When AI first came around for everyone, one of the things that people did was generate images through it. Soon, AI became more than just a text generator but also an image generator. There are many great debates out there in all kinds of fields, including photography which basically goes into this line Will Artificial Intelligence Revolutionize or Ruin Photography?

In an ever changing landscape where AI is widely more accepted not just by people but also government and corporations, it doesn’t seem like there is an escape to it, at least when you’re trying to appeal to the large mass.

In case you’re not following, ChatGPT rolled out a few more intriguing features that its image creation can be used as a photo editor.

Conventionally, photographers use Adobe Photoshop or Adobe lightroom to edit their pictures. They have pretty extensive features and can fine tune our picture to be something that’s more pleasing to the eye. It takes quite a bit of work to finally produce a great picture that’s aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Then, when I was randomly browsing instagram, I saw this recent news. It could totally alter the way we edit photos and just as you see on the thumbnail, my RAW picture that originally looks like these turned into the beautiful thumbnail above.

For the entire week, almost daily I am tinkering with a coffee book recipe that I got as a gift a while ago.

I noticed that though I have more time to do all that, I realized I started getting a little too obsessed with it. When I start getting a little too obsessed, I tend to rush things and abandon other aspects in my life.

Honestly, I had fun.

I had fun failing.

It reminds me once again that it’s OK to fail and it’s OK to start over. As I am taking more and more difficult challenges, I start finding more difficult recipes to do. As a result, I failed more than I can think of this week and instead of usually feeling bad about it, I was happy.

The recipe that I was supposed to make was Crème caramel, the classic french desserts that anyone into cooking and baking should definitely master. It’s a delicate balance of patience and technique that will ease up our way to the next level.

And another thing I was trying to make was this Coffee Cookie Holder. It is supposed to be an edible cookie cup holder filled with rich and creamy coffee. But, alas, I failed during the process of making the dough and even during the process of shaping them as apparently I need a proper papercup and aluminum foil to hold them close.

Somehow, through both failings, they came out as this cookie coffee creme caramel dessert with hardened caramel as the icing on the cookie.

Fun fact, the creme caramel was made with infused milk and coffee. It was supposed to be Coffee Caramel but well… they are now turning into that dessert you see above.

This is how it looks like as a milk cup holder, not too bad but won’t hold that much liquid. Just a fun pie dessert that could be well done with frosting on top.

Today was the day of reflection that through my failing, I learned something new and a reminder that I got a little too obsessed. It’s time for me to rest it out a little and start over in a week or two again. There are things that I should be focusing on more these days than having fun with my failing.

My mom and I went outside as well and it was such a nice break from our normal life cooped up inside our home. Time passes by and soon it’ll be 100 days and I hope we can life our life normally again and a lot freely.

Have you had a great day today? If you’re not going outside, it’s time to, see loved ones, touch some grass and have fun.

Also, let me know your thoughts on AI as photo editor rather than image generator.