An image synthesized with Midjourney version 5 and then edited in Photoshop. This is something I've been mulling over ever since being invited into the early access for DALL-E 2 by OpenAI. The idea is simple but novel: type some words describing something, press submit and then receive a freshly synthesized image of that something in mere seconds. 'Freshly' is a very important operative word here, because the resulting images are not directly derivative of prior art. They are

It took until 2021 for me to both try and purchase a drone. Most of my photographer friends have had them for years, but I struggled to see the appeal. A critical part of landscape photography is being immersed in nature, connected with your surroundings, so how would flying a drone and looking at a digital screen help to accomplish that? Besides, drones are expensive - why even bother buying something that sounds like a giant, angry mosquito? Spoiler alert: that's why! I dec

Let me preface this blog by saying the beauty of art is in its subjectivity. These are my views and they do not dictate what others should do with their art. Ultimately there is no right and wrong, there is only what I like and dislike, and it’s important to keep in mind that everyone has a different process that works best for themselves. However, I do hope it provides you with some insight and possibly even inspiration for your own work. There are four main driving forces b