PSA: My image AI was failing on odd angles until I fed it more varied pics

Ryan Jenkins · 2026-03-03T13:20:40.358833+00:00

I fixed it by including shots from all sides, not just the front.

My own attempt at product photos was a total mess (bad lighting, weird shadows). The camera roll was just twenty versions of the same flat, head-on shot. It finally clicked that I hadn't given the viewer, or an AI, any real sense of the object's shape. A proper mix of angles makes all the difference, like showing the back of a bookshelf or the underside of a mug. You don't see the depth until you move around it.

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bailey.nancy7mo ago

Sounds like my photos need that same basic training, oops.

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wren6387mo ago

Reminds me of trying to photograph my cat for a vet form.

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henryp407mo ago

Wait, that actually worked? It's wild that the fix was just adding more pictures from different sides. I guess the AI really did need that basic training like a little kid. Makes total sense now that you say it.

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