On the 22nd of November this year I tweeted around my 900th picture of the year. It was called Traveller’s Horse no.5. (I’ve been taking a series of them). My friend Justin Grasty, the very talented graphic designer,(who shares a mutual love of colour), replied…”7 more and you’ve got a calendar”
I, while distracting myself from work, replied “I’ll need some graphics then!”…….and so it began. Before the end of the day a flurry of emails had taken place and before I knew it Justin had come up with a fantastic design. One month on, after an edit of around 1000 pictures and advertising only on Facebook, Twitter and attending the fabulous Friday picnic last week, I have virtually sold out of my print run of 90…..
…..The whole process started in January 2011 when I bought an iPhone4. At the time I had no idea how this transaction would revolutionize my photography this year…..
….I see pictures all the time and everywhere I go. It started when I was a teenager. This has been both fabulous and frustrating if a camera isn’t in my hand. The iPhone gave me access to a camera all the time…
At first I started using the Hipstamatic app but have since developed my iphoneography into using several applications that give me greater control…
Along this journey I joined Twitter and Instagram where I have been tweeting and uploading pictures virtually everyday under the ‘nom-de-camera’ BettyLawless….
The photographs in the calendar are a selection from my first year with the iPhone and the world of social media. They show what I’ve seen and where I’ve been…
…and what fun it’s been.
The photographs in this blog show the large prints from the calendar that has been printed photographically to retain the strength of colour and to give those who bought it a set of 12 prints at the end of the year which can be framed….
i hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I’ve enjoyed taking them. Lizzie Coombes aka Betty Lawless 2011. A big thank you goes to Justin Grasty for such wonderful design and colours.
