BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Los Angeles Center of Photography//NONSGML PDA Calendar Version 1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:07b638225b12357e7ab04810d173097c
ORGANIZER:info@lacphoto.org
DTSTAMP:20260513T202031Z
LOCATION:
SUMMARY:AI in Photography and Fine Art with Adam Chin (Online Learning - Three sessions)
DESCRIPTION:Online Learning\nExplore the evolving intersection of photography\, fine art\, and artificial intelligence in this three-session online course focused on creative experimentation and process. Designed for artists ready to engage with emerging tools\, this class emphasizes AI not just as a utility\, but as a collaborative partner in image-making.\n\nStudents will work hands-on with platforms such as Midjourney\, ComfyUI\, Stable Diffusion\, and Flux to generate\, transform\, and refine images. Students will learn common AI techniques such as image-to- image\, consistent characters\, upscaling\, control nets\, and LoRAs. Through guided exercises\, participants will experiment hybrid approaches that merge original photographs with AI-generated elements. The course encourages exploration\, play\, and critical thinking around authorship\, aesthetics\, and the role of the artist when working with machine learning systems.\n\nAcross three two-hour sessions\, students will develop a body of experimental work and a deeper understanding of how AI can expand their creative process. Group discussion and critique will support the development of individual approaches\, with an emphasis on process and discovery.\n\nWhether you’re a photographer\, fine artist\, or creative professional\, this course offers a space to test ideas\, challenge assumptions\, and explore new visual possibilities at the frontier of art and technology.\n\nNOTE: While the class is accessible to a range of creative artists\, participants should be comfortable navigating new software and following technical demonstrations\, as sessions will include practical setup and workflow guidance.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n\nAdam Chin is a fine art photographer who spent a career as a computer graphics artist for TV\, commercials\, and film. He was one of the original employees of Pacific Data Images\, a pioneering computer graphics studio which later became part of Dreamworks Animation. Adam did computer graphics lighting on the Shrek\, Madagascar\, How to Train Your Dragon\, and Kung Fu Panda series of animated feature films.\n\nAdam practices using Machine Learning neural networks trained on databases of real photography to render images. By augmenting traditional photography with neural networks\, he is exploring the concept of how much information is contained in a given photograph.\n\nAdam studied darkroom photography under Barry Umstead at Rayko Photography in San Francisco. From 1995-2000\, he was a board member and chairperson of Intersection for the Arts\, a multi- disciplinary arts organization in San Francisco.\n\nIn 2020\, he was named one of the Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 photo portfolio award winners\, and in 2022 he was a Critical Mass finalist. In 2022 he also won the 30 Over 50: In Context award from the Center for Fine Art Photography.\n\nAdam also manages the photographic archive of his late uncle\, Benjamen Chinn. Chinn was a student of Ansel Adams\, Minor White\, Imogene Cunningham\, and Edward Weston\, and he photographed San Francisco’s Chinatown and Paris in the late 1940’s and early 50’s.\n\nAdam has a BS in Computer Science from Yale and a MS in Computer Science from Stanford. He lives in San Francisco.\n\nView instructor profile here.
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Fine Art\, Creative Thinking\, and Writing
URL;VALUE=URI:https://lacphoto.org/events/ai-photography-fine-art-adam-chin/
DTSTART:20260716T010000Z
DTEND:20260716T030000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR