I’ve been using AI image generation as part of my creative workflow, not to replace the work, but to pressure-test ideas fast. A prompt is basically a brief. If you can’t describe what you want clearly, the output shows it.
THE SAMPLES BELOW ARE JUST SOME OF THE REJECTED AND PERSONAL WORKS THAT I CAME UP WITH. I DO GENERATE AI IMAGES QUITE A LOT AT WORK. PLAYBOOKS EVEN.
THE SAMPLES BELOW ARE JUST SOME OF THE REJECTED AND PERSONAL WORKS THAT I CAME UP WITH. I DO GENERATE AI IMAGES QUITE A LOT AT WORK. PLAYBOOKS EVEN.
These images span a few different directions I was exploring. The student/school locker scene was about capturing that casual, in-the-moment tech interaction — two people looking at a tablet together, the kind of thing you’d see in a back-to-school campaign. The lighting had to feel natural and hallway-fluorescent, not staged. Getting the skin tones, the fabric texture on the sweater, the slightly scuffed lockers — that’s where the prompting gets specific.
The outdoor relaxation shots (the fold-screen tablet on concrete by the beach) were about lifestyle more than product. The challenge with those is making the device feel incidental, like it belongs in the scene rather than being the whole point of it.
The gaming laptop image (two guys on a blue velvet couch) leans harder into product-forward territory — the RGB keyboard glow, the aggressive chassis design, the camera on the table signaling a creative-but-technical user. That one took the most prompt iteration to get the posture and eyeline right.
Then there are the vinyl/laptop series — six variations of the same woman in different rooms, different lighting, different laptop colors. I was testing how much a set change or color grade shift changes the feel of a shot without touching the concept. Warm tungsten light from a lamp reads completely differently than afternoon window light. Same person, same vibe, very different brand energy.
What I find useful about this process: it’s fast enough to explore 10 directions before committing to one, and specific enough that the output is actually usable as a reference, not just a mood board.
This series is about the social side of creative work — a photographer sharing selects with a group, prints scattered on the table, the laptop as the edit station. The outdoor coffee shop setting keeps it grounded and real. Getting the ambient light to feel like dusk without losing detail in the faces was the main challenge, and varying the angle and group size helped make it feel like a genuine moment rather than a staged review.
Prompt: Young woman on a film set, green screen background, black laptop held in hand, all-black outfit, crew and equipment visible behind her, candid and focused, editorial photography.
Prompt: Young male content creator at a gaming desk, Lenovo Legion laptop, multi-monitor setup, headphones around neck, blue and pink LED backlighting, cinematic close-up, editorial photography.