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Learn to work with AI, without giving up what makes your work yours.
I'm Robert Rodriguez Jr., a photographer, painter and teacher. I spent forty years doing the work by hand. Now I run my whole business with Claude, and I teach creative people who work on their own to do the same: clearly, safely and on their own terms.
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Claude for Creatives
A small, live, seven-week program for photographers, painters, musicians, writers and coaches who run a business alone. You finish with a Claude setup that knows your business, carries the admin, and leaves the creative work to you.
See the seven weeks →- Week 1From chat window to working partner
- Week 2Teach it who you are
- Week 3Put your business in one place
- Week 4Memory that lasts
- Week 5Anything you do twice becomes a skill
- Week 6Connect your tools, keep your judgment
- Week 7Your first small tool, and a weekly rhythm
What I believe about AI
Three ideas run through everything I teach and write.
The craft stays ours
I welcome AI into my studio, with boundaries it never crosses: my painting, my photography, my writing and my thinking. You set your own lines, and I help you hold them.
Build a practice, not a tool collection
The newest model matters less than how you work with it. What makes you good with AI is the same thing that made you good at your craft: steady, deliberate practice.
AI has no taste. You do.
Claude can draft, sort, remember and build. Deciding what is good is still your job, and your years of experience are exactly what it needs.
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