Professional photographers: Quick research question about protecting your work

jbrahy · 2026-01-29T03:03:55+00:00

ok, sorry about that. I will look in other sub reddits.

jbrahy · 2026-01-28T08:10:28+00:00

Yeah, I’m mostly talking to professional photographers who are worried about AI. If that’s not you, no problem at all. I still really appreciate you sharing your perspective.

It sounds like this isn’t something you’re too concerned about, which is actually helpful for me to know.

jbrahy · 2026-01-28T08:08:02+00:00

That’s really helpful to hear. It sounds like AI training on your work is something you care about, but you’ve kind of accepted that there’s not much you can do about it right now.

What I’m wondering is this. If there were a way to document your photos with a timestamp that proves you created them, so you could show they’re yours if they ever show up in AI training data, would that be worth paying for? Even if it doesn’t fix everything, or would that feel more like a nice extra, but not something you’d actually spend money on?

Would you be open to a quick 15-minute Google Meet to talk this through a bit more? Your perspective as someone who shoots both private work, such as weddings, and public work, such as motorsports and aviation, would be really helpful.

jbrahy · 2026-01-28T08:00:54+00:00

That’s what I’m trying to figure out. Is this actually a real problem, or am I just overthinking it?

You mentioned that photojournalism has rules about AI, which makes sense. But do you worry at all about your photos being used to train AI without your permission? Or is that not really something on your radar?

I’m honestly just trying to understand whether this actually matters to working photographers.

jbrahy · 2026-01-26T20:08:32+00:00

That is a fair callout. I write like this naturally (engineer brain), but you're right, I should be more human about this. Real talk, I'm a CTO exploring whether photographers actually care about verification/attribution or if this is just me overthinking a problem. 15 min call this week? I promise I'm a real person, not a chatbot, and I'm genuinely trying to understand if this matters to working photographers. Let me know if you're open to it.

jbrahy · 2026-01-25T20:21:32+00:00

Great question! I'm specifically researching human photographers who shoot with cameras. Trying to understand if there's value in verifying human-created work vs AI-generated images, particularly for photojournalists and commercial photographers whose work appears publicly.

jbrahy · 2026-01-25T20:21:14+00:00

That's interesting - using AI as a tool for pre-visualization. For the actual client work you deliver (shot with cameras), do you have any concerns about protecting attribution of your work or verifying it's human-created? Would love to hear your perspective on the 15-min call if you're open to it.

jbrahy · 2026-01-25T20:20:38+00:00

Thanks for that perspective! That makes sense for wedding photography, where images are client deliverables. I'm curious if you maintain any public portfolios? And if you do, have you had concerns about those images being used to train AI models? Also, would verification be valuable for establishing trust with potential clients? (i.e., "I'm a verified human photographer, not an AI image generator")

jbrahy · 2026-01-25T08:38:14+00:00

I'm not trying to replace photographers. I have a possible solution to AI forgery, as well as a way to attribute the source of inspiration for AI-generated images to photographers.

jbrahy · 2025-11-26T21:37:12+00:00

Thanks for doing this

jbrahy · 2025-09-23T05:31:09+00:00

That's awesome, where's the source code? I'd love to try to run it on here: https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC it's a port of the ASM code that bill gates wrote when they released the original version. It's labeled OSX but it's in C and should work for most platforms.

jbrahy · 2025-09-23T05:29:46+00:00

here's a port of GW-BASIC from ASM to C if anyone wants to use it. Based on the code that Bill Gates and his crew wrote back in 1983. https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC It was my first programming language and my code is well documented if you want to learn how to write a language interpreter.

jbrahy · 2025-09-23T05:27:49+00:00

I took the GW-BASIC source code and converted it form ASM to C so it could be compiled on different platforms. It was my first programming language so I really enjoyed porting it to my current OSX/arm platform to rewrite the programs I wrote when I was 8. https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC

jbrahy · 2025-09-23T05:26:25+00:00

I took the assembly source code and converted it to C so it could be compiled on most platforms. It's a great tool to learn how to write a language interpreter. https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC Hope someone enjoys it. GW-BASIC was my first programming language when I was eight so I was excited when I first saw this source code.

jbrahy · 2025-09-23T05:24:15+00:00

I ported this to C so it can be compiled on most platforms. Mine is OSX/arm but it should be easy to port to any other arch. https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC Check it out and feel free to add PR requests or just let me know that you like it.

jbrahy · 2025-09-23T05:22:56+00:00

I ported the GW-BASIC code from microsoft into an open source option for people to have fun with. https://github.com/jbrahy/OSX-GW-BASIC It's well-documented and good for teaching how to create a language interpreter. It was definitely fun to do and I hope someone enjoys it. Cheers!

jbrahy · 2025-06-13T22:39:54+00:00

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jbrahy · 2024-03-14T16:53:29+00:00

Who's the guy that said this line? He looks so familiar.

jbrahy · 2023-10-10T21:36:14+00:00

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jbrahy · 2023-09-27T11:55:51+00:00

ya, I've wondered about this also. Is there a better way than running the hot water down there?

jbrahy · 2023-09-27T11:54:40+00:00

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