Articles
Articles on AI models and working with photos
Breakdowns, checklists and practice: how to get a faithful likeness, what drives generation quality, and where the models hit their limits.
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How to Choose an AI Photoshoot Style for the Job the Photo Has to Do
Style is chosen by platform and purpose, not by how pretty the preview looks. A map of what fits where — neutral light, strong aesthetics, and the places where style actively hurts.
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Prompting Motion for Photo Animation: Describing Movement a Model Can Follow
The structure of a motion request, the difference between describing the subject and describing the camera, phrasings that work, and the usual mistakes.
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Resolution and Detail: Why a Generated Frame Looks Soft
How resolution differs from detail, what happens during enlargement, and why upscaling adds invented detail rather than yours.
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Recreating a Shot You Liked: Transferring Composition to Your Own Photo
The "I found a beautiful shot and want the same" scenario. What transfers, what does not, how to pick a workable example, and why not every frame is reproducible.
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Describing Composition and Angle to Get the Frame You Intended
The model cannot read your mind about placement. Which compositional instructions it follows, which it ignores, and how to reserve space for text.
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What Happens to the Background When a Photo Is Animated
Backgrounds tremble, details are redrawn, straight lines bend. The causes by background type, and the techniques that give a clean result.
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Mistakes in Dating Photos That Show Immediately
A collection of what reduces response, with the perceptual mechanics — why exactly these things read badly.
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Corporate Team Photography: Achieving a Consistent Look
A dozen portraits should look like one shoot. The organisational and technical sides, including remote colleagues.
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A Series of Avatars in One Style: For a Team and for Yourself
A coherent set of avatars solves team recognisability. How to produce a set that looks like one piece of work.
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Labelling Generated Content: Why and When
The technical mechanisms, platform requirements, and a practical criterion for deciding on your own.
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