GeekThangs

Photographer

AI for photographers and videographers, in plain English.

The biggest time win here is culling and editing: AI sorts thousands of frames and matches your style in a fraction of the time. The rest is the business around the camera, inquiries, captions, and booking. The tools below are the ones shooters actually use, grouped by what they help you do. Keep licensing and model releases in mind, and never pass AI work off as something it is not.

From AI Skills

Real skills for photographers

Deep, multi-step prompts built for photographer work: they interview you, research and verify, and hand back a finished deliverable. GeekThangs can install and tune any of these in your business.

Win customers

Month of Social Content

One interview about your business becomes a full month of posts in your voice, drafted and arranged on a posting calendar you can follow without thinking.

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Win customers

Review Responder

It reads your recent Google and Yelp reviews, drafts a reply to each in your voice, and flags the ones that need you personally before anything goes out.

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Win customers

Newsletter from Notes

Ramble into a voice memo or dump your rough notes. It interviews you for what is missing and hands back a finished newsletter that sounds like you wrote it on a good day.

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Run the business

Client Intake to Brief

Paste your messy intake call notes. It cross-examines them for gaps and contradictions, asks you what is missing, and returns a structured brief you could hand to anyone.

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Want something to paste right now? These are shorter, one-line prompts, good for a quick win. The skills above go deeper.

Quick Wins

Quick prompts to paste now

Updated July 2026
  1. Copy a prompt below.
  2. Paste it into ChatGPT (free, no account) or Claude (free, quick sign-in).
  3. Swap the highlighted blanks for your details, then send.

  • Write captions and posts for a shoot

    A batch of on-brand captions and social posts from a few notes about the session.

    Beginner About 2 min ~110 words 
    Write social media captions and posts for a shoot i just finished.

Start by asking me what kind of shoot it was (for example: a wedding, a family session, a brand shoot) and for the vibe plus a few real details: location, mood, anything notable that happened. Wait for my answer before writing anything.

Then:

Give me:
1. Three caption options (one short, one medium, one with 3 to 5 hashtags).
2. Two short posts.

Rules:
- Warm and natural, not salesy.
- Do not invent client names, locations, or details I did not give you.
- Do not claim awards or results that are not real.
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  • Reply to an inquiry and move it forward

    A warm, professional reply that answers the question and books the next step.

    Beginner About 2 min ~90 words 
    Write a friendly reply to a photography inquiry.

Start by asking me to paste their message, and to tell you which details I still need from them before I can quote it: things like date, location, hours, and deliverables. Wait for both before drafting.

Then:

Structure:
1. A warm opener that answers what they asked.
2. The two or three details I still need.
3. A suggestion of a quick call to finalize.

Rules:
- Do not quote a specific price unless I gave you my package numbers.
- Warm and professional.
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  • Turn a shoot into a blog post

    A clean, searchable blog post about the session, ready to edit and publish.

    Beginner About 2 min ~100 words 
    Write a short blog post about a recent shoot for my photography site.

Start by asking me what kind of session it was, where it was, and a few real highlights from the day. Wait for my answer before writing anything.

Then, using ONLY the details I gave you:

Structure:
1. A warm, specific opening.
2. A couple of short sections with natural breaks.
3. A simple closing line inviting readers to get in touch.

Rules:
- Around 400 words, warm and specific.
- Do not invent quotes, testimonials, or details I did not provide.
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  • Explain your package and usage rights

    A plain-English summary of what the client gets and how they can use the images.

    Beginner About 2 min ~90 words 
    Write a plain-english summary of one of my photography packages for a client.

Start by asking me to paste my package notes: what is included, hours, images delivered, turnaround, and the print and usage rights. Wait for my answer before writing anything.

Then, using ONLY the notes I gave you:

Structure:
1. What they get.
2. How they may use the photos.
3. One line that the signed contract is what governs.

Rules:
- Warm and clear, no legal jargon.
- Do not invent terms, prices, or rights I did not list.
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More pre-made prompts

Top AI tools for photographers

Grouped by what they help you do. Each one links out to a real how-to.

General AI assistants

  • ChatGPT

    Free / paid

    Captions, inquiry replies, blog posts, and package explainers. The most-used general tool.

  • Claude

    Free / paid

    Same drafting and summarizing, with a warm, natural tone for client-facing copy.

Culling and editing

  • Aftershoot

    Paid

    AI culling, editing, and retouching in one app. Learns your style and works offline. Popular for high-volume wedding and portrait work.

  • Imagen AI

    Paid

    AI culling and editing inside Lightroom, trained on your own past edits so the results match your look.

  • Luminar Neo

    Paid

    Creative AI editing for dramatic effects, sky swaps, and portrait retouching. Better for creative work than big-batch consistency.

Booking and client management

  • HoneyBook

    Paid

    Client platform for inquiries, contracts, invoices, and scheduling, with AI to help draft and manage the back-office work.

What you can do with AI here

  • Cull thousands of frames and pick the keepers in a fraction of the time.
  • Edit a full gallery in your own style, straight from Lightroom.
  • Write captions, posts, and blog articles for each session.
  • Reply to inquiries and move them toward a booked date.
  • Explain packages and usage rights to clients in plain English.
  • Automate contracts, invoices, and scheduling in one client platform.

Start safely

01

Know your licensing and usage rights

Be clear about what the client can do with the images and what you keep. AI editing does not change your contract. Spell out usage, prints, and commercial rights, and let the signed agreement govern.

02

Get model releases

Do not publish, sell, or feed client images into a tool for training or promotion without a release. People's likenesses are theirs, and consent matters more, not less, in the AI era.

03

Do not fake the portfolio

Do not present AI-generated or heavily composited images as unedited real shoots where that matters, and never invent client names, awards, or results. Trust is the whole business.

04

Protect client galleries and data

Keep client photos and personal details in vetted, contracted systems, not pasted into public AI tools.

05

Disclose AI where honesty is expected

For editorial, real estate, or documentary work, be upfront when significant AI compositing changed what the photo shows.

Resources

In person, photographer

AI setup for photographers in Metro Detroit

The season is short and the winter is long, so the admin piles up exactly when the shooting stops. Inquiry replies, contracts, galleries, the same questions from every couple. An AI Quickstart is an off-season job: we teach it your packages, your booking flow and your voice, on your real inbox.

Travel is included within about 45 minutes of St Clair Shores, which covers most of Metro Detroit. Not sure whether you are in range? Ask, it is a short answer.

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