Photography (27)

Jim Rion

Is This Ethical AI?

Large Language Models and Generative AI are, as far as I'm concerned, poison designed to kill our humanity. They are rotting our brains, destroying the environment, and bringing only questionable economic benefits (there are no social ones, as far as I can see). I am…

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Jim Rion

Photo Club - I'm Number One*

In April, my photo club saw the end of its "fiscal year," which means we had a shuffling of the leadership AND we tallied up the points earned throughout the year to choose an overall winner and two runner-ups. And, after months of fretting over…

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Jim Rion

What have I done?

I am on kind of a "ghost pictures" kick lately, where I find creepy old places and take long-exposure pictures in front of them while I or a model moves around. It's fun and also feels really good when I manage to make my intended…

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Jim Rion

2026 Photo Club Exhibition

I'm a member of a photo club, the Hikari Shayukai, and we have a public exhibition at a local park every spring. This year's just finished, so it's time for a bit of reflection. Unlike past years, the exhibition this time was held the week…

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Jim Rion

Story Time - Ubadō

Quick heads up: This (rather long) story contains some implied darkness involving pregnancy/babies. Nothing graphic. He guided the car down a broad road. She stared idly out at the passing scenery. The car wound across a plateau dotted with pale projections of limestone, like stone…

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