{"id":668637,"date":"2026-01-02T11:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=668637"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:51:30","slug":"photo-new-year-resolutions-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/02\/photo-new-year-resolutions-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo new year resolutions 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, a beautiful 2026 is ahead of us\u2026… now what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

insane optimism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I think the first big idea is, moving forward, I\u2019m insanely optimistic about 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erickimworkshops.com<\/a> –> I just added to the calendar<\/a>:\ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🔥 PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA \u2014 JUNE 26 \/ 27 \/ 28 🔥 HONG KONG \u2014 JULY 25 \/ 26 🔥 TOKYO \u2014 AUGUST 8 \/ 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And even insane\u2026 I just use ChatGPT Pro, the $200 a month version to create a sizzle reel to promote the workshops, and it looks insanely good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video sizzle reel >\ufffc\ufffc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future of AI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So, the first very optimistic thought I have is AI for photographers, the big idea I have is AI is not a replacement, but essentially your photography on steroids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll give you another example\u2026 Let us say that your mother-in-law tasks you with digging up a big hole to get rid of roots of a big tree in the backyard\u2026 But she just gives you a tiny kids shovel. Or you have the option of having a real stainless steel shovel. Or better yet, one of those mini caterpillar excavators. Which would you choose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, the analogy is like AI. The big idea is with AI, you can simply do things a lot easier and more efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or let us say that, I want you to go from LA to Phnom Penh Cambodia, … and, I want you to rule a boat. Would you rather take the $450 one-way airline, with some noise canceling Bose headphones, or paddle yourself? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And also as a note just keep updated\u2026 I\u2019m planning a Zoom online AI photography workshop February this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI over equipment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So there\u2019s a very very interesting thought from Marc Andreesen, who says that software is eating the world. I think he meant now to say that AI is eating the world<\/strong>.\ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is kind of hilarious, we are willing to sell out $8000 USD on some sort of overpriced Leica Q Camera, which I just consider a panasonic lumix with a body kit, \ufffc… just get the Lumix S9 instead … yet, we had the idea of paying $200 a month to like create 100 of yous?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assuming that you use ChatGPT pro a lot, it\u2019s only like paying seven bucks a day to like augment yourself 1000 X? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ideas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So some photography AI ideas: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Use AI to cull your images. So you could already use ChatGPT, and select your best images. Just do a screenshot of your contact sheet, and ask ChatGPT which one it likes the most and why. Essentially it\u2019s like an AI version of\u00a0arsbeta.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Use AI to check the composition of your photos. About a year ago, I already made composition checker, … try it out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Use AI to brainstorm photo expeditions and also, photo shooting list for yourself for creative assignment ideas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Use Grok premium, add an image, one of your street photography portfolio images and ask AI to animated. Very interesting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Even something I haven\u2019t seen yet, take some of Henri Cartier bressons iconic photos and have AI animated? Or any classic images?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    AI is the edge<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    So, a beautiful 2026 is ahead of us\u2026… now what? insane optimism I think the first big idea is, moving forward, I\u2019m insanely optimistic about 2026.  Erickimworkshops.com –> I just added to the calendar:\ufffc 🔥 PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA \u2014 JUNE 26 \/ 27 \/ 28 🔥 HONG KONG \u2014 JULY 25 \/ 26 🔥 TOKYO \u2014 AUGUST […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-668637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668638,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668637\/revisions\/668638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}