Something fun I did while being disconnected on a cruise (without wifi):
Experiment with all the post-processing options in Adobe Photoshop to better understand and de-construct your photos.
Visual scientist
My thought:
When you are processing photos, you are engaging in ‘visual science’, or “image processing”.
You begin to see your photos and the world with new eyes:
![cindy elbow grid](https://i0.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-2000x794.jpg?resize=1200%2C476&ssl=1)
Computer Vision
Free online computer vision courses:
We as photographer-artists know how to make good photos. But why not also learn more about the science behind the process? To become a synthesis between machine and man, to take our photography and visual artistry to the next level!
Analyzing composition
![](https://i0.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/0-cindy-elbow-original-1333x2000.jpg?resize=1200%2C1800&ssl=1)
For example take a look at this composition of Cindy’s elbow. I note a triangle, and interesting proportions in the frame. I loaded the picture in Photoshop, and started to play with all the post-processing options:
![](https://i1.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/0-cindy-elbow-original.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/divide.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/darker-color.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/color.jpg?ssl=1)
Then I made a video slideshow of the whole thing:
Also an animated gif made on my MacBook laptop and the GIPHY CAPTURE tool:
![](https://i0.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cindy-elbow-composition-experiment-gif.gif?resize=294%2C414&ssl=1)
Machine Learning x Photography
Brave new world of photography:
- Brave New World of Photography and AI
- Use AI, Neural Networks, and Deep Learning to Judge Your Photography Compositions
- How Can AI (Artificial Intelligence) Help You Analyze Your Photos?
- What Can AI (and AlphaGo) Teach us About Being Human?
- Composition and Machine Learning: Bounding Boxes for Photographers
- How Photographers Can See Like Machines
- Why AI (Artificial Intelligence) is Good for Photographers!
![](https://i2.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/parkour-1.gif?resize=726%2C407)
![](https://i0.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dance_foot.gif?resize=600%2C338)
![](https://i1.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/pose_face_hands.gif?resize=480%2C270)