A Surprising Sense of Creative Ownership

When making AI-generated images using Adobe Firefly, I'm struck not only by how good some of the results are, but also by a surprising feeling: creative ownership.

Photocombobulate #29: AI with Mark Heaps

We welcome Mark Heaps to the Photocombobulate podcast to talk about AI for photographers.

PhotoActive #138: DPReview and AI

In the latest PhotoActive podcast episode, Jeff and Kirk discuss the imminent shutdown of DPReview and Adobe's new Firefly Generative AI service.

Episode 29: AI with Mark Heaps

With a handful of keyword prompts, anyone with access to the internet can now leverage Artificial Intelligence to generate realistic photographs, so have we just been replaced? Should you sell off your camera gear and leave creativity to the ‘bots? Not yet.

In this episode we get real with Mark Heaps, a photographer and designer on the cutting edge of AI. This conversation may comfort you or terrify you, but we can assure you that it will make you think.

DPReview Shuttered

Like many people on Tuesday, I was shocked to learn that DPReview is being shut down by its parent company Amazon.

Bring Back (?) the Noise: A Contrarian Take on DxO PureRAW 3

I look at DxO PureRAW 3 and how its incredible performance might lead us to accepting too-soft images.

PhotoActive 137: Zoom Lenses with Chris Niccols

Chris Niccolls joins us on the PhotoActive podcast to talk about zoom lenses!

The Paralysis of “Best”

[This post first appeared in Photo AI, my newsletter about how computational photography is fundamentally changing photography as we know it. Subscribe here, or view the archives at TheSmarterImage.com.] Last week the good folks over at Glass posted on Mastodon: "Hi. Hit us with your best photo on Glass. Just because. 🗣️ Show 🗣️ us 🗣️ ...

Photocombobulate #28: Imposter Syndrome

Imposter syndrome hits everyone, even people we think would be immune to it. Jeff and Mason talk about how to deal and overcome it.

Episode 28: Imposter Syndrome

You know those photographers out there who are making amazing images all the time? The ones who day after day have glorious captures to share on Instagram? Yeah, that ain’t us.

In this episode, we talk about how Imposter Syndrome keeps us from making photos and some of the techniques we use to overcome the paralysis that image insecurity can bring.

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