Over the years at Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary we have collected hundreds possibly thousands of photographs of the many animals that have lived at our facility. Some photos of course are not very good but many are fabulous!We have had quite a number of professional photographers come to the sanctuary many have given us the pictures they taken on their visits.
Just about all of us that work here and half the volunteers spend a good amount of time with cameras in hand.
Last December we bought a couple of external hard drives and Ihave slowly begun to categorize them and hopefuly get them stored safely and secure.
While going through the pictures I got the fun idea to create a screen saver with some of the pics I had come across. As I made the screen saver I realized there are some great stories within many of the animal photos I was looking at.
I love to go through our wolf puppy photos.
Seeing the kids today at nine months old and nearly 75 pounds is such a contrast to the little grubs they were at two weeks old. Just watching my screen saver makes me smile or chuckle to myself.Seeing some of the amazing moments in time that have been captured by the lens can send shivers up your spine. Knowing how sweet and friendly some of the wolves are with me and then seeing them in one of their serious "I am a wolf" moments caught on camera reminds all of us that we are privileged to be around these powerful creatures.
Realizing that we were sitting on a virtual gold mine in pictures got me to thinking. It dawned on me that maybe other people might get the same joy from our pictures that I do. But how could I share these unforgettable moments in time with other people?
If I could share them, I would want to do it for free…but if it were possible I would also like to raise money with the photos as well.
Not knowing how in the world that could be done I put the idea on the shelf for a while. Then, along comes my friend Dan Latrimurti with the perfect solution!!!
He showed me how we could sort and store all our precious pictures and video that we have collected over time in a secure place. Safe from fire, flood and most any natural disaster, for life, best of all for free!
Then he showed me how we could share all our photos the great and the not so great (but fun ones) and make money as well!!
Sounded hard to believe at first but after he showed me how simple it was. It was easy to see, that sharing our photos with anyone that would like to see them and giving those people the opportunity to create their own unique gift items with our pictures would be a great way to raise money for the wolves and be sharing at the same time.
So today, Dan and I are preparing to launch a PHOTO filled fiesta of fun called PhotoMax, your new best friend and way to help the wolves of
Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary!
If you want to find out more about this great way to help our wolves log on to our website and fill out the opt-in box on our home page and I will set you up with your own FREE PhotoMax web-site and pre-load it with some of our great pictures. Then I will show you how you can help our wolves by sharing those photos with others and making some cool gifts!
