Since returning from our trip, I’ve looked for ways to express the creative inspiration I found in Europe. If you’ve listened to our podcast, you already know about my enthusiasm for photography. While I’ve offered my photographs as prints and have used them as the basis for other media (screenprints, paintings), I’ve been seeking other ways to distribute and display my photography in a unique way.

I’m thrilled to introduce to you our new app – “A Year in Europe Wallpaper Gallery” for iPad. The app features 20 of my photographs from locations we visited on our trip. The images can be used in portrait and landscape orientations as background wallpaper on your iPad. I’ve included a personal comment with each image. You can also learn more about each location through built-in Wikipedia and Map links.

The app is now available in the Apple iTunes App Store:

Check it out and let me know what you think!

I’m really pleased to announce that I’ve opened up a shop on Etsy where I will be selling my original paintings, prints and photographs.

I have a couple of new screenprint editions currently available that might be of interest to AYIE listeners.

One depicts a night scene of the fountain in Piazza della Rotonda, which is right in front of the Pantheon in Rome.

To check out what I currently have available, visit scottandress.etsy.com. I’ll continue to add new pieces to the shop as they become available.

I’ve recently started to go back through the many photographs taken over the course of the year. I’m not kidding when I say that there are thousands of them! The majority of them adequately serve a purpose for us, as personal reminders of our travels. But some, I think, are composed and imaged well enough to print for display. I’ve been picking out and editing a few of my favorites from our original files. This week, I made several of these photographs available for purchase through Imagekind.com. It is a new-to-me service, but I’ve heard good things about it and thought I’d give it a try. There are lots of paper and framing options available. I’ll be offering more photos there over the next couple of weeks. And if there are other photos you’d like to see available for printing (some you may have seen through flickr), let me know.

Another reason that I’ve started to go back through our original photo files? Maybe there’s a “Photographs from A Year in Europe” book in the works? We’ll see…

Sheryl came across a great blog the other day. Check out A Taste of Europe. It is so cool to find another couple gearing up to do the same thing we are. What’s more, on top of it all they are also bringing their dog. Awesome! Best wishes, Tammy and David. Maybe our paths will cross over the next year?