Photography

Are AI Headshots Hurting Your Credibility?

In a digital-first business environment, first impressions are often formed long before a conversation ever begins. Profiles, thumbnails, and headshots have become the modern handshake. They signal credibility, effort, and trustworthiness in a matter of seconds.

As artificial intelligence tools make it easier than ever to generate polished images, a growing question is emerging across professional circles. At what point does convenience begin to erode authenticity.

Fake Photo? Manipulated Video? How to Spot Sham AI Images

Amid the onslaught of highly concerning news headlines spotlighting how deepfake AI-generated photo and video scams are driving rampant misinformation and wreaking havoc across digital, cultural, workplace, political and other societal frameworks, solutions are emerging combat AI-driven misinformation and fraud before people fall victim to scams.

One AI disruptor transforming the fight against AI fraud is BitMind—an AI deepfake detection authority that offers a suite of free apps and tools that instantly identify and flag AI-generated images before you fall victim.

Northplains announces integration with ShotFlow One

Streamlining workflow from photo studio to creative teams.

TORONTO, ON, April 6, 2017 – Northplains has announced an integration partnership with Shotflow One from Capture Integration, to accelerate campaign creative processes. The result of this application-level integration, says Northplains, is a seamless workflow that delivers what the company calls “smart” images from the studio into the hands of creatives. Northplains describes these as images already containing rich descriptive information with the asset file itself, in the form of metadata. 

The Photographer's CMS: WordPress 3.5 plus Photocrati 4.5

A few days ago, WordPress 3.5 was released and I originally planned to write the typical "what is new in WordPress" article similar to what I've done in the past for CMS Report. However, I thought this time around I would also discuss how I'm using WordPress to support the website of one of my favorite photographers, Karen Ruby of Dakota Imagery. Certainly, in this article there is no cause for you to suspect my opinions are biased with regard to her photography skills despite the fact we've been married for 11 years and she is the mother of my child.