Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Scott Kelby flies solo this week on The Grid while Erik Kuna is off leading a night photography workshop in New Mexico. Before welcoming Rick Sammon, Scott shares a gorgeous photo book that KelbyOne’s own Jason Stevens created from their recent Paris trip, then takes a look at his newly updated portfolio featuring travel portraits, iPhone photography, and behind-the-scenes galleries. Rick joins for a wide-ranging conversation about his new KelbyOne weather photography class with meteorologist Mike Caplan and a playful exploration of AI—from still images turned into cinematic videos and animated portraits to infrared conversions, painterly effects, and creative prompting in ChatGPT. It’s an inspiring look at how AI can complement photography while keeping the fun and creativity front and center, with giveaways and a reminder about the upcoming Photographing People Conference to wrap things up.
ABOUT THE GRID PHOTOGRAPHY PODCAST
The Grid is a live talk show about photography, Photoshop, Lightroom, and other industry-related topics. Each week features a different guest (in-studio or online), and viewers are encouraged to chime in live here on YouTube, on KelbyOne.com, or on Scott Kelby's Facebook page: facebook.com/SKelby.
Visit: kelbyone.com
ABOUT SCOTT KELBY
Scott Kelby is a renowned photographer, bestselling author, and educator, best known as the President and CEO of KelbyOne, an online educational community for photographers, Photoshop, and Lightroom users. He is a leading voice in photography training, having authored over 100 books, including the top-selling The Digital Photography Book.
ABOUT ERIK KUNA
Erik is the Vice President of Operations for KelbyOne and a passionate rocket launch photographer. His goal is to create images that help educate people about the space industry and inspire them to learn more about the beauty of space exploration. His passion was ignited in 2015 by seeing the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster land successfully. He felt like from that moment, he had to be part of documenting and capturing the beauty and inspiration of spaceflight, and he has never looked back.
TIMELINE
0:00 Intro & What’s Coming Up
1:20 Belgium Workshop & 700th Episode News
3:38 Jason’s Paris Photo Book
6:58 Scott’s Updated Portfolio
13:38 Giveaways & Announcements
17:07 Rick Sammon Joins
20:38 Weather Photography & Reading the Sky
26:09 AI Mindset: Still Images to Video
42:30 Creative AI Effects & Image Transformations
55:15 ChatGPT for Lighting & Prompting
1:01:51 The “Most Interesting Man” AI Demo
1:03:53 AI Panning & Motion Effects
1:09:28 Final AI Demo & Wrap-Up
1:09:48 Prize Winners & Sign-Off
Scott Kelby flies solo this week on The Grid while Erik Kuna is off leading a night photography workshop in New Mexico. Before welcoming Rick Sammon, Scott shares a gorgeous photo book that KelbyOne’s own Jason Stevens created from their recent Paris trip, then takes a look at his newly updated portfolio featuring travel portraits, iPhone photography, and behind-the-scenes galleries. Rick joins for a wide-ranging conversation about his new KelbyOne weather photography class with meteorologist Mike Caplan and a playful exploration of AI—from still images turned into cinematic videos and animated portraits to infrared conversions, painterly effects, and creative prompting in ChatGPT. It’s an inspiring look at how AI can complement photography while keeping the fun and creativity front and center, with giveaways and a reminder about the upcoming Photographing People Conference to wrap things up.
ABOUT THE GRID PHOTOGRAPHY PODCAST
The Grid is a live talk show about photography, Photoshop, Lightroom, and other industry-related topics. Each week features a different guest (in-studio or online), and viewers are encouraged to chime in live here on YouTube, on KelbyOne.com, or on Scott Kelby's Facebook page: facebook.com/SKelby.
Visit: kelbyone.com
ABOUT SCOTT KELBY
Scott Kelby is a renowned photographer, bestselling author, and educator, best known as the President and CEO of KelbyOne, an online educational community for photographers, Photoshop, and Lightroom users. He is a leading voice in photography training, having authored over 100 books, including the top-selling The Digital Photography Book.
ABOUT ERIK KUNA
Erik is the Vice President of Operations for KelbyOne and a passionate rocket launch photographer. His goal is to create images that help educate people about the space industry and inspire them to learn more about the beauty of space exploration. His passion was ignited in 2015 by seeing the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster land successfully. He felt like from that moment, he had to be part of documenting and capturing the beauty and inspiration of spaceflight, and he has never looked back.
TIMELINE
0:00 Intro & What’s Coming Up
1:20 Belgium Workshop & 700th Episode News
3:38 Jason’s Paris Photo Book
6:58 Scott’s Updated Portfolio
13:38 Giveaways & Announcements
17:07 Rick Sammon Joins
20:38 Weather Photography & Reading the Sky
26:09 AI Mindset: Still Images to Video
42:30 Creative AI Effects & Image Transformations
55:15 ChatGPT for Lighting & Prompting
1:01:51 The “Most Interesting Man” AI Demo
1:03:53 AI Panning & Motion Effects
1:09:28 Final AI Demo & Wrap-Up
1:09:48 Prize Winners & Sign-Off
