Hello, everyone!
Today, I want to thank a lot of people, I want to talk about some of my struggles, and
I want to announce a giveaway
First things first, gratitude
I did two interviews recently, the first one with Sam from "The Unrecovering Photography Addict"
I'm going to leave the link down below in the description to that interview
and another one with Andrew from "Frozen Wasteland", that one hasn't been published yet
but I'm going to leave the link to the website as well there
I also wanted to thank the photography podcast FujiCast, where they were talking about my work
they had very nice words about it
A-O-W-S.co and it's beautiful black and white work, beautiful work
the upside down, here we go... sounds ominous Kev, this is the kind of thing that gives you nightmares, Kev
thanks to Christian for the tip
Lastly, I wanted to thank fellow photographer and youtuber, Paul
who had very kind words about my work in his channel, in his latest video
I'm going to leave the link down below to that video and to his channel
I've been following him for a while and I like his art and his work, if you like my photography
you're going to like his, for sure
So please go check his channel out
But the biggest thank-you goes to all of you who have purchased a copy of my book "Becoming an American"
The support has been overwhelming, I just can't believe it. Every single purchase means the world to me,
All of this support gives me a lot of hope for the future, as you know I've been working hard
on making photography my full time job, I want to make a living doing this, I love it, and I can't see myself doing anything else
so yeah, thank you so, so much
This leads me to the next point, about struggling
After the release of my book and hearing other photographers saying so many nice things about my work
one might think that I have a few things figured out, that my vision is clear, or that I know what I'm doing
but that is far from the truth, you see, I struggle like everyone else
It was Georgia O'Keeffe, now considered one of the best painters in American history
who was wondering if she was crazy for trying to make "these things"
that's how she called her paintings, "these things"
that goes to show that even the greatest, even the best artists out there struggle and they doubt themselves
some days, I think that all my images are garbage, and the next day I think they are incredible pieces of art
Just the other day, I was very close to buying a full frame camera, and then the next day I wanted to ditch all
my cameras and just go with a Holga, exclusively
It is important to understand that that is part of the journey, and that struggle makes us better
makes us improve, it pushes us to go farther and to go beyond
I wanted to share this because some of you might be struggling right now, or might struggle from time to time
and I do too, I wanted to share that because I believe it's normal and part of the process
don't overthink it, don't let it drag you down, and as long as you keep getting out, keep shooting and keep creating
everything will be fine
Anyhow, to finish this video and as a way to say thank you to all of you
for your support by watching these videos, by giving me a thumbs up, by subscribing to my channel,
I wanted to give away one copy of my book "Becoming an American"
All you have to do to enter the giveaway is to be subscribed to my channel
and to leave a comment with an emoji that I'm going to choose later and put it around here
so I just know that you watch this part of the video
I'll choose a winner next week, next Friday
That's all for today, I am very happy today too, because tomorrow the restrictions of the quarantine are
finally easing a little bit here in Spain, I'm going to be able to go on walks and runs out of my farm
so I hope to be able to go to some local woods and forests around here, that are very close
and to make some videos from there, and hopefully make some new images as well
As usual, thank you so much for watching, and see you in the next one!