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Cara, a Worthy Instagram alternative?
Everything You Need to Know About Cara, the AI-Free Social Media Platform for Artists Have you heard about Cara? This app has taken the art community by storm in the past week. It skyrocketed from 40,000 to 700,000 users in just seven days, mainly thanks to Instagram’s controversy over using images to train AI. With its recent surge, the numbers are likely even higher now. The app also cracked the top 5...
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Updated Prompt Formula for Consistent Great 'Photos' with AI
Exactly a year ago, I published my proven ChatGPT formula to achieve consistent great ‘photos’ with AI (Midjourney). It has helped me produce many very good-looking, realistic images. But with the pace at which improvements are released, does the formula stand the test of time? Or is it due an update? This is what we aim to find out today. Before we dive in, as I did in the original post, I...
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2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Best Photos from Around the World
As promised in the previous post, here is my Total Solar Eclipse photo gallery featuring the best photos I could find online. I wish even just one of these photos was mine. But I could not travel for the event, and the UK was not blessed with the spectacle (it was also raining yesterday). I did capture the Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse though: it’s here. The Gallery The cover image is...
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The Great American Total Solar Eclipse
Experience nature’s greatest sight — a total solar eclipse! On April 8, 2024, the moon’s shadow will cross Mexico, the United States, and Canada. This spectacular total solar eclipse will amaze many millions of people. Will you be there? LIVE UPDATES: Canton Becker, the author of a super-useful Google Calendar add-on for Astrophotographers, has made a map to superimpose the eclipse path with weather predictions. Keep an eye on the current conditions...
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Full Moons in 2024: Everything You Need To Know
Get your stargazing gear ready because it will be a celestial smorgasbord of full moons in 2024! We’re talking 12 luminous orbs gracing the night sky, including four supermoons, a dazzling blue moon, and even a couple of lunar eclipses to spice things up. These are a timeless spectacle that never gets old, no matter how many times you’ve seen them. But what makes the 2024 lunar parade extra special? Let’s dive...
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My Work at the Photographer of the Year Exhibition!
In just a few days, the Photographer of the Year 2023 exhibition opens its doors… Gear up, Photography fanatics! London is about to explode with a visual feast like no other! And guess what? Your favourite photographer (a.k.a. yours truly!) is one of the lucky souls who will present their work alongside some of the world’s finest talents. But what’s in store, you ask? Prepare to be transported to breathtaking landscapes, captivated...
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New Laws Mean The End Of Street Photography?
Despite the drama in many debates and even in some parts of the video below, I’m not entirely sure this could be the end of Street Photography… But maybe it is? These days, everyone is focused on AI and all that auto-generated images can do to disrupt the industry. But at a much higher level, governments are introducing or updating their privacy laws, tightening them to the point that Street Photography may...
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Once in a Blue (Super)Moon
If you have explored this blog, you may have encountered a few posts about photographing a supermoon. Like the Blood Wolf Moon or the Pink one. Even a recording of a Clubhouse talk among passionate moon-chasers. There is a lot I like about photographing a supermoon. From the excitement of waiting for the day to come to the hours spent to find and scout a location, determine a good alignment, wait for...
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How to Pack for a Photography Trip
Packing for a photography trip is never easy. It may be more straightforward if it’s only for a weekend rather than a few months. But it’s still a matter of making the right choices. Now it’s the Summer holidays season and I’m doing lots of packing and unpacking myself. For example, this weekend is a bank holiday here in the UK, and I’ll be visiting places. So, I thought it would be...
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1 Gigapixel Photo: London Panorama at Sunset (Blackheath to Stratford)
I have been thinking about creating a 1 gigapixel photo for a while. It’s not an entirely new concept to me. About 15 years ago, at a company called Centrica in Florence, we were tasked with turning the masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery into digital at an incredibly high resolution. For example, we took dozens of shots of Botticelli’s Venere and then stitched them together to create a gigapixel photo that you...
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Consistently Great 'Photos' with Midjourney and ChatGPT [Formula]
Yes, you have come to the right place to learn the secret to consistently obtaining great photos with Midjourney. It’s all thanks to a proven ChatGPT formula. So it’s AI creating AI—with the help of a human Photographer, that is. If you want only the formula, it’s further down on this page. But if you have the time and want to understand what’s behind this “secret sauce,” I recommend reading the whole...
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Fujifilm XF 8mm F3.5, A Real Estate Lens
I had the opportunity to use the new Fujifilm XF 8mm F/3.5 the day it was announced—almost out of the blue. I asked one of my contacts at Fujifilm if they had the 8-16mm lens at hand because I needed an ultra-wide angle lens to photograph an apartment for Airbnb. The spaces were a bit restrictive, so I wanted the widest non-fisheye lens in the Fujifilm range. Luckily, a magazine reviewer had...
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