You Don’t Need to Do It All: How Imagen AI Gave Me My Time (and Sanity) Back

When I first started my photography business, I did it all myself.

Every shoot, every email, every edit. I wrote my own contracts, set up my own CRM, and of course—edited every single gallery from scratch. Because that’s what you do, right? You hustle, you save money, you figure it out as you go.

And don’t get me wrong—DIY-ing got me far. But it also nearly burned me out.

It wasn’t until I started valuing my time as much as I valued my work that things really started to change. And one of the biggest shifts? Letting go of full manual editing and using Imagen AI.

What’s Imagen AI?

Imagen is a smart AI photo editor that learns your editing style. You train it using your own images (so it looks like you), and then it batch-edits your galleries in minutes.

No presets. No outsourcing to strangers. Just your work—sped up.

Time Saved, Brainpower Protected

To give you an idea: a gallery of 100 images normally took me around 3 hours to edit.

With Imagen? It takes 3 minutes to generate, and then about 30 minutes of final tweaks.

Even if you’re still refining your profile or only getting 80% perfection—those are two hours saved, every single shoot.

If your hourly rate is $100/hr, that’s $200 in time saved—for a service that costs around $4–6 per gallery.

I’ll take that trade any day.

It’s Not About Outsourcing Your Style. It’s About Outsourcing the Slog.

The thing I hear most from photographers is:
“But what if it doesn’t look like my edits?”

Fair. I was sceptical too.

But Imagen doesn’t apply a random preset—it learns from your work. You’re still in control. You’re still doing the final polish. But instead of using your best creative energy on white balance and exposure tweaks, you’re spending it where it matters most.

Editing no longer eats up my evenings. I’m faster. Clearer. Less resentful of my to-do list.

What Could You Do With Two Hours Back?

Let’s say you shoot four clients a week. Imagen saves you two hours per client. That’s eight hours a week reclaimed.

So what do you do with that time?

• Go shoot another session and increase your income
• Spend it with your kids (and actually be present)
• Rest. Breathe. Think. Create.

Want to Try Imagen?

If you’re curious, I’ve got a bonus code to get you started:

It’s easy to test. You don’t pay until you export. And you just might be surprised how much lighter your week feels.

Because running a photography business isn’t just about doing more.
It’s about doing more of what only you can do.

And letting tools like Imagen take care of the rest.