This is a spontaneous photo I took of two sisters holding hands on an outing. In that moment, I truly felt the warmth and happiness of their companionship.
In my AI creation process, my original inspiration was: “Companionship through the four seasons is as romantic and enduring as the starry river.” With this idea in mind, I guided the AI to extend this happiness infinitely. First, I kept the gesture of the sisters holding hands, expanded the scene to the vast starry sky, and generated an image of them flying through the stars hand in hand. Then I created four scenes themed on spring, summer, autumn and winter respectively —— blooming flowers and flowing streams by small bridges in spring, the seamless blend of sea and sky with a stroll on the beach in summer, quiet and gentle falling maple leaves in autumn, and lying to enjoy flying snow amid white snow in winter, ensuring all five works share a unified style. Finally, I merged the five images, spliced the four seasonal scenes with diagonal comic dividers, and unified the overall tone into the romantic hue of a blue starry sky.
The AI not only helped me expand the scenes, but also materialized my cherish for long-term companionship into a series of coherent and touching images. The cycle of the four seasons symbolizes the passage of time and the deepening of emotions, while the consistent starry sky tone represents eternity, perfectly interpreting the theme of happiness: Always With You.
AI-edited photo
Always With You
- Photographer: May Xiao
- Date: March 7, 2026
- Collection: Imagining Well-being
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