It’s time for most of us to take a few deep breaths and catch a bit of a break before it all starts again.

Planning for next year is mostly complete but there are still a few little gaps in our programme and we know a few bigger gaps will be appearing in our management team. We are concerned that filling these will quite possibly be made more challenging as we all start moving about once again post the Covid lockdown era.

Therefore you can expect a few more messages like this one over the coming weeks, asking you to give some thought as to how much help you can provide in the coming year even if it’s just covering periodically for someone’s absence . Rest by all means, but please don’t hide!

In the meantime, if you feel so inclined, we know of a couple of major competitions closing in late January to keep you busy until we meet again:

AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE