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Category: thoughts and ideas

Posted on March 30, 2021February 24, 2022

Sky Replacement: Go Big or Go Home

To my eye, it never really works: a photo of a landmark or landscape under a dull and lifeless sky, transfused with instant awesomeness via “AI Powered” sky replacement software. It’s about as convincing as a bad hairpiece.

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Posted on March 18, 2021February 24, 2022

My 1x.com Experience

If you have aspirations as a “fine art” photographer, you know about 1x.com. In their own words, it’s “one of the world’s most exclusive art galleries” where “all photos… are selected by a team of professional gallery curators. ”

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Posted on February 22, 2021April 29, 2022

Start by giving up.

Sometimes I find the photo after I’ve just admitted failure and am on the way back to the car.

Photograph of the Old Cedar Bridge in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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Posted on January 21, 2021February 24, 2022

What Chuck Close said…

A self portrait by artist Chuck Close.
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Posted on July 9, 2020March 22, 2022

Facebook For Photographers: a Black Hole

Actual image of all my photos spiraling into the black hole that is Facebook, never to be seen by anyone.
Photo credit: NASA
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