Bringing Midjourney to the Studio: Enhance Your Traditional Photography with AI-Generated Backdrops!

[@QuantzPhoto]

It's getting crazy out here! Feel free to share your thoughts and predictions on where you think we're heading!

[@activatedvisuals]

That feeling when you dreamt about an idea and woke up the next day to see a video about it. Thanks for validating my idea.

[@mzeeshanch]

AWESOME... Just an amazing step by step guide for someone to see what these new AI platforms can do... And how it can be integrated in one's workflow...

[@Flamamacue]

This has been my main use case for MJ so far. The big challenge is getting MJ to understand the perspective, i.e camera position, height and composition as it is so crucial for believable composites. Focal length in the prompt is handy, but something you may find useful is sketching out the scene, or ideally if you can use 3D software like Blender blocking out a basic scene in 3D and using it as an image blend with your prompt to help guide the type of perspective. Picture says 1000 words and it definitely goes a long way with helping MJ understand what perspective you want from it. You can then further reroll your prompt with the new images it puts out as well to further refine Another one I've found effective is using "background from xxx" in my prompt, i.e "documentary interview background" or in this instance maybe something like "baseball magazine cover background image" or "baseball magazine cover scene" as it seems to make it drift towards the typical scenes you would try to composite into Great job on the comp image btw, really effective use of both images

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thanks Chris, great ideas!

[@titusrivers5059]

Photoshop entered the chat.

[@Flamamacue]

@@titusrivers5059 indeed. In the world of AI it's very hard to make any plans that it won't disrupt lol

[@justingraftonstudios]

Can't wait to see what we all start creating next. This is wild! Thanks for the photoshop tips too!!!

[@QuantzPhoto]

Yeah man!

[@mylifetimephotograph]

Just like this great content found me, thank you for this, I too have found a shift in quality of images and know the winds are changing like a flash. Educate yourself daily and ride the wave.

[@ChuckStJohn-205]

terrific vid; I've done this myself with great results

[@iFitnessTexas]

Thanks for this, I have been struggling with matching images and backgrounds and was nice to find you. Nice normal person presentation.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thanks Jim!

[@Anchita-Iha7641]

Nice one James! Subscribed for more tips.

[@davidmunoz-sm9hf]

I see it as another tool to enhance our photography skills, I tried this same technique with a picture I took of my grandson in his football field and super imposed a mid- journey background. The photo came out Amazing!!!!.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thanks for sharing!

[@SHILPNIRMIT]

Thanks a lot! for that detailed and informative video. It was really interesting to watch 👍

[@QuantzPhoto]

Glad you liked it!

[@cesarebonazza]

Great video !! now I wont be sleeping at night , but on the other side this opens up amazing possibilities for our clients.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Two sides to the coin!

[@agds91078]

Thank you so much for sharing this info with us and not being so secretive on how you create it. I for one appreciate your kindness friend. New photographer friend from southeast Kentucky ❤

[@MiguelRamos-xs7un]

Always great content. Had just added mid journey 2 days ago on discord after a buddy of mine was showing me all the neat images. Just perfect timing showing how photographers can incorporate this into their process.

[@bySterling]

Nice, n I didn’t know about super zoom Thanks

[@MrJupton1]

Very cool Jim! Been cking out MidJ 5 also applied to be Beta Tester of Adobe FireFly

[@dvhughesdesign]

Super informative. Great job.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thanks David!

[@therealrobertsyslojr]

I agree with your viewpoint on this. I also was looking at this as an enhancement to the photography work we do, some compositing I think is really impressive what it can do. I do like the idea of having your own concept and making it a reality. But like you, cautiously optimistic.

[@trevorama]

I love your honest and cautiously optimistic approach to this. Great results! Midge Version 5.1, as I’m sure you now know, is even more photorealistic. Scary and exciting times.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thanks Trevor!

[@coconuthair]

I think this is one of the best video i have seen incorporating your actual images! mainly is your honesty in your approach!! if you were to sell this picture who owns the copyright of the background?

[@visualkeysk7392]

Yeah, that's also my doubt..

[@QuantzPhoto]

While I don't think anyone could claim copyright I think we're too early in the process to call anything definitive.

[@coconuthair]

@@QuantzPhoto There are quite a few pending copyright infringement suites. I agree with you it too early to tell. I would think it would belong to dalle or midjourney. The ai created the image hence the software company! but I am not a lawyer, it will be an interesting battle!!

[@LensVid]

Turned out very nice for a first try James. I am seeing more and more of these done by photographers. We also plan on doing this for some tests for what we do in product and food commercials - I think it can work very well for that. The way you used the harmonization was really nice.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Awesome, thank you!

[@buggy659]

Nice! The first one to great a designated IA composite app is a multi millionaire. Maybe I will do it…. The technology is their!

[@QuantzPhoto]

Good luck!

[@markchenoweth4748]

Thanks for sharing. This is something we’re not going to be able to combat, but rather will have to embrace it as a tool.

[@QuantzPhoto]

I think we're going to have to do that...

[@pekerhed101]

Sure...embrace it until it's no longer fun or rewarding, because the process will eventually just be "coding".

[@Osmien118]

briliant... thanks for sharing your hard work. got my sub!

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thanks Jeffery!

[@fabpicture_com]

Love it ! I now want to shoot all sport in studio and add an epic stadium in the bakcground :o

[@QuantzPhoto]

🤣

[@boostedmaniac]

AI I can see killing stock photos. But when you need wedding or sports photos of real people, AI won’t be able to create that without someone first taking a photo of the person first.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Agree on that one!

[@kingluxephotography]

There will be robots you can hire to do this soon just like photobooths

[@SlamBradley]

I'm learning midjourney as we speak

[@robertor.8008]

Thank you

[@215sportsmedia]

This is beyond cool

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thanks Darah!

[@QuicknStraight]

The composite looks quite good, but there are clearly going to be issues matching the light up in the two elements.

[@iAmAdrianClarke]

I believe quality photographers will be just fine as they always have their personal touch on their client's images. And I also think AI is a good thing, hopefully it allows photography gear to become cheaper as I've been longing to upgrade to medium format, although i currently see a decline in prices.

[@EddieMerino]

great job!

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@foodstudio5339]

Hi there !!! This is very informative video :)) please keep trying in this direction

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thank you! Will do!

[@Oliver_Fox_AI]

Interesting video. First time I've seen anyone use the harmonize beta fucntions. Very cool! Question: Why did you use content-aware to get rid of the player? Why not use Generative-fill to get rid of the player instead? From my experience, the generative-fill function does a great job with these sort of tasks!

[@QuantzPhoto]

Hey Oliver, generative fill wasn’t a thing when I made this video. Things are moving fast!

[@jimgsewell]

Great work. I wonder if the stadium can be drawn "from the eyes" of the catcher or batter, in order to avoid the player in the image.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Good idea!

[@michaelsbeverly]

@@QuantzPhoto you can use negative prompts, --no people or --no player at the end of the prompt can do what you're talking about

[@greggeis918]

Great content, entertaining dive into it. I’ve been wanting to use it to make my composites for kids sports more interesting, like stock photos but more flexible. I just don’t see AI as a huge threat to the industry overall, sure some aspects will get pinched but others will grow. I think we intrinsically value reality and real photos over composites. I think the creatives will still be the creatives and use AI to do more interesting things. Maybe the biggest threat is just that the best creatives can be so much more productive a few people with some skill and creativity can fill a lot more creative/commercial work. It’s coming either way so it seems best to take the approach you used to keep up with it and see how to work with it an have fun with it rather than avoid it.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Great thoughts Greg and thanks for sharing!

[@nugefishes]

Thank you. Thank You.

[@QuantzPhoto]

You bet!

[@adventure9606]

Thank you for your time and effort in this production. Thanks for giving the possible pros and cons of this newtech, and if any profession should embrace it is photographers as many can remember just since the Canon 5d mark II came out 15 years ago how much has changed. Now for LESS than the cost of the Canon 5d II when it came out you can buy the recently released Canon R6 Mark II which has so much more tech in it there is no comparison for less money. This is a fantastic time to be in the creative business for sure. My AI question would be I have heard there is one AI generator where you can actually put a photo into the generator and work the prompts around that image. I don't know if it is Midjourney or Stable Diffusion or if this even exists maybe someone could comment if there is even such a generator and if they have tried it.

[@QuantzPhoto]

I believe you are correct and that’s kind of what I imagine will be in future versions of photoshop where you could have multiple layers generated.

[@TheWay-up777]

What size prints can you make with midjourney? 8x10 16x20 or larger?

[@QuantzPhoto]

It would depend on how it's being used. As a blurry backdrop you could go pretty big. Otherwise you'd need some upsizing software to take them larger than 8x10 probably.

[@richcox]

I noticed you’re on fast mode. I usually us relaxed mode if I’m burning through a lot of images

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thanks Rich, I'm usually not burning through images so "fast" for me!

[@haleben12]

could you have asked Midjourney to replicate the final image you chose and asked to have the player removed?

[@QuantzPhoto]

I don't think so but it's not too hard in PS.

[@VIDDTHEDESIGNER]

this is where mad Photoshop skills come in, until an ai program comes out where you can put your subject in any environment and it blends in well,

[@QuantzPhoto]

Agreed but it's coming fast!

[@kingluxephotography]

Mercy, I'm afraid I may not be needed in a couple of years. Next we will have robots that take card payments and will photograph you and send your digitals to an online gallery for viewing. Then there will be no more need for us:(

[@QuantzPhoto]

😬

[@TheClifflawson]

I think we have choice, we can embrace AI and get ahead of the game (like you are doing) or, we can start yelling at kids to get off our yard!!!

[@QuantzPhoto]

Let's do both!! 🤣

[@morpheus2573]

Nice work. If you wanted to achieve the background image without Photoshop you could try... 1. add "--no player, batter" to the end of your prompt. 2. Take your chosen image with the player in it. Then run /describe on it through MJ. Run the images from the suggested prompts, Select the one you like then modify the prompt so it doesn't include any reference to a player. Then add --no player to the end of your prompt.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Thanks for sharing!

[@photoeducationbydaniel]

But this really isn't something that's going to change photographers much, as compositing and photography have been long-standing in photography. Don't be too worried :-) Keep shooting and enjoy!

[@titusrivers5059]

Photoshop entered the chat.

[@photoeducationbydaniel]

@@titusrivers5059 Still doesnt change it :-) you still need someone to capture the base image

[@titusrivers5059]

@@photoeducationbydaniel photographers will still take pictures I agree but NEED is not the correct word. I've just seen Terry White from Adobe generate a stock photograph (3 great ones actually) from a blank canvas.

[@photoeducationbydaniel]

@@titusrivers5059 Clients still NEED wedding photographers, newborn photographers, family etc We all need to understand that we have a world full of people looking for their portraits to be captured. That's a real need that will always be there. You can't change that

[@photoeducationbydaniel]

You can create all kinds of things for yourself and it might very well be meaningful to you but it wont be for the next person

[@titusrivers5059]

Photoshop entered the chat.

[@QuantzPhoto]

Yes it did - new video out!

[@titusrivers5059]

@@QuantzPhoto 🔥🔥

[@garyguest1999]

Creativity? Not your creativity the computers. Photography. Not your photography. It's the computers. From what I am told AI steels parts of images from the world wide Web. So what you create has been stolen? Correct me please if I am wrong?

[@QuantzPhoto]

Hey Gary, yeah there's a lot not to like about where this tech is going and where it comes from but it's here.

[@Urbanmediashowcase]

You'll have to be several steps ahead of Ai. The problem is that Ai can infinitely adapt and replicate. Plus everyone will have access. Sorry to say but jobs will be lost.