Don’t Fear the Machine: How to Make AI Work for You

📍 Pellissippi State Community College
JL Goins Administration Building, Room 151A
10915 Hardin Valley Rd, Knoxville, TN 37932

Artificial intelligence is transforming the creative landscape — and photographers have an opportunity to embrace it rather than fear it. Join Stephanie Richer for an engaging session that introduces practical ways to integrate AI tools into both your photography and business operations.

In “Don’t Fear the Machine: How to Make AI Work for You,” Stephanie will walk through how AI can streamline editing, enhance client communications, support marketing efforts, and free up more time for creativity. She’ll also provide an important update on the current state of copyright law regarding AI-generated content and usage within photography.

Whether you’re an experienced professional or just exploring digital tools, this class will help you understand how to make AI work for you — not replace you.

Work smarter with AI —

less time editing, more time creating.

Stephanie Richer was born and raised in the Bronx, NY, the child of itinerant gypsies who mended pots and stole chickens on the city’s streets. As she advanced in age to the point of “decrepitude” (her words), Stephanie has enjoyed an adventurous and multifaceted career — serving in the U.S. military, working as an IT consultant, and even practicing as a divorce lawyer (California State Bar #221928).

Through it all, photography has remained her lifelong passion — now serving as both a creative mainstay and the foundation for her digital illustrative art. A self-proclaimed “kingmaker,” she proudly recounts meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger in Florence, Italy, and suggesting he should run for governor of California… the rest, as they say, is history.