Prompt Craft for Images.

Good prompts are specific. Great prompts are intentional.

In Lesson 3, you learned the four parts of a prompt: subject, setting, mood, style. Now we go deeper. The difference between a decent AI image and a stunning one often comes down to a handful of carefully chosen words. Prompt craft is a real skill, and like any skill, it improves with practice and knowledge.

Tell the AI where to put things and how to frame the shot.

Composition is how elements are arranged in an image. The AI responds well to photography and cinematography terms:

Camera angles: bird's eye view, low angle, eye level, Dutch angle, overhead shot, worm's eye view
Framing: close-up, extreme close-up, medium shot, wide shot, full body, portrait, headshot
Composition rules: rule of thirds, centered composition, symmetrical, asymmetrical, leading lines, negative space

Adding "close-up portrait, rule of thirds" to a prompt instantly changes the feeling of the image from a generic snapshot to something intentional and professional.

Lighting is the single most powerful mood controller.

Photographers know that light makes or breaks an image. The same is true with AI generation. Here are lighting terms that consistently produce strong results:

Natural light: golden hour, blue hour, overcast soft light, harsh midday sun, dappled light through trees
Studio light: Rembrandt lighting, rim lighting, backlit, side-lit, soft diffused light, dramatic chiaroscuro
Atmospheric: volumetric light, god rays, neon glow, candlelight, bioluminescent, foggy ambient light

You can reference art styles, mediums, and aesthetics with precision.

Style keywords are your most powerful creative lever. You can reference:

Art movements: impressionist, art nouveau, art deco, surrealist, minimalist, baroque, pop art, ukiyo-e
Mediums: oil painting, watercolor, charcoal sketch, digital illustration, pencil drawing, stained glass, collage
Aesthetics: cottagecore, cyberpunk, vaporwave, dark academia, solarpunk, retro 1970s, clean modern

Combining these creates specificity. "Art deco poster style" gives you something very different from "art deco oil painting." Experiment with combinations — that is where your unique visual voice emerges.