The Town Lake Trail Foundation Calendar is finally here . A couple of the pictures that you have seen in the AroundAustin galleries made it into the calendar. I was asked to enter photos for this calendar mid-year by a friend. The rules were that it had to be a picture of the trail (not the lake, bridges, etc.) and not have any recognizable people in the photos. Sounded easy enough so I said sure. A couple of weeks later she informed me that there were two National Geographic photographers shooting as well as pro photographers from other magazines and newspapers. Well it was too late to back out so I dragged down to the trail and started snapping pictures–all in all I think we managed to walk that trail six times. Well what do you know, despite the stiff competition
I managed to get two pictures into the calendar. The one on the left was taken because the foundation built the wall and planted various native plants; the one on the right (which is my favorite) was because we were walking home and a shooting buddy said why don’t you take a shot of the gazebo….it was late I was tired…I groaned but set up the tripod and did it. At any rate, the calendars are on heavy stock paper and beautifully printed. 100% of the money goes to the Town Lake Trail Foundation. You can buy the calendar at http://www.townlaketrail.org/storelistitem.cfm?itemnumber=1
The Town Lake Trail Foundation (TLTF) is a non-profit corporation with a mission to expand, improve, beautify and maintain the scenic hike and bike trail that shadows the Colorado River as it flows through Austin, Texas. The Foundation takes contributions and donations from concerned individuals, organizations and corporations and puts them to work to assure the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail remain one of the most natural and well-maintained hike and bike paths in the United States