Wow! Wealthy Affiliate Took a Back Seat Again!

byMrDon1

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Did you click on this post thinking that I had found something better than Wealthy Affiliate?

Guess what? There is no better place to create a niche blogging and affiliate marketing website than Wealthy Affiliate. There are a lot of competitors out there; some are easy, and some give you decent results. But none of them give you easy, great results, AND Training, AND a community as great as ours. So, why the post about Wealthy Affiliate taking a back seat again?

Because It Did AGAIN!

I pride myself on having a consistent routine. With the number of hours that I work, I need a solid, set-in-stone routine. One deviation from my schedule can spell disaster. Consistency will go out the door.

I was on a roll, creating great posts, repurposing them for my various platforms, creating pins and tweets, and basically doing what we have been taught to do. I am carrying 3 websites, ignoring the 4th (project on hold), and dabbling with my mothers. Believe me, I know that the value of the routine Wealthy Affiliate establishes for you works. We must do everything in our power to retrain our brain into accepting this new routine if we want to be successful. Excuses for deviating are bountiful: kids, health, March Madness.

This is exactly what the Shiny New Thing Syndrome does to your blogging life. It is worse than temporary excuses. It shreds your schedule for fun.

Have you ever been bitten by the Shiny New Thing Syndrome? The last time it happened to me was in June 2024 when I published my first book and learned to create musical backgrounds with Suno.com for my YouTube Shorts. Before that was August of 2023, when I got caught Playing with New Toys.

I can usually control the urges to go off the deep end. But not this time. So what has stolen my attention this time?

Would you believe that it was the natural progression of AI Images and videos that bit me last June?

Before I spill the details, by the time I am finished, you will be able to use these AI tricks to boost your WA-hosted blog visuals.

Let me show you how I’ve been creating stunning images with AI prompts.

First, what do you think of this sailboat?

Like the details? Interested in how you can create a prompt for yourself that generates this quality?

First, I have to tell you that I have discovered the best free AI image generator yet. It is 100% Free. Check out PicLumen. Over the last 3 weeks, I have been playing with and perfecting my prompt generations. PicLumen has created nearly 1000 images, free. Their quality without enhanced prompts is good. But I have kicked it up a notch.

Reverse-engineered by AI

This post is going to be a long one. But well worth it if you want to create great images.

The first step is to find an image that impresses you. Download that image. Feel free to use my images in this post, they have been enhanced.

Next, upload your image to Claude or ChatGPT. You want a talkative bot and then give it this prompt:

1st Prompt - I Want One Of Those (WOOT)!

"This is an AI-generated image, but it looks incredibly realistic. What about it makes it look so real?"

Do not deviate from this prompt. Your talkative bot will tell you why this is so realistic. I fed Claude the second image, this is what he told me about this image:

This is indeed a highly realistic AI-generated image. Several technical elements contribute to its photorealistic quality:

Lighting and reflections - The image features natural-looking golden hour lighting with soft shadows and highlights that create depth. The way light interacts with the water's surface and reflects on the person's skin shows advanced rendering capabilities.

Texture detail - The image captures fine details like individual strands of wet hair, water droplets on skin, and subtle skin texture variations. These micro-details are crucial for realism.

Color grading - The image has a cohesive color palette with blue-orange complementary tones that mimics professional photography styles. The subtle gradient in the background water and sky creates depth.

Anatomical accuracy - The facial proportions and features appear natural and balanced, without the anatomical inconsistencies that older AI systems often produced.

Depth of field - There's a natural shallow focus effect with the background slightly blurred while the subject remains sharp, mimicking how camera lenses work.

Water physics - The way the water interacts with the person's body, creating ripples and reflections, demonstrates sophisticated simulation.

Even Claude liked my image.

2nd Prompt - Create My Prompt

What kind of prompt was used to generate that image and achieve that level of realism? What specific words were used?

Creating this level of photorealistic AI-generated imagery likely involved a detailed, multi-part prompt structure with specific technical parameters. Based on my understanding of advanced image generation techniques, the prompt would likely include these key elements:

The core prompt would likely begin with descriptive foundation elements:

• "Photorealistic portrait of a young woman with dark hair in water"
• "Wet hair, blue eyes, natural makeup."
• "Shoulders visible above water surface"
• "Ocean or sea setting"

The technical quality parameters would be as follows:

• "Ultra-detailed, 8K resolution, professional photography."
• "Sharp focus on face, shallow depth of field"
• "Golden hour lighting, sunset background"
• "Cinematic color grading"

Lighting specifications would be critical:

• "Rim lighting highlighting shoulders and facial features"
• "Soft golden backlight from setting sun"
• "Natural reflections on water surface"
• "Subtle specular highlights on wet skin"

Camera and composition details:

• "Shot with professional DSLR camera"
• "85mm portrait lens at f/2.0 aperture"
• "Close-up framing, rule of thirds composition"
• "Professional studio quality"

Image-generation

• "Style of Peter Coulson photography"
• "Similar to high-end beauty campaign photography"
• "Fashion magazine editorial quality"

The most advanced prompts would likely also include negative prompts (what to avoid):

• "No digital artifacts, no uncanny features."
• "No unrealistic skin texture, no symmetrical features."
• "Avoid distortion in facial proportio.keywordsns"
• "Natural imperfections in skin and features"

Each word in such prompts is carefully chosen to guide the AI in creating specific visual elements, with the balance and precision of these instructions being just as important as the individual terms themselves.

Note all of these keywords that your bot gave you. In the future, you can use these keywords in prompts that you create.

Many times, your bot will give you an example prompt. It did not happen this time, so I asked for one and got this...

A Usable Prompt

Photorealistic portrait of a young woman with dark wet hair in ocean water at sunset. Subject has striking blue eyes, defined eyebrows, and natural-looking coral lip color with dewy skin. Water level reaches just below her shoulders with visible water ripples and reflections surrounding her. She gazes directly at camera with a serene, contemplative expression. Shoulders are bare and glistening with water droplets.

Background shows blurred ocean water with sunset colors reflecting on surface, creating orange-gold highlights contrasting with blue-teal water. Golden hour lighting casts warm directional light from slightly behind and to the side, creating natural rim lighting along shoulders, jawline, and highlighting strands of wet hair.

Ultra-detailed 8K resolution, professional photography quality with sharp focus on face and shallow depth of field. Image has cinematic color grading with complementary blue/orange color palette. Shot appears to be taken with a professional DSLR using an 85mm portrait lens at f/2.0 aperture.

Style similar to high-end beauty campaign or fashion magazine editorial photography with soft, flattering lighting. Capture realistic water physics with proper refraction and reflection properties. Ensure natural-looking skin texture with subtle imperfections for realism.

Negative prompt: unrealistic anatomy, symmetrical features, digital artifacts, artificial-looking skin, excessive smoothing, unnatural hair patterns, distorted facial proportions, flat lighting, unnatural colors, cartoon-like features, anime style.

The beauty of PicLumen is that it will accept this entire prompt.

The result?

But Wait, There is More

The masterpiece of this prompt is that once you have a prompt that you are happy with, you can tell Claude to use this level of detail to create a totally different image.

Prompt 3 - Change the Subject, Location, or the Style

Now, with the same level of realism, please create a prompt for me, but this time, my subject is in the Monte Carlo marina in the evening.

Here is the prompt that Claude gave me

Photorealistic portrait of a young woman with dark hair walking along the Monte Carlo marina boardwalk at dusk. The subject has striking blue eyes, defined eyebrows, and natural-looking coral lip color with a subtle evening makeup look. She wears an elegant, flowing white evening dress that catches the gentle Mediterranean breeze. Her hair is styled with soft waves, slightly windswept from the coastal air.

She stands confidently alongside the famous Port Hercules marina, where luxury superyachts are moored with their deck lights illuminated. The iconic yacht harbor is lined with palm trees and exclusive boutiques with warm storefront lighting. The twilight sky transitions from deep blue to purple, with the last hints of sunset orange at the horizon. City lights from the hillside Monte Carlo buildings create a glittering backdrop ascending up the mountainside.

The scene is illuminated by a combination of ambient marina lights, yacht illumination, and the soft glow from harborside restaurants and cafés. This creates multiple light sources that cast gentle highlights across her features and dress, with subtle rim lighting defining her silhouette against the darker water. The lighting has a cinematic quality with golden reflections dancing across the harbor water.

Ultra-detailed 8K resolution, professional fashion photography quality with sharp focus on the subject and a natural depth of field that keeps the marina environment visible but softly blurred. The image has rich cinematic color grading with a complementary blue/gold color palette enhanced by the Monaco night lights. The shot appears to be taken with a professional DSLR using a 50mm lens at f/2.8 aperture to balance subject focus with environmental context.

The style is similar to high-end luxury travel campaigns or Vogue on-location fashion photography. Lighting feels natural rather than studio-posed, capturing an authentic moment of sophisticated evening promenade along Monaco's famous marina. The overall mood conveys exclusive Mediterranean luxury, European elegance, and the glamorous atmosphere of Monte Carlo nightlife.

Negative prompts: unrealistic anatomy, symmetrical features, digital artifacts, artificial-looking skin, excessive smoothing, unnatural hair patterns, distorted facial proportions, flat lighting, unnatural colors, cartoon-like features, anime style, inaccurate Monaco architecture, generic marina background, incorrect yacht details, studio-looking environment.

Port Hercules Marina

I can now put my AI Influencer in any location. Dubai, London, Miami, Paris, Africa. As with the sailboat earlier, I can change the subject from a woman to a boat, to a building. With AI

This is Just the Beginning

Creating and improving great images was just the beginning. I found that Riffusion has better song quality than Suno and created a new Techno Vibe song that my AI influencer could star in.

• The images that I created were taken to Kling.ai and turned into 5-second video clips. I was able to get 8 created for free.
• Using Canva Magic I was able to manipulate the eight 5-second clips into a music video.
• Took that silent video over to CapCut and married the video to the soundtrack to create a music video
• YouTube. Techno Tide Work the Waves.

I have now mastered AI-image generation, image-to-video generation, music creation, video editing, and music video creation. Hopefully, I have given you some food for thought.

The brilliance of the Wealthy Affiliate community is its ability to turn distractions into opportunities. You clicked on this post wondering if I’d found something better than WA.

Spoiler alert: I haven’t.

Nothing beats the training, tools, and support we get here.

But what I did find is a way to level up our game with AI tricks that make our blogs, videos, and affiliate campaigns irresistible. Wealthy Affiliate’s routine kept me grounded, while these tools let me soar:

• PicLumen
• Riffusion
• Kling.ai
• Canca
• and more

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Use these AI hacks to create stunning visuals for your WA-hosted site, craft niche commercials, or even launch a viral music video to drive traffic. The community’s here to cheer you on, and the training’s there to keep you on track. I’m back to my routine now but with a new edge.

What will you create with this?

Drop a comment and an image—I can’t wait to see your AI-powered wins.