In my career as a consultant in the Information Management domain, I discovered the transformative potential of generative AI—an innovative tool to extract deeper value from existing information and boost productivity. This revelation inspired me to merge this cutting-edge technology with my lifelong passion for photography.
For over 40 years, I have honed my skills as a photographer, capturing the world through my lens. You can still find some of these traditional works in my Adobe Stock portfolio. However, today marks an exciting new chapter where I bring these two worlds together.
I have launched a side venture to explore and showcase my creative endeavours with generative AI, all from a photographer's perspective. This initiative, "Rendered by AI," is a creative extension of "Beeld Creaties Ed Steenhoek" (Image Creations Ed Steenhoek), dedicated to the innovative fusion of technology and art.
I specialise in crafting and selling unique illustrative artwork created through generative AI. My process starts with carefully guiding artificial intelligence using thoughtfully designed text prompts to generate an initial concept. From there, I meticulously refine and post-process the image, bringing my final artistic vision to life.
Today, you’ll find an evolving collection of photographic illustrations in my portfolio—images that originate in my imagination, are brought to life with the assistance of Midjourney, and are polished using classic digital photography tools. This is the true blend of the future of photography, where creativity meets technology.
Another example of using Generative AI, is with adding metadata to illustrations. Title, description and keywords have also been identified by AI before I did the finetuning. For this I use Pixify. Feel free to explore for yourself and see how it can benefit you as well.