December Salon - NOT!

Unfortunately I had to miss my monthly Salon this month. But, I still had photos prepared so here they are!

I did some generative (AI) fill in photoshop. Comments please!

Ok, not to be a luddite, I decided to try some generative fill in photoshop. It’s their latest feature to keep themselves in the AI game. First off, they have stupid rules about nudes so I couldn’t create a reflection like I wanted, so that’s pretty fucking bogus. Anyway, I’m really struggling with how I feel about genertative fill or even composite images. When does it stop being my photograph and become something else. Maybe if I do composites with images that are all mine I can feel OK with that? I dunno, still struggling and would love to hear your thoughts on this and the before/after images.

AI

Lately I’ve seen a LOT of digital creators on Instagram pretending to be photographers. Or being very obtuse about how they are creating their images so as to seem like they are photographers. Stop it! Own your AI generated stuff. Don’t pretend you are doing something you aren’t. The worst part is when a bunch of lemmings fall for it. Sheesh, have some artistic integrity. I will never lie about how any of my images are created. If I happen to dapple in AI I will always be honest about it.

October Salon

This month's photos were a mish-mash. I’m feeling a little bit of a creative funk, but power through anyway!

Some Edits

I had some time to do some random edits today.

September Salon

I missed last month’s Salon because I was in Europe with my lovely partner Devi. As a consequence, this Month’s salon images include some images taken with my very good friend Crispy Kimchi who comes up occasionally to go wine tasting, and eat Paella. The rest of the images are form Devi and my whirlwind trip across Europe from Geneva to Wengen, to Insbruk, to the Dolomites,to Lake Bled, to Rabac in Croatia, to Lake Garda in Italy and finally to the South of France and then back to Geneva (3000km all told). Finally, I took a back-pack last weekend up into the Sierra Nevada here in my home state of California and got some night time shots of the milky way. I hope you enjoy all the photos!

July Salon....

Once again met with my longtime group of photographer friends. These were my showings this month.

June - Salon

The usual salon meeting this month. This is what I showed. Enjoy.

January Salon...

As is usually the case, I meet with a group of photography friends once per month (or mostly once per month) to share what we’ve done in the past month or so. These are what I showed this month.