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I had an opportunity to participate in the GTX Film Festival held Sept 2021 in Georgetown,Texas at the City Lights Theater. There were films submitted from around the world. I was fortunate enough to be a film reviewer prior to the release of the films. Doing photos for the GTX Instagram was fun. There were 2 of us taking photos. My partner in crime was Lisa Welch a Georgetown,Texas photographer.                       
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Other World Computing (OWC) recently sent some of my photos into space on one of their hard drives on a Jeff Bezos rocket ship, the New Shepard. The images that were on the hard drive are in a previous post. So thankful to Setori Pond and OWC for including me and a few of my photos for this historic event.  Setorii of OWC has a great podcast called Leaders and Game Changers. I was fortunate enough to be a guest on her show. Thanks for including me Setorii https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-its-like-to-photograph-a-president-with-david-valdez/id1535728763?i=1000496425483  Other World Computing (OWC) selected some of my photos for a space launch October 13,2020 on the New Shepard Mission NS-13. The photos were in an OWC external hard drive just like the one I use in my daily photography work. Through out the New Shepard Flight NASA determined how well the technology worked as the rocket flew into space and then landed gently back down on Earth. Below are some photos of the space flight taken from screen shots and a selection of my photos that went into space. A few of the photos I took were from my hometown of Georgetown,Texas and of course a selfie of me with Buzz Light Year. Thanks to Setorii Pond for making this happen.               The White House Historical Association publish the White House History Quarterly. Issue number 58 is titled "Photographing the White House. They featured the Presidential Photographers. I was included since I was the personal photographer for President George H. W. Bush.   I had an opportunity to do a podcast about my photography career with OWC. They are known for innovative DIY solutions for computer memory upgrades based out of Woodstock, IL Other World Computing is an American computer hardware company and online store for Mac upgrades and accessories. Other World Computing  I had an opportunity to speak about my White House photography via Zoom to the Trussville Photography Club in Alabama. Last year at the Field of Honor annual event in Georgetown,Texas I met Sydney Decker, Founder of Roots Story Studios in Georgetown, Texas. Sydney tells the amazing stories of people in and around Georgetown. I was invited to share my photography life's story. Here is a link to my story. I hope you enjoy my story and follow Sydney to hear more of her great stories that she shares through her guests.  |
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