This is neither exceptional nor photography. None of this is produced by a photographic process, thus the results are not photographs. What you are perpetrating and perpetuating is a fraudulent lie.

I know it is months later, but I just stumbled upon your post today. First, as a photographer, I want to thank you for not using the words "photograph' or 'photography' in your post as I have seen in so many others about AI-generative imagery (and felt compelled to correct—and…

None of this is remotely "intelligent." in actuality or metaphorically. What you describe sounds like typical, long-existing, semi-automated search, a pig with lipstick. Marketing departments throw "AI" into their copywriting and....ta da!...instant fad rebranding of old tech into "new", only with serious (and dangerous) deficiencies...something I have witnessed firsthand. …

Why bother? All this purposeless AI generative imagery has become so oversaturated so quickly that it is beyond boring and pointless...was to begin with. But, hey, let's create a new fad—the Etch-A-Sketch® reborn without knobs— as a novel means of wasting time and resources, a further step into a virtually and literally phony phantasy phuture.™ I am tuning it out more and more with each passing day.

And get after IT — In my previous post, I provided an update as to why I haven’t been producing new posts. That hasn’t changed. It’s mid-spring, I haven’t been afield, and I haven’t shot a single frame because of IT. IT has priority over my available free time. My new mega-project at AIgitated is…

Something more important is keeping me from getting out to shoot…two things, actually. — I haven’t produced new content in quite some time because I don’t have time to get out and shoot, or write about it. Something else is on my mind and taking up all my free time. The intersection of AI and photography — and things that claim to be “photography”…

Text and images by LensAfield* 12/24/2022, amended 4/13/23 You would have to literally be living in the middle of Nowhere not have been exposed to discussions about AI (artificial intelligence). The depth and breadth of its applications and implications are already mind-boggling. Here we discuss photography, so I will limit…

Noticing small changes, cues, and details can have huge benefits — Text and photos by LensAfield I was walking around this particular park with the specific intention to “see” and capture images of things almost no one else who uses the park would. …

The perils of messing with nature, photographic procrastination, and unintended outcomes — Text and photos by LensAfield It was mid-April. The weather was still quite cool here in central New Jersey, but the early morning light stimulated me to break out of my winter doldrums, get up early, and do some shooting. …