Pruning the photostock agencies
Till death do you part… Alas no, most of the times it doesn’t work like that: while between two people it takes plenty of patience, tolerance and forgiveness on both…
Just to recap my Websites
Online there are several websites of mine, each one with a specific purpose and leading theme, thus it’s pretty easy to get lost among them. As my uncontrolled interests range…
Echinger See, one summer morning…
One morning of this hot weather summer season, looking for a bit of fresh air we made a stop there and it was charming: quiet fresh blue waters, nobody in…
Hosting vs. Customer – the usual script
You find something’s wrong with your website – alright, sh*t happens, don’t panic. First things first, you check all you can on your side (WordPress, plugins etc.), but everything looks…
Optical illusion: sign broken
Casual, out of curiosity, just for fun as seen out of my window: Construction site, plenty of no-parking signs (as as if one could park here at all…). At one…
My websites: from Archive to Curated Collections
Over the years, my websites have gradually grown into very large image archives, bringing together historical reproductions, restored engravings, and AI-generated visual work. Many visitors have explored them freely, sometimes…
Editorial Photography: Quantumhenge
“Formation of a quantumhenge” megalith monument of granite, artwork of Judith Neunhäuserer in front of the Center for Quantum Engineering at TUM campus in Garching of the Technical University of…
The Café-Library — Open at Night
I’m quietly transforming my websites. The idea is to offer full sets of selected images built around a focused idea — a set of visuals that share the same atmosphere…
Gargoyle Party
You know those nights when the imagination decides to go off-script? That’s how I ended up making a tiny gothic clip where one devil gargoyle and two strange creatures, sneak…
2025: A WEBHOSTING ODISSEY
Part One: The Past Once upon a time… I’ve been dealing with websites since short after the dawning of internet, fascinated by that then-new marvelous technology that allowed anyone endowed…
Midjourney movie clip
From today you can make your movies with Midjourney! I tried a catwalk at a fashion show, just few seconds but impressive result. The movements are quite natural and coordinated….
Venetian Graffiti n.2
My photo of another interesting graffiti on a Venice street wall ‘La patria sarà quando tutti saremo stranieri‘ literally: ‘There’ll be a homeland only when we’re all foreigners.‘ A paradox…
Venetian Graffiti
My photo of a whimsical graffiti on a Venice street wall ‘Non c’e più nessun Virgilio a guidarci nell’Inferno‘ literally translated: ‘There’s no more Virgil left to guide us through…
Gameover POD Galley – Ice Dance Sketches
new! I made this set of (almost) black and white sketches using one of my personal styles developed on Midjourney. I like them. It is not only about dancers but…
Divertissement
Enjoy! AI Food Art. Not for sale. Only fun 😀 Prompt thanks to Cindy @ Bluesky
An own Print-On-Demand website?
Voilà, here it is! How did I come to face such a feat? First of all, for fun: I love making websites, that’s it. I had just completed a serious,…
Dante’s Inferno Project
reposted It has been quite challenging to produce (with the help of Midjourney) some spectacular and dramatic imagery inspired by the Inferno of Dante’s Divina Commedia. Dante’s Inferno is a…
How to sell stock images today
preamble: a professional photographer asked me some hints to sell stock images. I answered her privately. Then I thought that a slightly fleshed-up version of it might also deserve a…
RUNWAY brush second round
Still testing the RUNWAY free version to generate movies from images. I was pretty curious about the new brush tool. From my Midjourney-generated images I chose a beautiful Labrador pet…
My first attempt with RUNWAY
This is my first attempt to make video with AI. WOW! I tested RUNWAY (for now just the free version), starting on some Midjourney images of mine and doing my…
The Krampus Parade
It was quite cool to recreate with Midjourney a Krampus night 🙂 What is a Krampus? It’s a big hairy creature, a blend of beast and human, with horns, a…
Literary divertissement
When I married him a few centuries ago I didn’t know he was a wise man, and now I know for sure he isn’t, but every now and then he…
Senior Gym
Visual Journey, embracing Flexibility and Strength in the Golden Years A new collection at Gameover’s Atelier exploring per images the benefits of physical activity for seniors: Improved Flexibility Enhanced Strength…
Midjourney 5.2 tells stories!
The new version 5.2 of Midjourney: you can really tell a story now, with the introduction of the “zoom out” option and mixing it with the new “variation strong”. My…
AI & I Lifestyle Portraits
Yes, I’ll admit that I felt a cold chill down my spine. I’m pretty familiar with the ways of neural networks and as such I’m well aware that these portraits…
To be or not to be…let’s ask ChatGPT
The Question occurred to me as, sitting in the subway, I suddenly realized that I was the only person really there: everyone else around me – mostly youngsters but not…
Midjourney V5 is here!
The new alpha Version of Midjourney V5 has been released. No more distorted faces, no stray eyes, and even the finger count seems to be OK – about time! How…
AI: friend or foe? (5 of 5)
previous parts: A very brief history of art: In the beginning… A very brief history of art: growing up A very brief history of art: today A very brief history…
AI: friend or foe? (4 of 5)
previous parts: A very brief history of art: In the beginning… A very brief history of art: growing up A very brief history of art: today A very brief history…
AI: friend or foe? (3 of 5)
previous parts: A very brief history of art: In the beginning… A very brief history of art: growing up A very brief history of art: today Now, half a century…
AI: friend or foe? (2 of 5)
previous part: A very brief history of art: In the beginning… A very brief history of art: growing up About six centuries ago an irresponsible Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable…
AI: friend or foe? (1 of 5)
A very brief history of art: In the beginning… The following article is the result of a bloody fight between myself and a guy I married a few centuries ago….
Food for thought
Let’s face it: we are all more or less unsettled by an AI being able to simulate quite accurately what we so proudly call ‘human creativity’. OK, it’s all based…
Gameover’s Atelier: AI+Human Collection
For some of months I’ve been privately experimenting with Midjourney, and I’m constantly witnessing an enthralling, almost incredible evolution. As I’m using it quite intensively (2638 images generated so far)…
New beta engine at Midjourney
–v 4, quite impressive! The best approximation to the usual mess at my husband’s team lab 😀 😀 Both images are generated by Midjourney only through text and parameters. The…
De profundis
It takes so little to kill the last glimmer of hope… I complained to Alamy about their mass-few-¢-sale of this month, and in reply I got this : Hi Luisa,…
GRASP ALL, LOOSE ALL
Old proverbs contain plenty of ageless wisdom. If only people noticed this timely… Unfortunately though the top-level managers of the microstock agencies seem to be too busy to devote their…
Two book covers at Arcangel!
It was quite a surprise. Last week out of the blue Arcangel sent me an email asking for my billing data as I sold two book covers. In the following…