05/16/2026
Yes, I use AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude sometimes.
No, AI is not creating my photography.
There is a difference between using technology as a helpful assistant versus replacing creativity entirely.
AI helps me brainstorm, organize ideas, figure out (outline) captions faster, and generate some ideas.
But the photos, lighting, angles, editing decisions, client interaction, and creative direction are still 100% human.
A camera is a tool.
Lightroom is a tool.
A.I. is a tool.
The creativity still comes from the person using it.
^^^95% of that was written by ChatGPT, but I came up with the thought/idea. These 2 images, generated in Gemini using Nano Banana. Incredible right? Hyper realistic. A.I. is becoming increasingly good at helping people with everyday things in personal and business lives. there's and insane amount of A.I. Tools within photoshop and lightroom that I could not edit without, but that doesn't mean the images is fake.
subject, sky, object detection, removal: all A.I. tools. Perfect? Not at all.
For the folks who use A.I. to make graphics for your business, They look the same. you can actually connect chatgpt to connect Canva to help make a Facebook post and then edit them within Canva.
A.I. has multiple grey areas of conversation and usage arguments. I have an account with SUNO, a music generation software and it can (with help of chat gpt) create songs and they sound amazing! but after awhile, can start to sound the same. Apps like that are great for ideation, but should be authentically be created using actual musicians. (look at the images, great for ideation, but still be performed and taken by an actual photographer.) us as humans are so creative and smart, we need to remember the human side of art and creativity, the thing A.I. will never be.
Please feel free to add to the discussion in comments.
^^^100% my writing and thoughts.
