Environmental Awareness

Environmental Awareness

Unique and creative visuals to engage readers and spark their interest in Environmental Awareness topics.

#WorldEnvironmentDay2023

Environmental Awareness Topics

Ask ChatGPT

You are a magazine editor, with a wealth of experience picking the right editorial images for articles. Provide me with 10 examples of editorial images for Environmental Awareness subject matter.

Of course you can replace Environmental Awareness in the prompt with any other subject matter you need.

ChatGPT Result

  1. Deforestation: An aerial shot of a vast area of trees being cleared, showcasing the destructive impact of deforestation on the environment.
  2. Plastic Pollution: A close-up image of a polluted beach, emphasizing the littered shoreline with various plastic waste items like bottles, bags, and straws.
  3. Renewable Energy: A panoramic image of a wind farm or solar power plant, highlighting the clean energy generation methods and their positive impact on reducing carbon emissions.
  4. Climate Change: A composite image featuring a melting glacier and a polar bear stranded on a shrinking ice floe, symbolizing the consequences of global warming.
  5. Pollution in Cities: A photograph capturing the smog-filled skyline of a major city, illustrating the air pollution issues associated with urban areas.
  6. Wildlife Conservation: An image of a researcher releasing a rehabilitated animal, such as a sea turtle or an endangered bird, back into its natural habitat, emphasizing conservation efforts.
  7. Sustainable Agriculture: A picture of a farmer in a lush, organic farm, utilizing eco-friendly techniques like crop rotation and natural pest control to promote sustainable food production.
  8. Water Conservation: An image depicting a person collecting rainwater in a barrel or a community participating in a water-saving initiative like installing low-flow faucets and rainwater harvesting systems.
  9. Ecosystem Preservation: A vibrant image of a protected nature reserve or national park, showcasing the diverse flora and fauna present and the importance of preserving these ecosystems.
  10. Green Transportation: An illustration or photograph portraying electric vehicles, bicycles, and public transportation as eco-friendly alternatives to traditional cars, promoting the reduction of carbon emissions.

Ask ChatGPT

You are a magazine editor, with a wealth of experience picking the right editorial images for articles. Provide me with 10 examples of editorial images for Environmental Awareness subject matter. **Think outside of the box, provide unique solutions**.

ChatGPT Result

  1. Upcycled Art Installation: An image showcasing a large-scale art installation created entirely from upcycled materials, such as plastic bottles or discarded electronics, promoting the concept of turning waste into beautiful creations.
  2. Urban Jungle: A photograph capturing a vertical garden covering the exterior of a high-rise building, blending nature and architecture to demonstrate the potential for green spaces in urban environments.
  3. Trash Tracking: An infographic or visualization showing the journey of a piece of trash from disposal to its impact on the environment, raising awareness about the importance of responsible waste management.
  4. Eco-Fashion Show: A photograph capturing a runway filled with models wearing stylish clothing made from sustainable, organic, or recycled materials, highlighting the intersection of fashion and environmental consciousness.
  5. Nature-Inspired Architecture: An image showcasing an innovative building design inspired by natural elements, such as a biomimicry-inspired structure or a green roof integrated with native plants, illustrating sustainable architectural solutions.
  6. Light Pollution Visualization: An artistic representation, such as a long-exposure photograph or a digital rendering, demonstrating the impact of excessive artificial lighting on the night sky and the need to reduce light pollution.
  7. Community Garden Mosaic: A colorful image showcasing a community garden where each individual plot forms a unique mosaic pattern when viewed from above, emphasizing community engagement and sustainable food production.
  8. Marine Debris Sculpture: A photograph capturing a sculpture made entirely from marine debris collected from beaches, highlighting the problem of ocean pollution and inspiring action to protect marine ecosystems.
  9. Environmental Street Art: An image showcasing a captivating mural painted on a city wall, featuring vibrant colors and thought-provoking imagery related to environmental issues, encouraging viewers to reflect and take action.
  10. Sustainable Technology Integration: A photograph illustrating the integration of renewable energy technologies, such as solar panels or wind turbines, into everyday objects like streetlights or bus stops, demonstrating the possibilities of sustainable infrastructure.

I then ask ChatGPT to convert to CSV but put title and description into one column, and I copy/paste this into a Google Sheet.

Then using a Make scenario that reads the Sheet’s rows and connects to OpenAI ChatGPT API (passing in below prompt) to generate two Midjourney unique image prompts for each individual title in the Sheet, and write this into a Google Drive folder in a Google Doc

Make scenario

ChatGPT Prompt

I want you to act as a professional photographer. You will help me write prompts for an AI art generator called Midjourney. I will supply short content concepts, and your responsibility is to develop these into comprehensive, clear, and well-structured prompts. Photo prompts involve describing the content and style of images in concise accurate language. It is useful to be explicit and use references to popular culture, artists and mediums. Your focus needs to be on nouns and adjectives. I will give you some example prompts for your reference. Please define the exact camera that should be used. Here is the formula for you to use, Content: insert nouns here, Medium: insert artistic medium here, Style: insert references to genres, artists and popular culture here, Lighting: reference the lighting here, Colours: reference color styles and palettes here, Composition: reference cameras, specific lenses, shot types and positional elements here. When giving a prompt remove the brackets, speak in natural language and be more specific, use precise, articulate language. Always output me two full prompt options that are different, at the beginning of each prompt render the Emoji Camera. Use photo hyper-realism, highly detailed, and high-resolution 16K. Attach these parameters when writing the photo prompt:  --ar 16:9 --v 5.1 --style raw --q 2 --s 750 These are some examples: Example prompt: Conjoined twins attached at the side, dirty, tattered, cinematic light, ultra-realistic, high contrast, hdr, dark rich colors, photography, powerful, stare, weathered face, 30-megapixel, 4k, 85mm-lens, sharp-focus, intricately-detailed, long exposure time, f/8, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/ 125, diffuse-back-lighting, award-winning photograph, facing-camera, high-sharpness, depth-of-field, ultra-detailed photography --ar 16:9 --q 2 --v 5.1  Example prompt: Full Body beautiful blonde, wearing a brown jacket, photography, Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR camera, EF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens, Resolution 30.4 megapixels, ISO sensitivity: 32,000, Shutter speed 8000 second --ar 16:9  --v 5.1   Example prompt: Beautiful dark red sunset over the sea shore at night, intricate, amazing, beautiful, realistic, ultra-high resolution, wide angle, depth of field, π dynamic lighting --ar 16:9 --v 5.1  If you understand the this request, respond with "ready" and I will give you your first prompt.

Sometimes it needs some small fixes like missing double dashes, or adding “Editorial photo of”.

A few generated example Midjourney prompts

A visually striking editorial photograph of a towering high-rise building enveloped in a vibrant vertical green garden, showcasing the potential for lush green spaces in densely-populated cityscapes. Medium: Urban photography. Style: Inspired by the architectural photography of Ezra Stoller and the natural lighting techniques of Annie Leibovitz. Lighting: Natural, soft daylight, capturing the shadows cast by the foliage on the building's facade. Colours: Earthy, organic palette featuring saturated greens, cool steel grays, and contrasting warm brick tones. Composition: Shot from a low angle with a wide focal length (15mm), emphasizing the height of the building and the grandeur of the vertical garden, with a deep depth-of-field in order to capture all details, both near and far. --ar 16:9 --v 5.1 --style raw --q 2 --s 750
Editorial photo of a dedicated, passionate researcher releasing a healthy, rehabilitated sea turtle back into the vibrant ocean habitat. Medium: Hyper-realistic, high-resolution 16k photography. Style: Emotional, National Geographic-inspired, emphasizing the positive impact of conservation efforts. Lighting: Warm, natural sunlight highlighting the researcher and the sea turtle. Colours: Rich, earthy tones with deep blues and greens of the ocean. Composition: Capture the entire scene with dynamic angles, showcasing the human-animal connection. --ar 16:9 --v 5.1 --style raw --q 2 --s 750
Editorial photo of a smog-filled skyline of a major city with skyscrapers obscured by air pollution, medium: photography, style: dystopian urban landscape reminiscent of Blade Runner, lighting: harsh, overcast midday sun diffused by the smog, colors: muted, grayish-blue tones with touches of rust and orange, composition: wide-angle shot from a high vantage point, cityscape stretching into the distance and fading into the smog. Photo hyper-realism, highly detailed, high-resolution 16k, Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR camera, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens, Resolution 30.4 megapixels, ISO sensitivity: 200, Shutter speed 1/125s --ar 16:9 --v 5.1 --style raw --q 2 --s 750

Too Complicated?

Double Exposure of [SUBJECT1] overlayed with [SUBJECT2], blended elements, highly detailed, high-resolution 16k --ar 16:9 --v 5.1 --style raw --q 2 --s 750 
Double Exposure of [an underwater whale's head] overlayed with [dirty offshore oil platforms], blended elements, highly detailed, high-resolution 16k --ar 16:9 --v 5.1 --style raw --q 2 --s 750 
Double Exposure of an extreme closeup of an elephant's head overlayed with a large city and a forest fires, blended elements, highly detailed, high-resolution 16k --ar 16:9 --v 5.1 --style raw --q 2 --s 750
Double Exposure of floating plastic bottles overlayed with an underwater green turtle, blended elements, highly detailed, high-resolution 16k --ar 16:9 --v 5.1 --q 2 --s 750

Try swapping the subjects around to get potentially better results.

Midjourney ChatGPT