AI

Why I’m finding AI most useful when it works with me, not instead of me Over the last few weeks, I’ve found myself using AI in a slightly different way. Not to write something for me. Not to generate an image. Not even simply to answer a question. Instead, I’ve had ChatGPT open on one screen while I work on another. It sounds simple, but I’m beginning to think this may be one of the most useful ways I’ve found to work with AI. Recently, I was testing a Google Workspace setup

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A modern car comes with an extraordinary amount of information. I discovered exactly how much when Adele recently bought her new Toyota Yaris Hybrid. The owner's manual is 507 pages. The navigation manual adds another 281. There's a 100-page multimedia guide and a further 14 pages of specifications for the car. That's 902 pages altogether. Somewhere amongst those 902 pages is probably the answer to almost any question we might have about the car. Finding it is another matter.

A couple of weeks ago, I gave this blog a fairly substantial redesign. It had previously sat alongside my business website, Keith Burton Photography, but over time it had stopped feeling useful in that form. The blog was still there, but it no longer really reflected everything I wanted to write about. Redesigned blog that works better on all platforms, from large monitors to mobile screens. So I decided to broaden it. What started as a simple tidy-up turned into a much bigge

Today marks a bit of a fresh start for my blog. For the past three years, I’ve mainly used this space to write about photography. At first, that meant sharing my thoughts on building a small studio, improving my portrait work, and hopefully moving towards a few more commercial shoots. That was the plan. But life has a habit of moving things around a bit, doesn’t it? Over time, I’ve realised that I need this blog to become something a little wider. Still about photography, yes

I’m thinking of putting together a live online talk and demo for photographers who are curious about AI, but not necessarily interested in using it to generate images. This would be about something much more practical. I want to show how AI can help with the bits of photography that often get in the way of actually taking pictures: planning trips, organising kit, managing schedules, keeping track of ideas, reviewing what worked, and making better decisions afterwards. The ses

Over the past few years, I have experimented with various genres of photography, including landscapes, events, still life, and portraits. In 2023, I became interested in AI. As I started experimenting with a few tools, I was initially concerned that this might affect my photography skills, but I am excited about the possibilities of this unique challenge. Art has come a long way since cave dwellers would express their thoughts and ideas through pictures drawn on walls. Over t

This image was machine generated by AI !!! AI is now spreading to all aspects of our life, and if you use a computer at home or work, you will find the 'Terms and Conditions' for all major software is now being updated to cover AI. Microsoft has just updated their T&Cs and added many references to AI tech in all its products. So AI use is one topic on many photographers' minds right now and how that affects them. On the one hand, it's a scary prospect, the end of creative Ph