Ai for Composites (Monday, August 24, 2026)

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:30:00 GMT

"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.

*Meal is an extra fee and optional.

6:30pm - Dinner* and Social Hour

7:00pm - Program Begins

9:00pm - Conclusion

The AI Enabled Business (for Any Business) (Tuesday, August 25, 2026)

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Give your team the capacity of three specialists.

Most companies are using AI to write emails. The larger opportunity is giving capable people more time to think, create, sell, and improve the business.

The AI-Enabled Business is a full-day seminar on using AI as a practical business capacity: an analyst, growth partner, and operations assistantworkingfrom your company's trusted knowledge. We will cover conversion, SEO, brand consistency, sales preparation, customer insight, documentation, automation, privacy, local AI, and responsible human review.

Bring a real business challenge. Leave with a practical 30-day pilot.

Who Is This For?

Business Owners looking to scale capacity without expanding payroll immediately.
Growth Leaders looking to prove a measurable return on investment (ROI) with AI.
Marketing & Sales Teams buried under repetitive prep work.
Ops Leaders who need faster documentation and knowledge preservation.

Prerequisites: None. A curious mind and a real business challenge are far more valuable here than coding skills.

️What if your team had more time before you hired another person?

Every business has work it knows should be done: customer research, follow-up, competitive analysis, content improvement, process documentation, sales preparation, and a hundred small tasks that keep getting pushed behind today's urgent work.

Led by Scott Detweiler

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 AI.
His perspective is practical: understand the technology well enough to use it responsibly, then bring the conversation back to people, customers, process, creativity, and measurable business value.

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