Midjourney - Prompt like a photographer

Make AI images that look like real photographs.

Most AI images look fake because they're prompted like art, not like photos. I'm a professional photographer and an award-winning AI artist, and in this course I show you how to prompt the way a photographer thinks: camera, lens, light and skin.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Why AI portraits look fake, and how to fix it

• The 7 layers of a photographic prompt

• The prompt ladder: from a basic prompt to a pro result, step by step

• Camera, lens and lighting words that actually work

• Realistic skin and imperfections

• Parameters and a real stylize test, side by side

• Style and omni references (sref/oref) to keep a face or look consistent

• Iterating with the editor, and finishing in Lightroom

ALSO INCLUDED

• 10 ready-to-use prompt recipes and a word bank

• Troubleshooting guide and 12 pro tips

• Ethics and rights: what you may and may not do with AI images

PDF · 23 pages · English · instant download

Made with the current Midjourney web app.