This is something which has been on my mind for quite some time, but I wanted to wait for Thanksgiving to make this post (as I thought it would be fitting).

I made it a personal goal of mine early on to ensure I express my gratitude to every person who is kind enough to show their appreciation of my work by either favoriting one of my submissions or watching me (if I'm lucky, both). At first, I started off with a simple "thanks for the fave," but quickly decided against it. To me, a true expression of gratitude necessitates a meaningful, well thought out message and it seemed cheap and halfhearted to just say "thanks for the fave." I'm not saying people who say this aren't sincere, just that it didn't accurately convey the how thankful I am to someone. I didn't want the same copy-and-paste response, where the person who had (maybe unknowingly) done so much for me. As a result, I began to not only thank them, but also explain how much it means to me when someone favorites a picture of mine or watches me. However, after thanking hundreds of people, I seemed to have fallen into the same issue I started with, except it's now longer. The following is usually what I post to someone's page after a favorite or watch:

"Hey, man. I wanted to stop by and thank you for favoriting my picture. It means a lot to me seeing that other people enjoy my work and it's simple things like that which keep me doing what I do. :3"

If you remember my post to your page, it probably looked almost identical to this. This was a result of dozens of revisions, carefully constructed to show you guys how much I appreciate your kindness and really does accurately represent my feelings. While I still type out every word, it's become repetitive and seems procedural. Because of this, I must apologize.

Thank you all for your support. Like I say in those posts, I don't know whether or not I would still be doing photography if it were not for the support of every one of you.