AI as a Sketchpad.

AI has become an amazing sketchpad for translating ideas into visuals. I’m using it to bridge my painting practice in the outdoors, where I explore light, colour, and composition on canvas, with my adventure photography in real landscapes. Here, I’m reimagining portraits I want to shoot, from the smoky kitchens of Nepal, rich in texture and atmosphere, to a relaxed, dressed-up awards night, full of elegance and mood. Capturing these scenes in reality would take immense time and effort, so AI lets me externalise the ideas in my head, test compositions, lighting, and colour palettes, and turn fleeting mental impressions into concrete visual concepts ready to inspire the final shoot

Gemini Nano-Banana exploring alternate versions of my photos