Launch offer: $119 with code CREATE40 | Ends October 31 | Regularly $159 →
■ THE PORTRAIT MASTERS PRESENTS
AI FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
Everyone’s talking about AI. Almost no one’s showing you how to use it.
AI isn’t coming for your creativity. It’s about to become your most powerful creative partner.
Go behind the scenes with Pratik Naik and Felix Kunze as they show you how to use AI to develop concepts, plan photoshoots, and streamline post-production.
7 MODULES / 39 VIDEO LESSONS / 5H 45M
Launch price with code CREATE40 through October 31. Regularly $159.
Lifetime Streaming · Ongoing Updates
▶ WITH PRATIK NAIK + FELIX KUNZE
■ AI, WITHOUT THE OVERWHELM
Bring AI into your workflow, without losing your creative voice.
Most AI tutorials show one feature at a time. This course follows a single job from first idea to finished image, so you see how the tools connect and which ones are worth your time.
Your creative judgment stays exactly where it belongs: in your hands.
Launch price with code CREATE40 through October 31. Regularly $159.
■ FROM FIRST IDEA TO FINAL IMAGE
See how an idea becomes a photograph.
Follow Pratik and Felix through the process of developing a concept, planning a real shoot, and bringing the photographs through post-production.
This is AI in action, inside the work photographers actually do.
AI-assisted concept development and mood-board creation with Adobe Firefly Boards.
01 / PLANNING THE SHOOT · 1 HR 33 MIN
Start with an idea. See where it could go.
Watch Pratik and Felix use Adobe Firefly Boards to explore concepts, test visual directions, and bring together references for lighting, locations, poses, and styling.
See how they refine those ideas into a cohesive mood board that helps everyone involved understand the creative vision before the shoot begins.
02 / ON SET WITH FELIX · 16 MIN
Take the idea off the screen and onto the set.
Join Felix on a Brooklyn rooftop as he photographs Anna and Abdul, using the mood boards developed earlier as a starting point.
Watch how he translates those references into real lighting, composition, posing, and direction, adapting to the people and conditions in front of his camera.
Because the most important decisions still happen behind the lens.
03 / POST-PRODUCTION WITH PRATIK · 3 HR 24 MIN
Make post-production work for your creative vision.
In the course’s longest module, Pratik works through Aftershoot culling, Evoto skin retouching, Photoshop generative fill and compositing, sky replacement, neural filters, and Topaz upscaling, including how AI upscaling compares with traditional methods.
AFTERSHOOTEVOTOPHOTOSHOPTOPAZ
From the post-production module: AI-assisted retouching, a backdrop replacement, and a sky replacement.
“His retouching workshop has been the foundation of my photography business. 10 years into the business I still pull up segments and learn something new!”
EDINA C. · ON PRATIK’S RETOUCHING WORKSHOP
Launch price with code CREATE40 through October 31.
Regularly $159.
■ LEARN FROM THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK
Two creative minds. One complete workflow.
Pratik Naik and Felix Kunze bring two distinct perspectives to this course, combining the art of making photographs with the craft of refining them.
Together, they show you how AI can support the process from beginning to end.
Pratik Naik
RETOUCHING · POST-PRODUCTION · AI WORKFLOWS
Pratik Naik has been a commercial and editorial retoucher for more than 15 years. His work has appeared in Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, and GQ, and he has retouched for photographers including Lara Jade, Joey L., and Jeremy Cowart.
He founded Infinite Color, the Photoshop color-grading panel, was named Framed’s Retoucher of the Year in 2013, and has taught retouching through CreativeLive and his own workshops around the world.
In this course, he takes you through AI-assisted culling, retouching, compositing, and upscaling, and shows where each tool earns a place in your workflow.
“Pratik is an excellent educator, known for his consistency and the way he delivers content clearly and comprehensively.”
TEODORA D. · STUDENT OF PRATIK NAIK
Felix Kunze
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY · LIGHTING · CREATIVE DIRECTION
Felix Kunze is a Brooklyn-based editorial and commercial portrait photographer who started out assisting Annie Leibovitz and Mario Testino.
He was the exclusive photographer for Blue Origin’s New Shepard launches, has shot for Adidas, Swarovski, Disney/20th Century Studios, and the BBC, and in 2024 worked on an American Vogue cover story with Baz Luhrmann and Anna Wintour.
His lighting courses, including The Lighting Series and Lighting For Everyone, have helped more than 15,000 photographers learn studio and location lighting. In this course, he takes the mood board onto a real set.
“I love how Felix teaches; everything is so matter of fact and simplified that I don’t feel inferior for having the question. As a photographer, we ALL have the questions, right?”
CAT F. · STUDENT OF FELIX KUNZE
Launch price with code CREATE40 through October 31. Regularly $159.
■ INSIDE THE COURSE
Everything you need to start putting AI to work.
Seven modules. 39 video lessons. 5 hours and 45 minutes of practical instruction.
Follow the entire creative process from start to finish, or revisit individual tools and techniques whenever you need them.
01
MODULE 01
Introduction
1 video · 2 minutes
Meet your instructors and discover how AI can become a practical creative partner throughout the photographic process.
02
MODULE 02
Mood-Board Creation
9 videos · 1 hour 33 minutes
Explore concept development with Pratik and Felix, including Adobe Firefly Boards, photographic references, rooftop scenes, staircase settings, lighting, posing, and more.
See how an idea evolves into a visual direction that can guide a real shoot.
03
MODULE 03
The Photoshoot
5 videos · 16 minutes
Follow Felix as he photographs Anna and Abdul on a Brooklyn rooftop.
Watch the shoot unfold, then join Pratik and Felix as they review the images and discuss how the planning translated into the final photographs.
04
MODULE 04
AI Conversations
7 videos · 24 minutes
Go beyond the tools to explore the bigger questions surrounding AI and photography.
Pratik and Felix discuss creative opportunity, ethical concerns, commercial applications, and what the changing technology means for working photographers.
05
MODULE 05
Post-Processing
15 videos · 3 hours 24 minutes
Take a deeper look at the practical applications of AI in post-production.
Explore Aftershoot culling and editing, Evoto retouching, Photoshop compositing and generative tools, image upscaling, sharpening, sky replacement, neural filters, and more.
This is the most extensive module in the course.
06
MODULE 06
ChatGPT for Photographers
1 video
Explore practical applications for ChatGPT.
07
MODULE 07
Final Thoughts
1 video · 1 minute
Bring the lessons together and leave with a clearer understanding of how to explore AI within your own creative workflow.
7 MODULES / 39 VIDEOS / 5 HOURS 45 MINUTES
■ GOOD TO KNOW
Your questions, answered.
Do I need any previous AI experience?
No. The course includes foundational demonstrations and practical explanations that make it approachable for photographers who are new to AI.
If you’re already familiar with some of the tools, you’ll also find opportunities to explore how they fit into a more complete photography workflow.
Is this course suitable for beginners or experienced photographers?
Both. The course focuses on applying AI within the photographic process, making it relevant to photographers at different stages of their careers.
You don’t need to be an AI expert. A basic familiarity with photography and editing will help you follow the demonstrations.
Is this course about replacing photography with AI-generated images?
Not at all.
You’ll follow a real portrait photoshoot with Felix Kunze, from AI-assisted planning through photographing actual subjects and reviewing the results.
The emphasis is on using AI as a tool to support creative work, not replace the photographer.
What AI software will I learn about?
The course includes demonstrations involving Adobe Firefly Boards, Aftershoot, Evoto, Photoshop, Topaz tools, and ChatGPT.
You’ll explore applications across concept development, planning, image selection, editing, retouching, compositing, and final image refinement.
Do I need to purchase all of these software programs?
You can watch the lessons to understand how the different tools work before deciding which ones are relevant to you.
Some of the applications demonstrated may require their own subscriptions or licenses if you choose to use them. Third-party software access is not listed as part of the course purchase.
How much content is included?
The course includes seven modules and 39 video lessons, totaling 5 hours and 45 minutes of instruction.
Can I watch the course at my own pace?
Yes. The course is offered as on-demand video education, and the current product listing includes lifetime streaming access.
Watch the lessons on your schedule and revisit demonstrations as needed.
Will I get access to course updates?
The current course offering includes ongoing updates.
That means you can return to the course as new material is made available. Specific future updates and release schedules are not guaranteed.
How is this different from watching free AI tutorials?
Free tutorials can be useful for learning individual features.
This course takes a different approach: Pratik and Felix demonstrate how tools connect across a real photography workflow, from creative planning to an actual shoot and through post-production.
Instead of piecing together disconnected advice, you can follow the creative process with experienced photographers guiding you through their decisions.
■ YOUR NEXT CREATIVE STEP
Get the full course for $119 through October 31.
AI isn’t here to make the creative decisions for you.
It’s another set of tools to explore, understand, and put to work.
Join Pratik Naik and Felix Kunze as they show you how AI can support everything from the first spark of an idea to the final delivered image.
AI FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
WITH PRATIK NAIK + FELIX KUNZE
- ✓ 7 complete learning modules
- ✓ 39 video lessons
- ✓ 5 hours and 45 minutes of instruction
- ✓ AI-assisted concept and mood-board demonstrations
- ✓ A real portrait photoshoot with Felix Kunze
- ✓ In-depth editing and retouching lessons with Pratik Naik
- ✓ Lifetime streaming access
- ✓ Ongoing course updates
LAUNCH PRICE
THROUGH OCTOBER 31
$159$119
Code CREATE40 at checkout · Ends October 31
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