As I re-enter the world of blogging perhaps a review of the past is in order. When I first began it was on another platform. I was a full time freelance photographer out in the world doing fun and unexpected things and it was an entirely new way of self publishing that I found thrilling. I started before the word meant something to people. I’d say blog and people would respond— What’s that? No so now. Social media has taken over and it’s so common we don’t even blink about it anymore. The world has grown up so quickly and so amazingly I almost feel like this blog is old school except that it’s really not. It’s simply another way I can continue to express and share my creative side for myself. I grew up with being published was common, an everyday occurrence. Having a personal blog is just another way of publishing content. It’s fast, easy, e\personal and there are no rules. I like that.
The world renown Chef Grant Achatz said “Rules? There are no rules, do what you want.” And that equally applies to any creative endeavor, including making Ai art!
So why did I stop blogging way back when? I got sidetracked by an odd situation around a post that made me feel like I was doing something bad. I wasn’t but I did take it down by the request of a client. There was nothing wrong with it, it was likely a privacy issue even though nothing and no one was named of course. The experience made me shy. And life goes on and we get busy. Not only that but life changed too. I fell in love, got married, buried three wonderful cats, I’ve changed jobs, transitioned to specialize in being a live theatre photographer and you could almost say at this point I’m retired— except I’m not. I work a lot, I create a lot and I love a lot.
Then Ai happened. In 2023 I began playing with Ai tools to experiment with it. After trying the top pro contenders at that time I settled on Midjourney and haven’t looked back. On any given day I might spend at least a couple of hours having fun creating images that at times take my breath away, make me laugh, or even stun me because they are so beyond what I could have conceived of when I first put a text prompt in to create an image.
Back to the blog. My brain runs amuck with ways to use the images, and ways to show them. I rarely share much with the exception of Facebook and Instagram on rare occasions. It’s time for that to change. After a lot of consideration I decided it’s time to revisit my blog and share some of my Ai artworks. I hope you find them as fun to look at as I have by creating them.
Comments welcome!
I’ll be blogging more and talking about my process, opinions or who knows, but I promise it’s all about creativity. For now I’ll post this video gem I created in 2023, very early days for my Ai stuff. It shows a wide variety of styles I used to create a valentine for each day of February, the month of love.
