Hope everyone can join me for this great Veterans Day Celebration.
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Hope everyone can join me for this great Veterans Day Celebration.
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We had a great to with our Texas Photography Festival pop up event at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. Chris Allen and I both made presentations about our photography, Chris talked about working in the White House Photo Office and I talked about my time as the personal photographer for President George H.W. Bush. After the presentations we had lunch at the new Daisy's Cafe and then did a photo walk around the grounds. We had folks come from all over the state including Texas A&M Photography Club. A few from Austin, Huntsville and Bryan College Station. Stay tuned for more Texas Photography Festival events around the state.                        Join The Texas Photography Festival for a unique pop-up event on Saturday, September 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the George H.W. Bush Library and Museum in College Station! Hear behind-the-scenes stories from two photographers during Bush's time in office — our founder and Bush's presidential photographer, David Valdez, and U.S. Air Force and "Thunderbirds" photographer, Chris Allen. Both speakers will recount stories and share photos of their extraordinary time of service in the White House during Bush's administration. Also, be sure to bring your camera, as attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a Photo Walk led by David Valdez in and around the Bush Library grounds starting at 1 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the entire Library at a discounted rate after the Pop-Up event. David Valdez
A photographer for various federal government agencies, David became the Chief Photographer for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce before becoming Vice President George H. W. Bush's photographer. After Bush became President, David became the Director of the White House Photo Office and personal photographer to the President of the United States. In 1993, he became General Manager of Photography for the Walt Disney Company, and later returned to D.C. as an Assistant to the Secretary at Housing and Urban Development. Currently living in Georgetown, Texas, David is active on the Williamson Museum Board of Directors, serves as Board Chairman for the City of Georgetown Arts and Culture Board, hosts The Texas Photography Festival, and tours the country as a professional speaker. Chris Allen While serving on active duty in the U.S. Air Force as a military photographer, Chris Allen was selected for presidential service at The White House as a member of the White House Communications Agency photo lab during the administration of President George H.W. Bush. The assignment culminated a military photo career that included high profile assignments in the U.S. and Europe, including as the aerial photographer with the U.S. Air Force "Thunderbirds" jet demonstration team. Chris is currently retired in College Station, Texas, where he serves as a docent at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum and volunteers digitizing the library's photographic collection from the Bush administration. For the past several months starting February 2024 I have been going to Ft Cavazos in Texas to photograph military families. Many of them are being deployed so with the help of the USO they have provided me with some space to take the portraits. I will continue volunteering my time for many more months. Here are a few photos from some of the portrait sessions. I am still old school and am using my Nikon D850 with a Nikon 28-70 f2.8 lens.        For the past 4 years I co-hosted the Georgetown Texas Photography Festival with the Williamson Museum. Now in our 5th year we changed the name to The Texas Photography Festival. This year once again we will be in beautiful Georgetown, Texas for our 5th photography festival. Join and be inspired. All activities are free. I would like to thank The Williamson Museum and the staff there for all of their support through the years. Also a special thank you to Julie Copenhaver for her strong support with the production of The Texas Photography Festival. I would also like to thank Linda Nickell for hosting her "Linda Nickell's Happiness Hour Live" and bringing in some great speakers each year. A special thank you to Precision Camera for their continued support for several years.                                            I recently did an interview with "Entertainment Talk with Clay Pool". It's alway fun to share stories about my career including my time as The Presidents Photographer for George H.W. Bush and at the Walt Disney Company.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtm3V9Tydfg I was invited to exhibit some of my photos taken when I was the Official Photographer at the White House for President George H.W. Bush at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester Ma. January 12-March 31 2024. Other featured White House Photographers include, David Hume Kennerly, Bob McNeely, Adam Schultz, Pete Souza, Shealah Craighead, Eric Draper, Sharon Farmer and Joyce Boghosian. March 18,2023 was the 4th Annual Georgetown Texas Photography Festival that I co-hosted with the Williamson Museum in Georgetown Texas. This year we had a great line up of "Featured Photographers" and again were proud to host Linda Nickell's "Happiness Hour" live at the Georgetown Public Library. We were also excited that Robert McGee and Todd White were special guest speakers at the end of Linda's Happiness House. The basic schedule was from 10=4pm March 18,2023 on the Square in Georgetown,Texas and at the Georgetown Public Library. Everything was free and open to the public. People who came were inspired. We are also pleased that 3 time Emmy Award winning photographer Todd White hosted 2 separate photo walks. The first one was at 9am leaving from the Williamson Museum and the second left at noon.                                             The City of Georgetown,Texas held it's annual Martin Luther King Parade and Celebration. The parade left from the historic court house in the center of Georgetown. The parade ended up at the Macedonia Baptist Church with a great celebration with prayers and music. I'm from Texas but grew up in New Mexico. It is always fun to turn to the Land of Enchantment.This year I drove through New Mexico to Sedona Arizona. I had only been there once passing through so this was a great opportunity to spend a few days. I took the Pink Jeep Tours to help me get around to places that I wouldn't know about. Oh and I stayed at the Summit a Hilton Resort. More on that later.The Pink Jeep Tour had to cancel one trip to Antelope Canyon but that was okay due to the heavy rain. I did a sunset tour during the rain and a trip to the Grand Canyon National Park. The Hilton at the Summit was great. Walking out the door of my one bedroom suite had an incredible view of the Sedona red rocks.The Hilton Grand Vacation's are a great way to stay almost anywhere around the world for free using Hilton Points. After leaving Sedona it was about a 6 1/2 hour drive to Santa Fe, New Mexico were I stayed at the Santa Fe Motel & Inn. In Santa Fe I stumbled across a car show on the Plaza. That was fun to see just because I enjoy going to car shows where I live in Texas. |
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