{"id":"vis-free-moodboard-camera-terms","audience":"freelancers","category":"image-video","track":"visual","technique":"context","title":"Write moodboard prompts that use real camera terms","free":false,"task":"You're a wedding photographer building a moodboard for clients with Midjourney. Get Claude to write exactly 4 numbered Midjourney prompts, plain text, under 240 words in total. Each one names a lens in mm, an aperture (like f/1.8) and a light condition, ends with --ar 3:2, and keeps faces turned away or out of focus. The 4 moments come from the client notes, and none uses the venue's name or logo.","materialLabel":"The brief (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Client notes - Priya & Sam, October wedding\n\nVenue: an old apple orchard with a red barn, string lights, hay bales. (Venue's marketing team says we can't use their name or sign in any promo images.)\n\nThey want the moodboard to show 4 moments:\n1. Getting ready by a window, soft light, the dress on a hanger.\n2. First look in the orchard rows, late afternoon.\n3. Reception under string lights at night, dancing blur.\n4. Sparkler exit, motion and glow.\n\nStyle they like: film-like, warm, a bit of grain, candid not posed. They hate heavy filters and teal-orange looks.\n\nMy usual gear: 35mm at f/1.8 for getting ready, 85mm at f/1.4 for portraits, 24mm at f/2.8 for wide reception shots.\n\nNotes:\n- They don't want \"fake\" photos of themselves; the moodboard is for mood, not their faces.\n- Sam's mom sent pictures of a celebrity wedding she loved. Let's not copy that.\n- Their colors: rust, cream and sage.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":240},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"No camera language","why":"The AI writes \"beautiful romantic photo\" with no lens or light, so results look generic.","fix":"Add: \"Each prompt names a lens in mm, an f-number and the light.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Forgetting the shape","why":"Without --ar 3:2, Midjourney makes squares.","fix":"Add: \"End each with --ar 3:2.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Making fake portraits","why":"The AI describes clear faces that could pass as the couple or copies a celebrity wedding.","fix":"Add: \"Faces turned away or out of focus. No celebrities, no venue name.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Headings and tips","why":"The AI adds bold moment titles and photo tips, breaking the list.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 4 numbered prompts, plain text, no notes.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for 4 prompts","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,20}prompts"]},{"label":"Uses lens terms","patterns":["\\d+\\s?mm","lens"]},{"label":"Uses aperture","patterns":["f/\\d","aperture"]},{"label":"Sets the shape","patterns":["--ar\\s*3\\s*:\\s*2","3\\s*:\\s*2"]},{"label":"Protects faces","patterns":["faces? (turned|hidden|out of focus|away)","no (faces|celebrit)"]}],"hint":"Photographers get better AI images by speaking camera: lens, aperture, light. Say those for each shot, plus the shape and how faces are handled.","rubricLabels":["Each of the 4 prompts names a lens in mm, an aperture (f-number) and a light condition","Each of the 4 prompts ends with --ar 3:2","Each prompt keeps faces turned away, hidden or out of focus, and none names the venue or a celebrity"]}