I wanted to write a quick note in hopes that some of you that have written me emails, sent Facebook messages to me etc. It makes me feel terrible, but I just have not been able to find the time to respond to the vast majority of the messages I get. So I thought a brief apology would be nice before we launch into a new year.
Since 2008 I have been averaging between 50 to 300 emails each and every day. That does not include the messages I get from 9000 Flickr contacts, over 2000 Facebook contacts, LinkedIn and Twitter...dont even know. I checked my Yahoo email address the other day and 53,520 unread messages...good grief!
Anyway, I used to be really good at responding to everyone who had questions or comments or even just a nice thing or two to say to me. Unfortunately it has gotten to the point where if I did respond to them all I would never work, travel or even go outside. I do read all of the emails, even if I cant respond. I try to read blog comments, once a month and I go through Facebook messages a few times a year. It take two or three days to go through the Flickr stuff and I do that every six months or so.
I really do appreciate the kindness and enthusiasm you all exhibit. There have been many times where your kind messages of support have kept me going and I cant thank you enough for that. So please accept my deepest and sincerest apologies if you have written to me and I have not responded. It is not at all because I dont care, it is just because I am juggling a lot and have to drop this ball in order to keep the others in the air.
Maybe someday I will buy a shack on a deserted island and hook up a nice sattilite internet connection. I could take a few months or a year and finally write each and every one of you back and thank you for taking the time to write to me. That would be nice and I will do the best I can to make it happen :)
I am one of those who wrote to you ... Admire your work, photos, and I understand that you cant answer all mail, etc. Take care and Be Safe, when you out there working in the field! Happy New Year!
Posted by: Magnus Persson | December 30, 2011 at 20:39
We're all friends, Zoriah! No apologies here! Just keep working so that many others can be inspired and touched by your great images and the stories they convey.
I want to thank you for helping me and countless others on the path of being a photographer.
May the year to come keep you and everyone in peace.
Posted by: Soham Gupta | December 30, 2011 at 21:01
I am one of those too but no apologies : I understand and I will keep on supporting you because I love your work Happy new year all !
Posted by: SANDROANDRINE | January 02, 2012 at 00:24
Happy New Year! We are on the frontier of this information society, and have no idea how to handle it. How do people Facebook and . . . so ANYTHING else?!?
Keep on keeping on living a good and healthy life, and we your readers very much appreciate what you do. Thank you for being your gracious and wildly talented self.
Posted by: Lisa | January 02, 2012 at 08:07
Hi... just outsource someone to do that for you... they can sort through your emails, FB, twitter and they'll know which is important and which is not... Use odesk dot com for that if you want. Thanks :) Martin
Posted by: Martin | January 02, 2012 at 14:34
Happy holidays.......Thanks for your great work and your sharing.......
Posted by: Linda Green | January 04, 2012 at 04:41
Thank you for your hard work. I wish you enough 2012.
Posted by: Nigel | January 18, 2012 at 04:31
Greetings all,
As a fan, an admirer and a fellow journalist. I would like to reaffirm this statement. Back in 2006, maybe 07, I contacted Zoriah and he graciously responded in what seemed to me, his earliest convenience under his circumstances. Great person. Thanks for your work.
Bayruit510
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