Since your Apple Watch must be tethered to your iPhone, they might as well match.
So Swiss designer Samuel Zeller has used his personal photography to make wallpaper to match both watch and phone, and it is available Wednesday with the launch of Apple Watch OS 2.
The work of the 24-year-old self-taught photographer shows a graphic sense of composition and a keen awareness for the place where bright color and beautiful light meet and explode. He has made 32 of his images available here for free download.
“Keeping it enclosed on a hard drive feels wrong,” Zeller says on his wallpaper website. “I needed to find a way to share all this elsewhere . . . where people just consume content like fast-food.
“I wanted to let other people appreciate my sensitivity on a more personal level, and what’s more personal in the digital age than the background of the device you wear and use every day?”
Photo: Samuel Zeller
Zeller said the idea to produce iOS wallpaper came to him when he had noticed his girlfriend had downloaded one of his photos from his website as wallpaper. She did not like the built-in background or the default wallpapers.
Zeller works as an art director for a Swiss luxury brand, but appears just as busy with his photography judging by his website. He uses the line of Fujifilm cameras and sticks to work with natural light.
Zeller will also make some of his images available for other use. Contact him at [email protected].
David Pierini is a former newspaper writer and long-time photographer. Considered a luddite by most of his friends, they did not believe him when he broke the news that he would be writing for a technology website. He is fascinated by human nature and would love to cultivate stories about the people driving the tech bus. Reach out to him at [email protected].
2 responses to “Coordinate your iPhone and Apple Watch with free photos”
Thank you so much for the wallpapers. It truly is a sight to see such talent at a young age.
Hi Eliijah, I’m glad you like them! I wouldn’t call it talent, it’s a combination of sensitivity and environment/education (both my parents are artists and I grew up with photography books, movies, museum exhibitions). As for drawing it’s also a matter of regularly practicing, I try to take as much pictures as I can and I keep improving. You can sharpen your eyes on the long time. It looks great on your device by the way!