When GenAI is placed in the wrong hands
Here's the concern with AI when placed in the hands of a non-professional. One who has little understanding of photography or retouching...
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Sean Arbabi
- Nov 11
- 2 min
"A vet I met during my travels" (shared back in 2011)....
A few years ago while on assignment in Southwest Florida, I wandered around Sanibel Island and J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife...
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Sean Arbabi
- Nov 2
- 2 min
Delivering accurate product color to improve a company's sales
The highest percentage of customer returns come from inaccurate color. “It didn’t look that way online!” Deliver misleading images for...
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Sean Arbabi
- Oct 14
- 1 min
My article in Photoshop User's October 2023 issue
Sharing some writing I did in Photoshop User's latest issue (October 2023 through Kelby Media). I participated in an article on the top...
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Sean Arbabi
- Oct 1
- 2 min
Creating and Updating Digital Production Process Docs
A digital production team needs a strong foundation of consistent accurate processes as well as current solidly-integrated systems to be...
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Sean Arbabi
- Oct 1
- 1 min
Mixbook photo album
Fun making a photo album with Mixbook from our recent summer vacation. Created a few photo books with Apple and Blurb, but it had been a...
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Sean Arbabi
- Sep 12
- 1 min
How GenAI Should Be Used in Digital Production
GenAI is a great tool for digital production. Here's a small example of how Generative AI in Photoshop's Beta version can speed up...
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Sean Arbabi
- Aug 24
- 8 min
Setting Up Your Post-Production Team for Success
Wrote a blog post collaborating with the fine folks at VeryBusy.io. Self-described as "Frictionless Retouching Review and Approvals",...
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Sean Arbabi
- Aug 13
- 2 min
Soft or hard sales pitches? An overseas perspective.
Traveling recently with friends through Italy, Turkey, and Greece, we came across a variety of sales pitches from store owners, street...
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Sean Arbabi
- Aug 9
- 1 min
Ted Lasso
Starting watching Ted Lasso for the first time. My wife and I rolled through Season 1, started Season 2. Didn’t know anything about the...
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Sean Arbabi
- May 24
- 2 min
Walking Don Moseman
I recently posted this old portrait of the 57 year-old "Walking" Don Moseman on Mount Tamalpais, in the San Francisco Bay Area circa...
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Sean Arbabi
- Apr 27
- 7 min
The History of Photography
I have always felt if you want to accomplish true greatness in any field or endeavor you cannot do so without understanding and...
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Sean Arbabi
- Apr 26
- 1 min
Maximizing Photo Studio Production: A Tailored Brands Success Story
I was a guess on Creative Force's webinar series a while back and wanted to share the webinar. It was a fun 45 min-1 hour sharing our...
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Sean Arbabi
- Apr 26
- 1 min
Style guides for eCom
Style guides are a formatted set of standards, in our eCommerce world used for photography, video, and copy. Established to standardize...
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Sean Arbabi
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Ecommerce Color managment
Consistent #color isn’t a given. Variables occur throughout production. If a system isn’t incorporated, #colormanagement can be all over...
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Sean Arbabi
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Catchin' up with Creative Force
Great talking to Daniel Jester of Creative Force recently about the value of taking a broader look at studio ops within an organization....
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Sean Arbabi
- Apr 24
- 2 min
People just want to be recognized
I love seeing how appreciative Brendan Fraser has been, responding with gratitude to all the accolades for his acting role in The Whale....
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Sean Arbabi
- Apr 22
- 1 min
Piedras Blancas bliss...
A few shots from Piedras Blancas, along the California coast, last weekend (male and female elephant seals, brush rabbit, Moonstone...
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Sean Arbabi
- Apr 22
- 1 min
Words to live by.
I often equate our company team to sports. Lift your teammates up, cheer for their success, and assist when mistakes occur since you, one...
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Sean Arbabi
- Apr 22
- 2 min
Photographer eCommerce rates
Spring-boarding off a recent semi-viral post, this time I'm providing a positive example of a case where #photographers and a company...
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