Beat AI launches tomorrow, and I d love to hear from people who take photos with a phone or camera.
The beta pairs a daily photography theme with AI artwork created for the same brief. People can enter an original photograph, and approved entries take part in blind matchups: you vote on the images before the labels are revealed. Each dated challenge stays open for seven days.
For you, what would make this a useful creative habit: unusual themes, a stronger reason to try a new technique, seeing different interpretations of the same scene, or something else?
You can try the beta at https://beatai.co.uk/. It s early, so voting depends on entries being available. Honest feedback on the first-time experience would be especially helpful.
Start with one ordinary photograph.
See one real photo and its actual tip before entering:
https://beatai.co.uk/photography-lessons/crop-a-phone-photo#photo-feedback-example
A labelled digital crop illustrates the idea. It is not a retake or a promised higher score.
Choose a theme that is still open, take an original photo with any phone or camera, then sign in and enter. First-photo steps:
https://beatai.co.uk/first-photo-group
After safety checks and AI judging, look in You → Your photos → Try this next for an available subjective photography tip. Community votes are not required for that tip. Your photo can also face an AI image in blind community voting when matchups are available. Checks may be delayed.
Current 67-second public-screen walkthrough:
Free web beta. Entered photos, nicknames and scores are public. Each dated theme stays open for seven days; current age, permission and upload rules apply.
If a step feels unclear, tell us which one and what you expected. Please leave out passwords, account details and private photographs.
Try two framing ideas before entering: our free crop-comparison tool keeps your whole original visible while you adjust A and B. The photograph stays in your browser; this practice step needs no account.
Compare two crops of your photo
The free Photography Notebook offers a contact-sheet exercise, a three-question composition quiz and a seven-session journal for private practice.
The journal lets you record one changed choice, one observation and one next attempt. No streak or public upload is required for these exercises.
Start here: https://beatai-photography.blogspot.com/p/start-here-beat-ai-photography-notebook.html
The 2:36 guided photo-selection lesson also has English captions:
The live beta remains separate: follow the dated brief, enter an original photograph and vote on the images before labels are revealed. Feedback on the first-time experience is welcome—was it clear how to find a theme, enter and vote?
A small practice resource for anyone trying the beta: the free pack has 12 prompts, a printable landscape worksheet and six illustrated field cards. Use any phone or camera and compare your own photographs.
Download: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YPx22MyRmiaTFp2TU4kcS0j4Jy02zE7b
Five-minute guided workout:
These exercises are separate from the dated competitions. Which kind of prompt helps you most: a specific subject, a technique to try, or an open theme?
New today: One mug, three moods — a free 55-second photographic window-light lesson. Each front, side and back light example stays for about twelve seconds, with large text and pause controls. A two-page printable guide gives you space to record your own observations.
Try it with any phone or camera: https://beatai.co.uk/photography-lessons#photographic-window-light
The visual examples are AI-generated illustrations, not real competition entries or a controlled camera experiment. No sign-in is needed for the practice lesson.
Is the new pacing and text placement comfortable to follow on your screen?
Direct printable download (2 pages, 10.3 MB; no email signup): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R6yYbRmEDZMlVF8H0_ouN2Ytg0DSPHXh/view