Updates

I forgot to mention, the logo should not have any characteristics of a camera in it. The letter A in a minimalistic adaptation is also of interest for the final design.
Added Thursday, April 9, 2020

On my first description for the logo, I had stated chilli red or candy apple red as one of the preferred colours in the logo. I just want to mention that it isn't imperative that that colour is used. You can if you would like , but feel free to substitute with any other colours if you feel it makes a better choice.
Added Thursday, April 9, 2020

Hi everyone. I first want to thank everyone for submitting their entries for the logo contest. All of your submissions are amazing. Each and every one of you are all so skilled and creative in what you do, and I was really overwhelmed by all the talented artwork you have all put forth towards this project. There were over 230 entries, and it will be very difficult to choose just one. I will take my time and go through each one thoroughly and fairly to make my way towards selecting the winning entry. In the meantime, I just want to say this, that even if your entry isn't chosen, please know how thankful I am for all of you to take the time to put your creative skills and talent towards this project. Super appreciate it, and you guys are all winners in my opinion. Within the next 2 days I will spend time towards selecting the final selection. Thank you very much all of you, and keep doing what you're doing. the world needs creative people like you guys. Cheers, Andre Harms
Added Monday, April 13, 2020

Need extra days to review

Hello all designers and creative talents, I would first like to start off with a huge heartfelt thank you to each and everyone of you for taking the time to create such beautiful logo entries for my photography business. I can say wholeheartedly that all of these designs are winners, they are all that good. The level of talent that you all possess is beyond words, and I am truly overwhelmed with all of the creatively thought out and produced submissions for the logo. As I am sure all of you are aware, we can only select one winner, and we have received over 300 submissions so far. With so many entries, the selection process will be extremely difficult, and so difficult in fact, that we have had to extend the deadline. Our selection process has already begun, and we felt it is important to let all of you know that if you have had your designs eliminated from our contest already, please know it is not in any way a reflection of how we feel of your submissions, but merely a step in the difficult process for us to narrow down to our finalists. We truly apologize if you have a received a message saying that your logo is not what we are after, as that was the default option in the feedback column, and weren't aware that was what was being notified to the designer as the reason for elimination. At this stage, we feel that somewhere amongst all of these submissions is our winner, and have thus put a deadline to submit any further entries to April 17th. From that point on we won't be taking any more submissions, and will begin the hard work to narrow even further the field of entries to determine our winner. We want to also at this time thank each and every one of you, every one that has submitted a design, or multiple designs, as I know some of you have. We appreciate and respect all of the designers, and thank you all for taking the time to be a part of this creative process. You have undoubtedly created a dubious task for us to choose the winning submission, but in the end your talent and time is greatly appreciated. So with that I just want to make sure to thank you all. We have 5 starred some of the selections already as our top choices, but as there is still many to review, we will likely be starring a few more at 5 for us to be able to filter down to our finalists. No other starred selections will be given, to prevent any negative connotations to your businesses. Once again we thank you and please everyone, stay safe out there. Yours truly, Andre Harms
Added Thursday, April 16, 2020