"Ai for Composites" with Scott Detweiler

You already know the feeling of seeing a finished image in your mind, then realizing the location, wardrobe, weather, props, or budget are nowhere nearby. AI gives us another way into that image. It can help create missing pieces, explore a direction before we commit hours to it, and open creative doors that used to require a much larger production. The interesting part is still what you do with those pieces. In class, we will discuss the practical bridge between AI image generation and the Photoshop skills photographers already use. We will begin with a plain-language look at how image models work, what they are good at, where they tend to fall apart, and how to choose the right tool for the job. We will use Photoshop to bring generated elements and photographs together through masking, lighting, perspective, color, texture, atmosphere, and the small edge decisions that make a composite believable. AI may help us create raw material, but your eye, taste, and finishing choices are what turn it into your work and it will always be your photography first, never AI.

•Turn photographs and AI-generated elements into polished composites that still feel unmistakably yours.

•Learn which AI tools help at each stage, then use Photoshop craft to solve the places where the technology stops short.

Scott Detweiler brings an unusual mix of business ownership, enterprise technology, product development, portrait photography, and hands-on creative work. He built and grew an IT firm serving organizations including Johnson Controls, Kennedy Space Center, AAA, and UPS, then spent nearly four years in Applied Research and Product at Stability AI during the rapid growth of generative 

*Meal is an extra fee and optional.

6:30pm - Dinner* and Social Hour

7:00pm - Program Begins

9:00pm - Conclusion