While we shared our ideas to photographers for feedback and here was what we got.
“Give me your Wechat” - Chen Man (Legendary fashion photographer; Founder of Studio 6)
“I was putting together something like that but it never came to fruition. Happy to chat about it. Love that you guys are into it.” - Peter Hurley (The Headshot King, Explorer of Light @ Cannon). Peter is who named the product “Lookr”.
”Hi Yuqi! Ooh this is right down my alley and I’ve been waiting to develop an app similar to this too. I’d love to hear more!” - David Suh (1.3 Million Ins Followers, 234K Youtube subscribers)
”Cool … My email is …” - Wing Shya (the first photographer to have a solo exhibition at the Mori Art Museum; the designated photographer for Wong Kar-wai (Jiawei Wang) and Leslie Cheung (Guorong Zhang).)
”Hi dear, this is a good idea! Now I leave for Africa so I ll be back on May 15… come back to me then!” - Eric Lafforgue (Book author of Ethiopie, Banni de Corée du Nord, Out Of Focus 一 焦点之外:发现世界的隐秘一面 精装, Papous)
”I feel like it would be cool to make it automatic. So like, overlay a most recommended framing based on AI.” - Benjamin Von Wong (Wiki: a Canadian artist, activist, and photographer best known for his environmental art installations and hyper-realist art style)
”I Love this idea. I am deep into AI photography at the moment…It’s funny because even a lot of fantastic photographers don’t get the simple act of giving a girl what she wants for her social photos” - James Nicholas Merzetti (Awards owner of Vogue Italia, CQ, WMD, Harper’s bazaar, WSJ, Schon!)
”A big insight I've been thinking about is really having the app guide the user to find the best photo location, based on light, framing and composition, and visual interest. This can definitely be done.” - Ryan Bolton (Owner of STUDIO 201)
”i could help... really i'm not wanting to accelerate ai taking over our careers but i could help you create a valuable angle that would help for sur.” - Steve Carty (Photographer since 1992)
”This sounds fun.” - Matt Barnes (Photographer, Director & Production)
”Email me” - Naskademini (Professional photographer)
”Fire away” - Brendan Meadows (professional photographer starting from 1983)
”I would highly recommend reaching out to my friend Gabriela as an advisor. I think she'd be really into this idea and is also an amazing photographer.” - Jeremy Cohen (member of the Sony Alpha Imaging Collective)