Category: Be Inspired

I hope these pictures and the quotes I added will inspire you as much as they inspire me. Enjoy.

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Trying out AI generating software

AI is on everyone’s lips these days, and as controversial as it is, I guess it’s here to stay. So, I want to figure out how it works.
I already know that AI can be helpful with my writing process, help me edit and critique my texts, or help me find the right words for the right situation.

It can also be helpful and support the creative process when used with a bit of caution.
I participated in a workshop the other day, offered by Nucly Akademy (my favorite Photoshop Learning place – www.nucly.com). During the workshop, we created a monumental text with the help of AI.

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Like a whirlwind…

This was a really long summer break 🙂
No, actually these were some whirlwind-like couple of months.
First my daughter graduated and started her first job at Brookfield Zoo.
In August she started her freshman year in Colorado. Then, my husband got a new job and we moved to Colorado, too.
All this happened really fast and we had to search for a new place to stay, prep the house in Chicago to be sold and find a new permanent place in Colorado.
I am still trying to catch my breath 🙂

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Don’t compare yourself to anybody else other than yourself – 30 photos I want to improve…

Competing with others makes you bitter, competing with yourself makes you better!

I love to look at pictures and to look at the unique ideas other photographers come up with. Their beautiful pictures of a sunrise or a mountain range, the funny pictures they take of their pets… and so on. But sometimes it frustrated me to see how much better they are than I am.

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Steam Punk Photo Shoot

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a presentation that promoted the Godox Flash system.
The presenter, Sherry Hagerman is the owner of Allusion Photography from Oakbrook, IL, one of the top wedding photography companies in the United States. She first explained and demonstrated the flash system and then walked us through the process of setting up the speed lights and how to set our cameras.

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