PetaPixel Wednesday November 20, 2024
The AI image generator Flux was launched by a group of disgruntled Stable Diffusion researchers, and now, notes PetaPixel, it has released a “raw mode” in its 1.1 version for “creators seeking authenticity.” The new raw mode “captures the genuine feel of candid photography. Toggle this feature to generate images with a less synthetic, more natural aesthetic,” notes Black Forest Labs, the company behind Flux. The Flux raw mode is not like Adobe Camera Raw or similar RAW apps, adds PP, though it is “photography related.”
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David Schonauer Wednesday November 20, 2024
There's a big Irving Penn exhibition coming to New York's Pace Gallery--complete with recreations of the narrow corners where Penn once posed subjects like the boxer Joe Louis and the writer Truman
Capote. The exhibition is part of a wave of high-profile photography shows coming to galleries across the US, marking what The New York Times calls a "broader renaissance for the medium that … Read the full Story >>
First Man Photography Tuesday November 19, 2024
Adam of YouTube channel First Man Photography decided to drop social media—from the toxic environment of X/Twitter to the increasingly video-oriented Instagram— and in a new video, he explains why “it changed everything” for him. He found that his mental health improved as he felt less stressed and more hopeful and and focused on his creative endeavors. Is it time to step back toward personal websites? He says yes.
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COLOSSAL Tuesday November 19, 2024
Underneath soft light from the moon or the early morning sun, Finnish photographer Mikko Lagerstedt captures “the quiet magic and mystery of Nordic landscapes,” notes Colossal—scenes of both serenity and grandeur, in which ice clings to tree branches, auroras streak through the sky, and vast fields of snow cover the ground. Most of the images in Lagerstedt’s “The Solitude” series are single-exposure photos edited in Lightroom, although a few are composite shots meant to convey the majestic nature of the region.
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