelming concerns about the COVID-19 virus, we felt this was the best way to proceed during such an unprecedented  global situation. We are very disappointed that we are unable to hold this event for our photography community and our Georgetown,Texas community.  We would like to thank the invited featured photographers, photo instructors and photo walk leaders and Precision Camera for their support. Hopefully we will be back in 2021.
Don't forget to keep your masks on and your lens caps off.

All of the plans have not been finalized but we are moving forward with the Georgetown Texas Photography Festival which had to be postponed in March 2020 due to the sheltering in place order. The event is now scheduled for August 22, 2020 still on the Square in beautiful Georgetown, Texas.  The Williamson Museum is the co-host with David Valdez. We will have featured photographers in select businesses on the Square. There will be scheduled photo walks with a professional photographer leading each one. The class times and locations have had to be adjusted and are not yet finalized. Once those details have been determined, they will be posted here and on the Williamson Museum web site. This is the link when we post that information.
​Can't wait to see everyone. 
Bring your cameras, masks and hand sanitizer. 

Precision Camera in Austin,Texas hosts on line photography classes. Many of them are free but even the ones you have to pay for are very reasonable. Check them out Precision Camera Below is a screen shot from the Precision Camera website.
Remember Precision Camera supports the Georgetown Texas Photography Festival.