Category: Research
Research on a particular subject, be it a technology, event, concept, etc.
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AI-Generated Art: How Does It Work
in: Research
Four images generated using the same terms: Paul Klee, German Church Steeple. Church Steele represents the object I wanted to display. German is intended to be a modifier to narrow the style of architecture. Paul Klee is another modifier intended to influence the style or genre of the result. The actual details of Artificial Intelligence…
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An Essay On the Democratization of Art
in: Research
The emergence of Artificial Intelligence-based tools, in general, and specifically for the creation of art, has raised several questions for me as an artist and photographer. This is the first in a series of posts where I intend to explore some of these questions, but more fundamentally, I wonder if the output of an AI-based…
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Camera / Lens Tests
I have been using a FujiFilm GFX 100s medium format camera now for a couple of weeks; some observations were posted earlier: Having become a little more comfortable with the operation of this beast, my attention has turned to whether I should try using my existing prime lenses, and so I ask myself: To answer…
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Floral Arrangement Workshop
in: Research
As I’ve been doing some work with flowers, when the opportunity to participate in a flower arrangement workshop came up, I grabbed it. The workshop was quite practical in nature, focusing on the actual “construction” process of a bouquet: start from the bottom and build up. Searching around I found a paper that offered some…
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Photo Albums
Introduction Over the last 15 years I have prepared over 20 physical photo books, using various printing-publishing services as well as making the books myself. While using a printing-publishing service such as Blurb is easier and faster than making a book from scratch, the latter usually results in better quality images. However, it requires book-making…