THE DREAM
I have a dream! I suggest that we work out a deal, where for a very small amount of money, you can experience my proposed AROUND THE WORLD adventure with me. I have already made a $5,800 deposit to reserve a balcony cabin on the Pacific Princess that will embark on a 111-day voyage completely around the globe starting on January 23, 2015. It's truly a round-trip leaving from and returning to Los Angeles. The base cost for such a trip, is $32,000 per person based on double occupancy but since I travel alone, the cost is twice the per person rate! This trip will cost me $64,000! I'm willing to come up with my share of $32,000 but $64,000 would wipe out a giant portion of my retirement and that would be a bad decision.
It
will truly be the trip of my lifetime and an incredible photographic
adventure. And for those of you who would ever contemplate such a trip,
this may prove to be a very valuable editorial - helping you decide if
such a trip is worth it. I promise to document this trip as if I were
making a real documentary, where there are no pre-set conclusions.
Please note that If this plan fails, I will have to cancel this trip and scratch off this one and only item from my bucket list. I have until June 1, 2014 to cancel and get my deposit back. I really can't do this without help. That's why I have made this an all or nothing campaign.
WHO AM I?
I have been a professional film/video maker all my life. While I didn't grow up to be Steven Speilberg, I have made my entire living shooting and editing for the non-broadcast industrial corporate world. The neat thing about that is that I get to do everything, not just light or shoot or whatever. I've worked in Hollywood and Orange County, CA for production houses, a non-profit, for a fire department and for aerospace. And finally I've had my own business, DV Post since 1999. (www.dvpostvideo.com) I should be retired at my age, but I still loving doing this kind of work. I'd love to share this "professionally made" trip around the world with you.
THE PERKS
In exchange for your contribution, I will share my experience with you. Every contributor of at least $1 will get daily e-mails via the Indiegogo site. Those contributing $25 will get a narrated video on a standard DVD containing photos and videos of my trip. The video will be feature length - spending about three minutes at each of the 34 ports along the way. For $50 you will get a Blu-Ray. For $100 you will receive a thank you credit in the video production and your choice of a DVD or a Blu-Ray.
COME ON!
So, what do you say? Why not vicariously join me in this incredible journey? I will keep you informed with a journal entry every day. You will not only have lots of photos and a 90-minute DVD, you will have my extreme gratitude for making a big dream of mine come true.