The Year of Authenticity

Blonde model posing in autumn color

When I first tried a bit of Photoshop's Generative Fill feature, I was amused at the results and thought, "It will be a long time before I need to worry about AI. How wrong I was, within a year social media was inundated with realistic wildlife and fantastical landscape images that attracted the eye much more quickly than my own images. I knew then that my stock photo business might be in trouble, after all, what blogger or agency would pay good money for an image when they could just conjure one up for free!

The War On Wildlife Episode Thirteen

Deia (model) Jean Jacket

Bonus Episode,  due to the Superbowl next weekend. Since this is an off week,  I have decided to publish Episode Thirteen - The Photoshoot, a week early!

Life’s a Beach

The nightmare week of snow is finally over with, the sun is shining and it appears spring may be trying to make a comeback. I have to say, it was not a pleasant week, the snow was wet and sticky, horrible for snowshoes or ice trekkers. The colors were too dull and gray for anything … Continue reading Life’s a Beach