Photoshop’s beta just added third-party AI models to Generative Fill, and it changes how you edit. You can stack multiple instructions in one prompt, keep context from the original photo, and steer results without micromanaging masks or selections.
The photography world is buzzing with AI talk, but let's cut through the noise. While everyone's debating whether AI will replace photographers, smart professionals are quietly using artificial intelligence to streamline their workflows and deliver better results to clients. These aren't gimmicky features or experimental tools that might work someday. These are practical AI applications that are already saving photographers hours of work.
A few weeks ago, I was walking through Whole Foods when I saw a piece of broccoli that, oddly enough, reminded me of a Joshua Tree. Seriously. That random grocery store moment ended up sparking an entire photo shoot on the spot, and, more importantly, a deeper reflection on how I can use tools like AI in my photography without letting them take over.
Finding fresh photography locations becomes increasingly challenging as you explore more of your local area. AI tools are now offering landscape photographers a practical solution for discovering hidden gems and overlooked shooting spots that traditional location scouting might miss.
While Last Week Tonight host John Oliver is not someone you'd expect to see on a photography-oriented website, he just might have the most frightening and plausible take on the danger of AI-generated imagery yet. It's worth a watch.
Photography can help improve people's mental health. It’s a mindful activity that brings moderate exercise outdoors, which can help our mood. However, with every advantage in photography, there is always a disadvantage, and the damage photography does to our brains is exacerbated by AI.
Adobe has released, without fanfare, a work-in-progress camera app for iPhones that shows tremendous promise, and I think it will excite photographers. The app is part of Adobe's Indigo Project.
I can already see it. Many of you are clenching your fists and saying, "Never!" Certainly, there are many cases in which it's not acceptable to use AI-generated images for your photography. First, I'm going to discuss several instances of when it might be okay to use AI-generated images for photography. Then we'll examine the not-so-great applications.
Real estate photography has always been about precision, speed, and aesthetic intuition. Photographers are the unsung heroes behind listings that sell fast and above the asking price. But as the housing market shifts faster than ever, the expectations for visual content have reached new heights. Enter artificial intelligence.
AI is increasingly shaping photography, and understanding its impacts, both positive and negative, is critical for your work.
I’ve had the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses for a while now, and this is what I think of them as a professional photographer, as well as why I picked them up and whether I would do so again. Smart glasses have come a long way from their initial inception many years ago. While there is still a lot of ground to cover—where I’m sure they will become a more portable version of the Apple Vision Pro—for now, this is what we have. But is it worth it?
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed the “Take It Down Act” into law, putting the United States among the first countries to impose criminal penalties on creators of non-consensual deepfake and revenge porn content. The bill, passed by a broad bipartisan majority in Congress, targets the rising threat of AI-generated explicit imagery and videos, especially those shared online without the subject’s consent.
Skylum and Google have teamed up to bring Luminar Photo Editor to Android and ChromeOS. This move opens up powerful AI-driven editing tools to a wider range of mobile and Chromebook users.
Capture One just released a new public beta version, adding AI-powered retouching tools designed to streamline your workflow. Here's a look at how it performs.
Sitting with a Lightroom catalog that contains over 360,000 photos taken across a decade offers more than nostalgia—it presents a chance to analyze your photography habits. Understanding patterns in your shooting style can significantly enhance your photographic decisions.
Travel photography is at a crossroads, struggling between authenticity and uniformity. Smartphones, AI-generated images, and overtourism are transforming what it means to photograph places and cultures.
Skylum is rolling out a spring update to their popular AI-based editing program, Luminar Neo. Users should start seeing the update today when they launch the application.
One of the toughest parts of photography isn’t mastering camera settings or lighting setups—it’s actually about keeping the person you're photographing engaged. Your excitement doesn't automatically transfer, so learning how to clearly convey your ideas becomes essential.
Adobe has been at the forefront of incorporating AI-based technology into its platforms, with the goal of allowing more people to take an idea from conception to finished product. Today, Adobe is announcing the incorporation of agentic AI across many platforms, including Acrobat, Express, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop.
Artificial intelligence isn't just for Photoshop anymore—Affinity Photo 2 is stepping into the game, aiming to offer powerful selection capabilities.
Forget AI-generated images like the one above. A leaked video on the dark web has revealed a fully automated, intelligent drone that does away with photographers.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the filmmaking landscape, prompting both optimism and significant concern. Its growing presence raises important questions about creativity, authenticity, and the future of filmmaking jobs.
For Mac users, Peakto software has always been one of the premier solutions for cataloging and easily finding your media because it automatically sorts your media as it comes in, using AI to help you find images by content, colors, time of day, camera settings, and many other attributes.
Getting natural-looking results when expanding your images can be frustrating, especially when relying solely on new AI tools. Knowing alternative methods can often yield far better outcomes.
Montana lawmakers are examining a proposal that would criminalize the creation and distribution of sexually explicit deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence. The measure targets content that portrays individuals in explicit scenarios without their consent, aiming to curb a practice that many believe has serious personal and societal repercussions.
West Virginia lawmakers have advanced a bill that would require clear disclaimers on images altered by artificial intelligence when used in connection with elections. The new measure comes amid growing concern about how manipulated images can influence public opinion during critical electoral periods. Lawmakers stress that the goal is to safeguard the integrity of election-related content by ensuring that any AI modifications are clearly noted.
AI-generated images are becoming so convincing that even skilled photographers are being accused of faking their work.
Netflix's recent docuseries, American Murder: Gabby Petito, has ignited debate due to its use of artificial intelligence to recreate Petito's voice. Approximately 21 minutes into the first episode, viewers are informed that her journal entries and text messages are presented using voice recreation technology. This method aims to narrate her story through her own words, offering a personal perspective on the events leading up to her tragic death, but many think the choice was disrespectful and in bad taste.
Media organizations and tech companies are increasingly adopting an open standard called Content Credentials to verify the authenticity of images and combat the spread of deepfakes. This standard, developed by a broad coalition, embeds provenance data and digital signatures into photos and videos, allowing anyone to check if and how a piece of media has been edited. Real-world implementations are already proving its value in news verification and helping restore trust in digital media.
Adobe has just launched some AI video features as part of Firefly and, despite being beta and producing some terrifying results, Adobe is charging money for it.
If you thought that your relationship with your ex-wife was messy, you may not be the only one who feels like they’re in a game of relational chess. Elon Musk has thrown another curveball in his ongoing saga with OpenAI, offering to withdraw his jaw-dropping $97.4 billion bid. His one condition? OpenAI must abandon its pivot toward a for-profit model and return to its original nonprofit roots. (Audience cheers.) This latest maneuver adds yet another chapter to Musk’s very public clash with OpenAI’s leadership.
Photographers are increasingly concerned about AI's impact on their art. While huge arguments rage on about AI and copyright theft, artists are adopting two new tools that prevent their work from being scraped. It’s time photographers started employing them, too.
Is it okay to love something and then hate it once you find out that it was generated by AI? Absolutely.
Google has introduced a digital watermarking system called SynthID to discreetly label images that are generated or heavily edited by artificial intelligence. The technology embeds an imperceptible identifier into the pixels of AI-created or AI-modified photos, which humans cannot see but software can detect.
The United States Copyright Office has released a much-anticipated report clarifying how US copyright law applies to artwork created with the help of artificial intelligence. The takeaway: if an AI-generated image includes enough original creative input from a human, it can be eligible for copyright – at least partially.
I have always been a person who works smarter, not harder. Now that AI is everywhere, I’ve started to see where I can benefit from its use. This made me think: Can I leverage ChatGPT and ask it to help me create adjustment settings for Lightroom based on an idea?
Do you ever get tired of manually searching for, tagging, culling, and organizing your images? I can relate.
In the digital age, information flows at speeds and scales that are unprecedented in human history. Social media platforms, digital news outlets, and personal devices collectively serve as both mirrors and engines of cultural discourse. Within this vast ecosystem, a new frontier has emerged: synthetic media or AI-generated media. And with its advanced outpacing our ability to corral its impact, we are headed for trouble.
Photographers and videographers should probably be concerned about the scary "boogeymachine" that is AI. It's very likely that in the next decade, many photo and video jobs will be replaced by AI, and this will inevitably change the photo and video industry.
An open letter from Elia Locardi and Team Radiant Photo to the photography community.
This past year, Adobe rolled out a terms-of-use update that shook the creative community. The way this update was worded made it appear as though you were giving them complete rights to your artwork just by using their services in any way. Users were rightfully scared, and the pitchforks came out. There have been some updates to the situation, and I recently went to Adobe MAX to speak with them directly.
We all want to improve our photography and create amazing images, right? We want to become more creative. Should we use technology to help us? Can it help us? I have some thoughts.
Editing in Adobe Camera Raw has become more powerful with the addition of new AI-driven tools, but these features also introduce complexities that can trip you up. To get the most out of your workflow, you need to understand how these tools interact and how to avoid common pitfalls.
The advent of generative AI images has sent a seismic ripple through the photography world, and the concern extends beyond the obvious issue of competition. The manner in which generative AI cannibalizes and resamples existing images has photographers considering how best to protect their work.
While tools like Adobe Photoshop and Affinity Photo are great Swiss Army knives for photographers, sometimes a more specialized tool is called for. In this artificial intelligence-driven age, two new tools on the block, Aperty and Evoto, leverage this technology and aim it squarely at portrait photographers. Which one is better?
A friend sent me an advertisement for AI-generated headshots recently, and I was surprised by how good the images looked. It got me thinking about the future of headshot photography.
Digital technology is rapidly reshaping the world around you, but it’s also demanding a massive amount of energy. One question that’s growing louder is whether renewable energy can keep up with this digital boom.
No, that's not a dog flying a helicopter to save people from the raging hurricane floodwaters in Florida. It's an AI-generated image made via ChatGPT. But while I've clearly labeled it as such in the lead of this story, there are folks out there creating and spreading arguably more realistic AI images that purport to be of the current hurricanes.
You are a small-town American doctor, and to your surprise, aliens have replaced your community. Plant spores have fallen from outer space, creating seed pods capable of making identical human copies. Pod people take on traits and memories along with unique personalities. Slowly, an invasion has started. Wait a minute, hold up, reverse that! Sounds scary, right?
The Fall upgrade from Skylum will have users excited, as it contains new features that add a lot to the program's many capabilities, but users will also see some long-standing requests granted. The fall update is available for download or upgrade on October 10.