The Writing's on the Wall - Graffiti Themed Treasury.

Inspired by my feature on Midday Masterpiece  I've put togeterh a graffiti themed Treasury filled with a load of great pieces from prints to wall decals to coasters and beautiful photographic prints  - in fact, there's something for everyone!

The Writing's on the Wall by Eyeshoot Photography

Whole Lotta Love

I came across this great little scene while in a dull Manchester on Saturday and thought that it would make a great print, so here it is!

Whole Lotta Love by Eyeshoot Photography at Etsy

It's been busy, but I've been here all along!

After the shopping frenzy of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales when I enjoyed a shed load of orders Eyeshoot's back to normal!  While I miss the fun of selling loads of prints, I do like the quieter times as I get a chance to plan, plot and catch up with things I've meant to do and put off.  One of these things was to finally get around to making my book of graffiti photos.  I've made a few books with Blurb over the years, but the daunting task of organizing several hundreds of images spread across multiple drives, discs and sticks did rather chill my enthuasism.  But spurred on by a very generous discount voucher which I picked up at the Blurb Pop Up event in London a month or so ago and a bit of a lull in sales and queueing at the post office, I finally got my act togeher and settled down to business.

And here's the result!  Things on Walls by Sarah Franklin, 120 glorious full colour pages of graffiti, stickers, stencils, paste ups, random notes on walls from London, Manchester, Liverpool, Barcelona with a couple of wildcards from Crete and Fuerteventura thrown in for luck.

The book preview doodad below will show you the first fifteen pages and hopefully when your appetite.  My copy hasn't arrived in my eager little hands yet, but I'm hoping it won't be too much longer.

Things on Walls by Sarah Franklin | Make Your Own Book

Birthday Weekend

It was my birthday on Saturday and we had a great day!  We had booked a table for thirteen of my favourite people at our local choice for dim sum and when we were all finally seated a chopstick waving eating frenzy ensued, we had food arriving at the table from the steamer trolleys and the rather more unhealthy fried trolleys almost as fast as we could eat them.  There were some old favourites and a few new dishes as well as some delicious choi sum with garlic from the main menu.  The table looked like a bomb site by the time we had finished!  The only problem with these sorts of meals is that they're over all to swiftly with no pudding and wine to linger with, but then it just means that there's more of the day left to enjoy.

We made it back to ours to enjoy pink fizz with mum's famous chocolate cake in the sunshine on the terrace.  The cake was a surprise and a very nice on too, in fact it was so tasty that I totally forgot to take a picture, which is a shame but I won't forget!  Everyone stayed until we had to chuck them out as we plus two others were to drive to Liverpool to see Laura in her promenade performance of Walking Through Windows at Liverpool Cathedral which we hadn't managed to get to all week and Saturday night was the final night.  We made it in to the very last performance which started at 8pm and lasted for almost two hours after starting late.  It was a really interesting evening, highlighting the good works by the women who are commemorated in some famous stained glass windows at the cathedral.  We saw Kitty Wilkinson in her bath house (where I had to do some scrubbing!), Elizabeth Fry in a convincingly nasty prison cell, there was an encounter in the rather more comfortable surrounds of philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts' parlour as she told her story of massive inheritance and how she spent it! There was a rather lame piece of installation art about Dame Julien of Norwich which didn't really make much sense to me, it also looked a bit sad in such a spectacular location.

The show started and finished late and by just after 10.30 we were happy (if rather coldly) seated outside The Quarter which is rapidly turning into a Liverpool favourite for late night noshing. The menu is mainly pizza and pasta with a few 'proper' dishes on the specials board, but we all had pizzas which were very nice indeed. We were frozen by the time we had finished, so no pudding just a weary drive home. 

Sunday started with a frenzy of photography at the desperately unglamorous, slightly smell, itchy and damp Withington Pumping Station (I shoot at all the nicest places!). After a fun filled couple of hours there, we stumbled across the Beech Road festival in Chorlton where we grabbed some tasty Jerk Chicken from one of the many street cafes and had a good potter around. After a quickly restorative snooze at home, my parents came to collect us for a supper at Wagamama, which was, as usual, delicious. A leisurely Cointreau (of three) in Castlefield sent us to our beds.

Lost For Words?

It's been a while since my last blog post......quite a lot's happened since then and I've let things slip a bit on the blogging front!  Anyway as a small attempt to make up for it here's a photograph I shot on a grand day out in Liverpool last week.  We went with friends to see the Picasso exhibition at the Tate which was followed by a long and tasty lunch at the newly opened Jamie's Italian.  I've only just started to sort through the photos from that day and here's a taster!

Lost For Words - £23.26 ($35) in my Etsy Shop!

I Can Feel Your Smile

I Can Feel Your Smile - $35.00

 

A lovely graffito which I found in Cambridge while we were there for a few days last week.

...a necklace of incomparable beauty...

"..a necklace of incomparable beauty", originally uploaded by Eyeshoot Photography.

I spotted this as I drove past this afternoon and didn't have a camera with me other than my iPhone which is useless.

I've Googled the line, but haven't found out if it's a quotation - perhaps it's an original thought.....

I went back again later and although the full on sunshine of earlier had gone away it still looked great. I had to park very illegally and hover suspiciously on the opposite side of the road with my camera waiting for a break in the constant stream of traffic. I think it was worth the wait!

Migration is not a crime

Migration is not a crime, originally uploaded by multum in parvo..

I've just heard on the Radio 4 news that this piece of graffiti by Mr Banksy in Glastonbury has been painted over by some overzealous volunteers. (I shot the photo above in Manchester). The man who owns the wall is none too pleased as he was due to sell it for £5K and had made an arrangement with the Council that it was not to be painted over! Can't help but be amused really.

I photographed the same piece in Oxford where the obviously see things differently.

This is not a Photo Opportunity - Print

I really have no idea why I've never made a print from this iconic piece of Banksy. Anyway, better late than never, here it is!

This is a popular photo...why?

It's all in the composition.
Originally uploaded by multum in parvo.

This photo is my most looked at on Flickr with 5006 views. The view count shot up over a couple of days and I've not been able to find out. It's rather a little mystery.

I'm in a Treasury for the first time!

I was wondering why my Hearts were shooting up! I don't usually check them too often, but I suppose it was a good job that I'm at home and can enjoy watching the drama unfold!

My bit is The Ministry of Silly Walks in the top right hand corner. I've been an avid collector of graffiti for years and years and this is one of my all time favourites. I've sold one print of it since it came into my shop, which made me very happy!

New Graffiti Images in Etsy Shop

Liberty and Friends.



Ministry of Silly Walks



I had an unexpected few hours at home on Tuesday morning and was surprisingly motivated to make some new prints and to get them listed. I've been photographing graffiti for years now, ever since my first digital camera which is what really got me going! I've never really done anything with the pictures before despite being very fond of the collection. I thought I'd try some on Etsy to see if the world would like them.

I'd sold one of the Ministry of Silly Walks by the end of the day! I'm hoping that sale is the start of a mad rush. Or at least a slow trickle of sales......