I’m always interested in reading how people use language models for automating boring tasks or performing what they wouldn’t be able to do manually. In his post, Dries explores using several local language models for generating alt text for 10,000 photos! This is double-interesting topic to me, since I also love photography .
I recommend reading the original post if you’re interested in generating alt text with local llm, specially since he has posted a couple of follow up posts on updating his approach.
His blog post made me curious in what type of photography he does, so I was fascinated to find out he publishes many photos on his blog , neatly categorized in photo albums . This is what I always wanted to do, but the setup sounds like too much work, but I will add a photo album section to my website at some post.
I also quite liked his style of photography , explored a few of his recent photo albums. As he’s taking candid photos of his own life, I was curious what camera he uses, it must be a portable one. Searching for photography posts on his blog, lead to the analysis of his photography history , in which he mentions he’s been using a Leica M10-R as of 2022. I currently own a Sony a7cii, it is one of the most portable full-frame cameras out there, but I still find it cumbersome to carry when I don’t intentionally go out for photography. That’s why I purchased a second hand Ricoh griii last week to hopefully make it easier for myself to always carry a camera with me and take good photos of life.