Photographer Accurately Recreates his Work with AI Image Generator

A photographer uploaded his fantastical photos to the AI image generator Midjourney and asked it to recreate them with astonishing results.

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Artificially intelligent (AI) image generators synthesize pictures from text prompts, but photographers can upload their own photos as a guide.

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Antti Karppinen did just that. After uploading his original pictures to Midjourney he then types in a text prompt that roughly describes his photo.

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“I’ve been playing with AI for almost a year now and I’m starting to get the hang of it even though the technology is moving at the speed of light,” he tells PetaPixel.

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“I was curious and decided to try to use AI to replicate my own pictures”

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Karppinen is a professional commercial photographer but for his own projects shoots all types of “storytelling” images.

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Photographer Accurately Recreates his Work with AI Image Generator

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A photographer uploaded his fantastical photos to the AI image generator Midjourney and asked it to recreate them with astonishing results.

Brought to you by Pixaocean

Artificially intelligent (AI) image generators synthesize pictures from text prompts, but photographers can upload their own photos as a guide.

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Antti Karppinen did just that. After uploading his original pictures to Midjourney he then types in a text prompt that roughly describes his photo.

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“I’ve been playing with AI for almost a year now and I’m starting to get the hang of it even though the technology is moving at the speed of light,” he tells PetaPixel.

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“I was curious and decided to try to use AI to replicate my own pictures”

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Karppinen is a professional commercial photographer but for his own projects shoots all types of “storytelling” images.

Brought to you by Pixaocean