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Around The Horn
26 March 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at the Northern Lights, a dragon boat paddler, sketching, a product photography contract and AI illustrations.
- Reuters showcases 21 Stunning Images of the Northern Lights.
- Junyao Yang covers in words and photos the career of coach Henry Ha in S.F. Dragon Boat Paddler Has Raced Full Circle. "When I coach, it makes me happy, makes me feel good about myself, because I can see dragon boats help kids change their attitude, their behavior," Ha said.
- Niofer Khan suggests What Sketching Can Teach You About Photography. "The first rule of any visual art is to practice seeing," he writes.
- Andrew Souders prices a Food/Drink Product Photography for a Holiday Campaign at $15,560. "For post-production, we allocated $600 for retouching four images, with each image receiving up to one hour of work at $150 per image," he notes.
- A Mac Power User poster reports Gemini Can Create Good Images; ChatGPT Claims Breakthrough, comparing the results from prompt that commenters tried on Firefly as well. The prompt asked for an illustration not a photo, but the variety in results is interesting.
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