Why shell out for the mundane headshots by a school photographer when you could supercharge your kids’ portrait with the power of AI?
That’s a calculation more and more parents are making these days, choosing to tap into generative AI tools like ChatGPT to fast-track school picture day. According to Fast Company, parents are taking to social media to brag up how much AI saved them on their children’s’ school print package — usually in the range of $25 to $60 per.
One TikTok from influencer Carlie Bond showed off the hack: first, parents take some phone pictures of their children standing in front of a plain-colored wall, before tossing them into ChatGPT with the prompt “keep them exactly the same but make it look like a school picture.”
ChatGPT then adds a milquetoast background, reminiscent of school photos taken by typical bulk-photo companies like Lifetouch.
