I love nature. I love seeing the beauty and colors of the world! As you know, most of the past 12 months I have been chasing for the mountains, hills, waterfalls...you name it... with my camera in-hand. Having grown up around mountains and after not living around mountains for 14 years, moving to Southern Alberta was a bit like "coming home". There's a spirituality with being in the mountains. It gives me a peace of belonging. We don't just have mountains near us....we have the CANADIAN ROCKIES!. I think it might take someone with an outside view to give credence to how special the landscape is in this area....no wonder we get so many visitors!
My family traveled up from the states a few years ago and were in awe of the mountains up here. (My family grew up hiking and vacationing in the mountains). It is gorgeous.
In an effort to bring to the world amazing landscape art - I decided to create enough imagery for an 18-month Waterton Lakes National Park calendar. The calendars that I have seen of the "Canadian Rockies" usually have one substandard image of the Prince of Wales Hotel to represent Waterton. I want to feature our Waterton! 350,000 visitors come to Waterton each year. It's time to feature this little gem of Alberta!
My friend and I have spent so many hours, at odd times of the day capturing these images. We have endured hurricane force wind, freezing temperatures, crawling on ice, hiking through snow, heat, leaving the house at 3:00 in the morning, staring down Elk, to bring this image art to you. We had fun doing it! We just have to finish up with some spring images (just around the corner & SO excited), then we have an entire collection.
To get this project off the ground, I need a significant investment for printing costs for this first run. I heard about Kickstarter through a friend of mine. (kickstarter.com). He is a resident Kickstarter expert. Kickstarter is a concept of crowd-funding or angel-funding creative projects. This site has been featured in the major news channels in the U.S. Lots of people donate small amounts to get creative projects off the ground. There are also rewards for certain levels of donations. This concept is new to Canada. If you'd like to donate $35 - you will be sent one of these 18-month calendars (starting in July). If you donate at higher levels, you will be named as a backer or sponsor of the project on the calendar. (advertising possibility for your business??)
You can back the project, but your card won't be charged unless two things happen...May 16 comes AND my goal has been reached. Take a peek at my project. If you know anyone who has visited Waterton, or Waterton is special to them, Canadian, or love the outdoors, please forward this information to them.
I launched this 7 days ago and I'm already over 60% funded. I'm so excited about this project!!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744495898/waterton-park-18-month-photo-calendar
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