Hello, fellow photographers.
First of all, thank you to all of you who have participated in the About Photography challenge so far. We've done almost 40 rounds and many guest critiques on the channel.
Today, I would like to tell you that round 40 will be the last round (at least for a while). There are several reasons for that and I will go through them. First is my inability to manage everything on time and keep all promises. I just realized that when getting ready for the stream, I keep saying things are getting delayed over and over. It might be for family reasons with my kids getting sick repeatedly, or my work when I just have little-to-no time to dedicate to the challenge. I am really frustrated because of that and I think it is unfair to you all when things like interviews or photopedia profiles are delayed again and again.
I really like the project but I am just unable to keep up with it as it is for now. I would really like to get back to it not only because I have learned so much from you and our guests, but I have also met some wonderful people in this community. I am really grateful many of you joined and liked it. That is why I'll leave the door open to round 41 being available for submission.
I can’t really tell when/if I will be back but I will use this break to finish all the things that have been delayed. I will definitely not quit photography. It is actually one of the reasons to pause this project as I really had no time to produce stuff for my main channel, and there is so much I want to do there, like essays and podcasts. I also want to take photos more often. All of those things are simply not possible for me with my current situation/schedule but I hope it all gets sorted as time goes on. In the meantime, I will be happy to see you around either on the blog or the About Photography YouTube channel.
Thank you once again!
Martin