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The 2023 GTX Photo Festival is only days away! Make sure you're ready for a day of FREE FUN with the following information:
  Do you want a behind-the-scenes look at the GTX Photo Festival? Join us this year as a volunteer! You’ll be instrumental in helping our featured photographers set up and/or take down their photo displays, stand-in for the artists during lunch and short breaks, and answer general questions to the public about the festival. Plus, you’ll receive a free Photography Festival t-shirt for helping out! Don’t miss this great opportunity to be a part of the festival. Email Hayley today at Hespinoza@WilliamsonMuseum.org.
 The Georgetown Texas Photography Festival is excited to announce the featured photographers for the 2023 festival, to be held on Saturday, March 18! Alyce Bender Cheri Freeman Charlie Favret Amy Jasek Nick Light Markus Lindsey Rebecca Moran Bebe Perez Andy Sharp Carol Whitney Jon Fischer We're also thrilled to once again partner with the following downtown Georgetown businesses to showcase this year's photographers: Artisans Connect Gallery Black Sugar Caffe Foundry 42 Coffee and Gifts Georgetown Visitor Center Handcrafts Unlimited Kenz Guitars Lamppost Coffee Mesquite Creek Outfitters River and Ranch Provisions Williamson Museum The Escape Fine Crafts and Gifts Be sure to check out our @gtx_photofest Instagram page and our Georgetown Texas Photography Festival Facebook page as we highlight each photographer and their images ahead of the festival! Upcoming Workshop Sept. 24-25: A Creative Lighting Breakdown: From Simple to Complex with Boston based photojournalist Rick Friedman at Precision Camera & Video Come join Rick Friedman for two days of lighting and photographing models. From speed lights to studio strobes to LED lighting and light painting. This is a hands on lighting workshop, where you get to photograph the models on each lighting set up. At the end of the workshop you'll have a greater understanding lighting and the effects of different light modifiers and color gels. You will also have some new portfolio photographs! Bring your camera and lens and Precision will provide the lights and light modifiers. For more info about Rick, check out his website: www.rickfriedman.com   Thank you to everyone who participated in the Third Annual Georgetown Texas Photography Festival held on March 19, 2022! We had 860 attendees and 12 local businesses support our annual event held on the beautiful Georgetown Square.
A special thank you to Linda Nickell for hosting her happiness hour LIVE and in-person at the Georgetown Public Library, to Precision Camera for setting-up stunning backdrops and lighting equipment in the Grace Heritage Center, and to our talented instructors who led photo walks, classes, seminars and portfolio reviews. It was another great event and we could not do it without the support of so many! Check out photos from the event on our Instagram and Facebook pages. And stay tuned for more info about the 2023 Photo Festival, scheduled for March 18, 2023. We are just a few days away from the 3rd Annual Georgetown Texas Photography Festival on the Square in Historic Georgetown March 19, 2022. The Photography Festival is hosted by David Valdez with his co-host The Williamson Museum. The photography festival is from 10am-4pm. Officially we start at 10am. However at 9am, Rudy Ximenez will host a photo walk during the monty Pistons on the Square car show. The next photo walk one at 1pm will be led by Todd White . Looking for a photo walk that’ll be a little different, join Todd White and 2 models as he focuses on portrait and editorial photography around Georgetown in harsh light. This photo walk will be more like a mini-course where you will learn creative outdoor portrait photography techniques using available light. So grab your camera and let’s get creative. The last Photo Walk at 2pm led by David Valdez. David will stretch your imagination to compose a photo from existing art or sculptures in Georgetown. David is also the host of the Georgetown Texas Photography Festival. All photo walks will leave from the Williamson Museum, 716 South Austin Ave Georgetown,Texas. In the Georgetown Art Center will be 3 photography classes that you must preregister for. Click here. Todd White is teaching, "Lighting for Editorial Photography" at 10:30am. Earl Nottingham is teaching, "Art of Landscape Photography" at noon. Harrison Funk is teaching, Introduction to Portrait Lighting at 1:30pm At 3pm in the Georgetown Art Center, 816 S Main St. Georgetown we will have portfolio reviews. Throughout the day there will be 12 featured photographers placed in businesses around the Square.Below is the Official Guide Map to the Featured Photographers. Linda Nickel will host Linda's "Happiness Hour" at the Georgetown Public Library, upstairs in Room 222, from 10am-4pm. Linda hosts a weekly national photography Zoom meeting. Looking for a photo walk that’ll be a little different, join Todd White and 2 models as he focuses on portrait and editorial photography around Georgetown in harsh light. This photo walk will be more like a mini-course where you will learn creative outdoor portrait photography techniques using available light. So grab your camera and let’s get creative.   Portfolio Reviews 3pm at the Georgetown Art Center 816 S Main Street Georgetown Texas. Come talk to professional photographers who can critique your portfolio.
Linda Nickell hosts a weekly photography Zoom meeting for photographers all around the country. She has developed a great following with Linda's "Happiness Hour" . We are excited that she will host a live "Happiness Hour" at the Georgetown Public Library during the March 19, 2022 Georgetown Texas Photography Festival. Be sure and drop by. This will be upstairs in the Georgetown Public Library Hewlett Rm #222.. The Georgetown Texas Photography Festival is March 19, 2022 on the Square in Georgetown Texas. David Valdez and the Williamson Museum are Co-Hosts. This year there will be 12 featured photographers in business around the Square. There will be photo walks, portfolio reveiws, photo classes and this year featuring Linda Nickell hosting the "Happiness Hour" live in the Georgetown Public Library. We are proud to announce that Precision Camera will also be participating. The Featured photographers include Dawn Richardson, Jose Madrigal, Lin Zabojnik, Dave Werner, Sherry McRae, Jennifer Warner, Rebecca Moran, Nick Austin, Greg Daily and Robert McGee. Photography insturctors include, Todd White, Earl Nottingham and Harrison Funk.           |
