diff --git a/src/components/FieldSetWithStatus.tsx b/src/components/FieldSetWithStatus.tsx
index 97aababc..d3ea17d7 100644
--- a/src/components/FieldSetWithStatus.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FieldSetWithStatus.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { LegacyRef } from 'react';
 import { experimental_useFormStatus as useFormStatus } from 'react-dom';
+import Spinner from './Spinner';
 
 export default function FieldSetWithStatus({
   id,
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ export default function FieldSetWithStatus({
   note,
   value,
   onChange,
+  placeholder,
+  loading,
   required,
   readOnly,
   type = 'text',
@@ -19,6 +22,8 @@ export default function FieldSetWithStatus({
   note?: string
   value: string
   onChange?: (value: string) => void
+  placeholder?: string
+  loading?: boolean
   required?: boolean
   readOnly?: boolean
   type?: 'text' | 'password'
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@ export default function FieldSetWithStatus({
   return (
     <div className="space-y-1">
       <label
-        className="flex gap-2"
+        className="flex gap-2 items-center"
         htmlFor={id}
       >
         {label}
@@ -41,12 +46,17 @@ export default function FieldSetWithStatus({
           <span className="text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-600">
             Required
           </span>}
+        {loading &&
+          <span className="translate-y-[1.5px]">
+            <Spinner />
+          </span>}
       </label>
       <input
         ref={inputRef}
         id={id}
         name={id}
         value={value}
+        placeholder={placeholder}
         onChange={e => onChange?.(e.target.value)}
         type={type}
         autoComplete="off"
diff --git a/src/photo/PhotoForm.tsx b/src/photo/PhotoForm.tsx
index e8b78e86..2c68281f 100644
--- a/src/photo/PhotoForm.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/PhotoForm.tsx
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ export default function PhotoForm({
   const url = formData.url ?? '';
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    let timeout: NodeJS.Timeout;
+    
     const image = new Image();
     image.crossOrigin = 'anonymous';
     image.src = url;
     image.onload = () => {
-      const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      timeout = setTimeout(() => {
         const canvas = canvasRef.current;
         if (canvas) {
           canvas.width = THUMBNAIL_WIDTH * BLUR_SCALE;
@@ -72,9 +74,10 @@ export default function PhotoForm({
         } else {
           console.error('Cannot generate blur data: canvas not found');
         }
-      }, 1000);
-      return () => clearTimeout(timeout);
+      }, 2000);
     };
+
+    return () => clearTimeout(timeout);
   }, [url, type]);
 
   const isFormValid = FORM_METADATA_ENTRIES.every(([key, { required }]) =>
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ export default function PhotoForm({
       >
         {FORM_METADATA_ENTRIES.map(([
           key,
-          { label, note, required, readOnly, hideIfEmpty },
+          { label, note, required, readOnly, hideIfEmpty, loadingMessage },
         ]) =>
           (!hideIfEmpty || formData[key]) &&
             <FieldSetWithStatus
@@ -122,6 +125,10 @@ export default function PhotoForm({
               onChange={value => setFormData({ ...formData, [key]: value })}
               required={required}
               readOnly={readOnly}
+              placeholder={loadingMessage && !formData[key]
+                ? loadingMessage
+                : undefined}
+              loading={loadingMessage && !formData[key] ? true : false}
             />)}
         <div className="flex gap-4">
           {type === 'edit' &&
diff --git a/src/photo/form.ts b/src/photo/form.ts
index 39ca6c7b..f58a2968 100644
--- a/src/photo/form.ts
+++ b/src/photo/form.ts
@@ -18,16 +18,18 @@ type FormMeta = {
   readOnly?: boolean
   hideIfEmpty?: boolean
   hideTemporarily?: boolean
+  loadingMessage?: string
 };
 
 const FORM_METADATA: Record<keyof PhotoFormData, FormMeta> = {
   title: { label: 'title' },
   tags: { label: 'tags', note: 'comma-separated values' },
   id: { label: 'id', readOnly: true, hideIfEmpty: true },
+  // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+  blurData: { label: 'blur data', readOnly: true, required: true, loadingMessage: 'Generating blur data ...' },
   url: { label: 'url', readOnly: true },
   extension: { label: 'extension', readOnly: true },
   aspectRatio: { label: 'aspect ratio', readOnly: true },
-  blurData: { label: 'blur data', readOnly: true, required: true },
   make: { label: 'camera make' },
   model: { label: 'camera model' },
   focalLength: { label: 'focal length' },