The Harveys Lake Woman’s Club is “soaring to new heights” by building community through art. Much fund-raising by the women’s club has commissioned, and will install in early fall 2024, the first public piece of artwork for the community and visitors to enjoy.
Lakeland has no shortage of beautiful natural scenery, but it takes a keen eye like photographer Andy Glogower’s to capture it on camera. His first gallery exhibit is set to open on Thursday, June 27 at the Mulberry Cultural Center (103 E. Canal Street, Mulberry).
Glogower got his start shooting his daughter’s dance recitals at Harrison School for the Arts. In just a few years’ time, he’s now a published photographer (you’ll see many of his shots in The Lakelander) and an international award winner — he won the bronze medal for Team United States in the 2023 World Photographic Cup.
If you see a piece you love — like “Gone Fishing” — they may be for sale at the gallery.
Photo by Andy Glogower
The works in his exhibit, “Wings, Wonders & Wonderscapes,” feature the beauty of nature + wildlife in Lakeland, across the state, and even abroad. Visit the Mulberry Cultural Center Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through Friday, Aug. 9 to browse the 40+ photos.
Pro tip: Don’t miss the opening reception on Thursday, June 27, 5-7 p.m.
Henry County Heritage Trust will welcome two photography experts to their educational event on 19th Century Photography at the Henry County Heritage Trust Museum this weekend.
Photography experts David Van Allen and Haven Noble will lead the event beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29.
During their time at the museum they will share information such as the difference between daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes. Additionally, Van Allen and Noble will explain which camera were used for each process.
Attendees are invited to bring their own examples of photographs for identification during the event.
Refreshments will be provided. Any questions should be directed to 9319) 385-4983.
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Meta is erroneously tagging photographs as being “made with AI,” and it could be triggered by basic tools in Adobe’s editing software.
In an effort to help users distinguish photos from AI-generated art, Meta announced in February that it would begin to label posts as AI-generated if it detected the image had been manipulated in third-party software like Adobe. Now, it appears that even basic functions, like preparing an image for export from an Adobe program, could lead to it being labeled on Meta products as being “made with AI.”
One of the most well-known photographers encountering the issue is Pete Souza, who served as the official White House photographer during the Obama and Reagan administrations. Last week, Souza posted digital scans of film images he had snapped at a 1984 NBA Finals game to his Instagram account. The post was labeled as “Made with AI,” which Souza told TechCrunch was “annoying” because Instagram “forced me to include the ‘Made with AI’ [tag] even though I unchecked it.” He noted that Adobe required him to “flatten the image” before saving it as a JPEG file, which he believes could have triggered the incorrect “Made with AI” tag.
In another example, a cosplayer posted to X about an Instagram photo of her work that had been incorrectly tagged as being “Made with AI.” They wrote, “My cosplay made with the physical labour of my own hands is being labeled as AI content on Instagram, with no way to correct this tag.”
The accurate labeling of AI-generated or edited images is crucial to maintaining a safe and authentic online experience, especially as the 2024 election looms. AI-generated images have already duped older users of Facebook, a Meta product. Adobe’s AI capabilities, specifically, can be highly convincing.
A Meta spokesperson told TechCrunch about the company’s AI-tagging capabilities: “Our intent has always been to help people know when they see content made with AI. We are taking into account recent feedback and continue to evaluate our approach so that our labels reflect the amount of AI used in an image.”
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PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — A local photographer captured a shark encounter on Pensacola Beach over the weekend.
Stacy LeCroy sent WEAR News a message and several pictures on ChimeIn of what she heard — and promptly photographed — on Saturday at Park East on Pensacola Beach.
Her pictures show three men dealing with a shark. Here is her entire message:
On Saturday, June 22nd, I was photographing a family sunset session at Park East on Pensacola Beach, FL. We were headed back to the parking lot when someone yelled Shark! I grabbed my camera to capture this moment.
LeCroy added on Facebook that the three fishermen released the shark back into the Gulf of Mexico.
