This is a work in progress, please pardon the contruction......
You can help sponsor my trip by visiting my GoFundMe page. Please visit my GoFundMe page for more details....
https://www.gofundme.com/f/october-2020-aerial-photography-fall-colors-tour
Here is historical information on rewards I am offering to my sponsors. These were on the GoFundMe page, but i moved them here to make that page cleaner and easier to read.
Original Lists of Rewards!
Special this week for everyone who joins at the $10 level, or above: A friend you nominate will also receive a free $10 sponsor level membership in the sponsors only forum! All new members in the sponsors only forum will also receive social media shoutout thank you for helping make this trip possible!
Sponsorship upgrades: If any time you want to upgrade your sponsorship, just pay the difference to receive the benefits of the new level. If you would like to keep the benefits of your current level, and add on the new benefits, your previous sponsorship counts 50% towards the upgrade price.
Reward Levels
$1, $2, $3, $5 - Social Level - You’ll have my undying love and admiration, and a shout out on social media for being a champ! You will also receive a special surprise! (Hint: You will also be invited to join the sponsors forum, so you can have first class seating to enjoy this tour too!)
$10 or more - Sponsor Level
Membership in the sponsors only forum. All my sponsors at all levels will receive membership in this forum. I will use this forum to give you frequent updates about the trip. You will also enjoy a growing library of pictures and videos from this trip. I will also share news about where I am headed, and you can participate and suggest locations along the way.
To make the rest of this flow a little quicker, just remember: I appreciate any support you can give, and sponsorship will give you first class seating in the sponsors only forum.
$20 - Postcard sponsor
A postcard sent to you about a location on the trip, your choice from one of the photos in the sponsors library. If possible, I will send the postcard from the state of that location, so the postmark will reflect that state. This is a great momento of your use of crowdfunding to make this trip possible!
$25 - Surprising Prints Sponsor
2 quantity of 11x17 or 8.5x11 proofs from during the trip, or proofs of postcards, sent to you, my choice of photos from a variety of locations. Thank you for helping me keep wasted prints to a minimum during the trip, and being willing to enjoy them for yourself. Subject to availability, if there are not enough extra prints, I will give you a choice of two 8.5x11 pictures and a postcard of your choice.
$30 - Postmark collector
4 postcards sent to you, of your choice of photos from different locations on the trip. Add on additional postcards (collect one from every state!) for just $10 each. Collect a postcard from all the states on this trip!
$50 - Patron Level
Select an 11x17 large format print from the photos in the sponsors library. Printed with Epson Durabright inks, Epson estimates over 80+ year lifetime for this ink. Bonus: Two post cards of locations from the trip.
$60 - Postcard Collector
Pack of five unused postcards of a mix and match of photos you select, mailed to you in a padded envelope. These are limited edition postcards, exclusive, for you to collect, or enjoy sending to friends and family.
$100 - Community Builder
20 forum sponsor passes to give away or sell. You can give these to family and friends, or you can use these as a great premium for a product, or service, that you are already selling,. You will also be eligible to be on the fundraising team for this campaign, and earn commissions from these sponsor passes.
And a special surprise too: You will also get to choose an 11x17 large format print for yourself, and three postcards mailed to you to help you promote your passes. See more details about joining the fundraising team below!
$120 Photowall sponsor
3 photos of your choice, 11x17. Create a beautiful photo wall, or adorn several rooms of your home and office. Special bonus: Also includes two postcards mailed to you, of your choice, and membership in the sponsor forum for two of your friends
$200 - Real Estate Scout
Were you considering buying real estate in a location near where I am traveling? Do you know someone who is considering buying a piece of real estate along my route? For this level, I will do aerial photography of the prospective location for you or your friend, similar to what you see in the top rated real estate layouts. A great way for you to get an independent view of a property and neighborhood. You, and your friend, will also get membership in the sponsor forum. Includes two 11x17 prints of your choice from the trip.
$300 - Location Sponsor
Special mention as a location sponsor; receive 7 different 11x17 prints from your location, or other locations, from the trip, your choice. Also includes membership in the sponsor forum for three of your friends.
$500 - Copilot Sponsor
Wow! Totally awesome! 30 minutes of aerial photography from the location of your choice along the trip. You will own the video and photos I take for your half hour. (And, I get so into my photo and video assignments, I always over-deliver for my clients, I will include bonus photos and footage for you.) You will be given a full release for the licensing of the pictures and video for your own use, and the material will be delivered to you in drop box within 4 days of the assignment.
Special bonuses: Includes membership in the sponsors forum, 7 different 11x17 prints from your location, or other locations, and four different postcards mailed from the trip. If you allow your photos to be available in the sponsors forum, for members to see and buy copies of the photos, you will receive special mention as the copilot for those pictures in all mentions and use of those pictures during the trip, and on any advertising for future trips. See *Note about location.
Your flight credit never expires, but it is intended that your credit is used during the course of this trip. If there is no trip in progress, your flight credit is good for locations within a one hour drive of Marin County, California.
$1200 - Fleet Captain
Includes an hour of photography and video time, with all the benefits of Copilot sponsor. Includes personal consultation with me during your hour via FB messenger video call to discuss shots and positioning during the hour. See *Note about location. Depends on availability of internet. If only cell phone and text messaging pictures available, then that is substituted for FB messenger. Additional passengers on your flight available: Passengers get to participate in the FB messenger call, or text message group, for just $250 each. Your passengers receive Photo Wall Level sponsor membership in the members forum, including three 11x17 print of their choice from the trip, and all the bonuaes of photo wall sponsorship.
Special bonuses for you: Includes membership in the sponsors forum, 7 different 11x17 prints from your location, or other locations. If you allow your photos to be available in the sponsors forum, for members to see and buy copies of the photos, you will receive special mention as the copilot for those pictures in all mentions and use of those pictures during the trip, and on any advertising for future trips. See *Note about location.
Your flight credit never expires, but it is intended that your credit is used during the course of this trip, or a future trip during the next year. If there is no trip in progress, your flight credits are good for locations within a three hour drive of San Francisco.
$2500 - Fleet Executive
Includes all the benefits of Fleet Captain, includes up to three passengers, and also includes all the benefits of patron level membership in the sponsor forum for your passengers and ten of your friends.
Special bonus: Three extra 11x17 prints for you and each of your passengers, and 4 post cards for each of you from the trip.
Your flight credit never expires, but it is intended that your credit is used during the course of this trip, or a future trip during the next year. If there is no trip in progress, your flight credits are good for locations within a three hour drive of San Francisco.
$7,500 - Board member of the trip
All the benefits and bonsues of Fleet Executive, plus 2 fleet executive sponsorships for those you choose to nominate. (Or keep all three flights for yourself!) Makes an incredible special gift for 2 special people that you know, or a great way to start your own private library of videos and photos from three different locations..
Every four new board members of the trip will enable me to launch a new one month trip. If possible, four board members with a similar geographic area interest are chosen to be on the sponsor committe for that trip so we can give priority to coordinating their locations. Board members serve for one year, but your flight credits never expire. However, if there is no trip in progress, your flight credits are good for locations within a three hour drive of San Francisco.
$50,000 - Chairman of the trip
There is only one chairman of the trip position available, and you could be that chairman! Imagine the incredible prestige! You could be the very first chairman of the trip! Feel the intense pleasure of being able to mention at dinner parties that you have your own on-call sUAS pilot and photographer and drone fleet scouring the United States, at your direction, for one of a kind photography and video for your personal private collection! You will be the envy of everyone you meet!
All the benefits of Fleet Executive, plus 10 fleet executive sponsorships for those you choose to nominate (or be fleet executive of up to eleven of your own flights!)
This is a total of 11 sessions of drone video at your direction, or the direction of your friends that you include in the flights, every flight includs three passengers who can particupate in the direction of the flight. Makes an incredible special bonus for 10 special people that you know, such as ten worthy employees, or ten top clients. Or keep all the flights for yourself and have me build for you an incredible stock photo and video library of aerial photography from locations that you choose all over the country.
Only one chairman position avialable, and chairman position is for a term of 3 months, giving you priority determination of where trips are conducted during your term. A Chairman of the Trip sponsorship will enable me to extend the trip for an entire three month term, ensuring you maximal opportunity to get the locations you want.
While I do have all the drones, printers, and vehicles to complete this trip, sponsorship at this level includes budget for equipment upgrades to the next level for even more spectacular video and photography.
Flights do not expire, and unused flights may be used after your term expires. If there is no trip in progress, your flight credits are good for locations within a three hour drive of San Francisco.
Special bonus for the Chairman of the Trip if you accept and fund your position by October 20th, 2020: 10 extra Fleet Executive level flights. That is a total of 21 flights at your personal direction, or the direction of those you choose to give the flights to.
Make Some Money As Part Of The Funding Team For This Trip
Want to make some fast cash for your work to support this trip? Let me know you want to join the funding team, and sponsor this trip at the $100 community builder sponsor level. That includes 20 no cost sponsor level passes to the sponsors only forum. (You could even sell those passes for a small amount of money each, between $5 or $10, or even $20, and pocket those sales for yourself!) I will award you with 10% commission on all the sponsorship that you raise for the trip.
Extra bonus: When your commission totals $200, I will give you a free upgrade to Photowall Sponsor with all of it's benefits..
Extra bonus: If your commission total exceeds $1200, you will get a free upgrade to whichever package is equal or lesser in value to your commisions, and I will still send you your commissions too! You could become a Fleet Captain, or above, just from the sponsors you bring to this campaign!
Commissions to be paid every two weeks on Paypal or Venmo, (when $50 or more commissions is owed) for sponsorships generated before the current two week period. I reserve the right to fairly modify the payout schedule, while we see what GoFundMe’s does with any sponsors who request a refund, or payments don’t go through, or anything like that.
Special bonus: Join the funding team before October 20th, and generate $500 in sponsorships before October 20th, you get a free personal upgrade to Photo Wall Sponsor, which three beautiful framable prints of your choice from this trip.
And one last special: Lifetime 10% commission on the sponsors that you bring. If sponsors you bring later make additional contributions, for example buying extra prints, or upgrades to higher levels like copilot or fleet captain, you get 10% commission on those upgrades too. Can you find a board member, or even a chairman of the trip? These levels include the bonus of bringing in their friends to enjoy the perks of their position. 15% commission on board member or chairman sponsorship, and 10% commission on the extra purchases or sponsorship upgrades of the friends they include in the perks of their position.
Photo Tour Trip Planning:
Accomplished! Segment 1: Goal: Get to New England States ASAP!
* First priority is to get to the New England states, Houlton Maine. Will be trying to minimize time in New York because of current events, but no way to avoid going through at least a small part of New York to get to Maine, but I plan to first go to Philadelphia, then shoot up the coast through Houlton, and finally St. Agatha, Maine, the northernmost lake in Maine. 3600 miles
Funding needs:
* I have been roughing it by staying in my van, but last night my sponsors made it possible to stay in a room for a couple of nights!
** I would happily sleep in my car while doing this, but I am never as productive as when I get a real night's sleep. With all the driving, and safety focus needed while flying the drone aircraft, proper rest is important. Time is of the essence with the fall colors, they do not last for long, so I need to do a motel room each night of this trip to maximize time available for photography, and use the evenings effectively to communicate about the trip to all my sponsors and supporters. Hotel rooms: 20 days at $100/day - $2000
