There is no easy way to say this. Buying a newer and "better" drone, GoPro, camera or videocamera will NOT make you a better photographer / videographer. This is a marketing ploy particularly adopted by phone manufacturers. So many folk buy the next generation iPhone or Samsung smartphone on the...
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Is “Janet” the end of stock photography?
On LinkedIn I just saw a post someone had placed with a photograph of a model called “Janet”. Now I cannot disprove this, but the poster claims this photo was a complete AI image construct he himself put together from scratch. And while the image is very lifelike, and at...
Tutorial: Rule of Thirds
Many, many years ago, in a video forum far, far away, I had a ‘robust’ discussion with a person I’ll call ‘Gary’, because that was his name. Gary argued the ‘Rule of 3rds was a hard and fast rule that had to be followed to get the best images, no matter...
‘Artificial Intelligence’ or ‘AI’. Is it really? You be the judge of this image…
artificial /ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃl/: made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural. in·tel·li·gence in-ˈtel-ə-jən(t)s. : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations. : the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as...