Testing out Unsplash

[Jay Dougherty]

Have a bunch of photos I've taken over the years. If I don't do something with the pics, they'll just rot on my hard drive, so I thought I'd create an account on Unsplash to see what happens. Here it is:

https://unsplash.com/@amazing_photos

I'll add to it as I work through my photos this season.

If you have any experience w/ Unsplash, let me know. I'm fully aware that anything I upload effectively becomes public domain (free for use by anyone), but I've also read some interesting things about the visibility that the site brings to photographers, such as this:

https://www.dpreview.com/opinion/93...ng-my-photos-for-free-on-unsplash-for-4-years

I particularly like one quotation that the author cites:

“Beauty has always been free. It came in the box with sunlight and eyeballs. It was granted to us upon birth as we first laid eyes upon our beautiful mothers and then mother Earth. For those of us with extreme empathy and a wide-eyed approach to seeing the world, finding the beautiful all around us and capturing it is a deep and glorious honor. Yes, you can have that image at the top for free — perhaps not because it has no value, but because I simply want you to see what I can see. I want to share in the joy of this world’s beauty. The image, in that scenario, is only a document of our mutual appreciation for it. And maybe taking money off the table in that discussion is actually what helps it remain beautiful.”​

Josh S. Rose​

I did take the opportunity to try to raise the visibility of OAF on Unsplash by listing it as my URL on my profile page.

 

[Nolcha Fox]

Beautiful photos, Jay!

 

[Jay Dougherty]

Beautiful photos, Jay!

Thanks. This is mostly an experiment to see Unsplash from the photographer's side. Of course we've been using it for years for our front page illustrations, and for that it has been great.

 

[Ann Kammerer]

Wonderful images.

 

[Jay Dougherty]

So far, either Unsplash has not "released" my photos or no one is looking! LOL. Learning experience.

 

[Tom Strong]

I like these pics too Jay. Especially the solitude cow giving the "how'd you find me" look. Very Zen-ish.

 

[silent lotus]

or no one is looking

 

[Jay Dougherty]

I like these pics too Jay. Especially the solitude cow giving the "how'd you find me" look. Very Zen-ish.

Thanks. I have a bunch of good pics of the Swiss Alps (where that one was taken). Unfortunately, I learned that Unsplash will not take many of them because they're smaller than 5 megapixels! Guess I need to revisit the place with a modern camera.

 

[Mike Casetta]

Love the high desert photo, Jay. Near Sedona? Red dirt & rocks get me high!

 

[Jay Dougherty]

Love the high desert photo, Jay. Near Sedona? Red dirt & rocks get me high!

Yes. Love that, too. Sedona is one of my two favorite places for hiking (that I've been to). The other is the Swiss Alps. Totally different places, of course. If I had to pick one, it would be Sedona--for the weather and the number of trails.

 

[silent lotus]

Adobe Stock begins selling AI-generated artwork

AI-wielding artist must assert ownership and label each piece as "Generative AI."


On Monday, Adobe announced that its stock photography service, Adobe Stock, would begin allowing artists to submit AI-generated imagery for sale, Axios reports.

The move comes during Adobe's embrace of image synthesis and also during industry-wide efforts to deal with the rapidly growing field of AI artwork in the stock art business, including earlier announcements from Shutterstock and Getty Images.

Submitting AI-generated imagery to Adobe Stock comes with a few restrictions. The artist must own (or have the rights to use) the image, AI-synthesized artwork must be submitted as an illustration (even if photorealistic), and it must be labeled with "Generative AI" in the title.

Further, each AI artwork must adhere to Adobe's new Generative AI Content Guidelines, which require the artist to include a model release for any real person depicted realistically in the artwork. Artworks that incorporate illustrations of people or fictional brands, characters, or properties require a property release that attests the artist owns all necessary rights to license the content to Adobe Stock.


https://arstechnica.com/information...be-stock-begins-selling-ai-generated-artwork/

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