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Edit product photos and videos with AI instead of paying for a monthly photo shoot, and spend the saved time answering customers
Seneca Connor, founder of The Bag Icon, an online accessories and handbag brand she runs solo, in Business Insider
Per Business Insider, she uses Nano Banana (which the article calls Gemini's photo-editing AI) and other AI products to edit the brand's photos and videos. She uses the time saved to design more original bags, launch more bags curated from other designers, and answer emails and direct messages from customers asking for advice about their purchases. She's experimenting with a digital clone, a video avatar that reads a script explaining new products, but says the advice will stay her own.
Google Gemini $4.99/mo (Google AI Plus); free plan available
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Google Gemini, Nano Banana (Gemini image editing)
The problem
A monthly product photo shoot cost money and time she wanted to spend designing and on customer relationships.
What happened
She says it saves up to $2,000 per monthly photo shoot. Per BI, The Bag Icon saw more than a 20% year-over-year increase in profits last year despite tariffs; the article credits the time saved, not AI alone. On answering customers herself: "It's building community that's missing in the big brands." Business Insider tags this series as an Adobe editorial sponsorship.
Quoted in the source: Seneca Connor, founder, The Bag Icon. Source: Business Insider (Kelly Burch): Solopreneurs explain what AI is and isn't good for when you're running a business (2026-01-27) · Added 2026-11-01.
How to set it up yourself
- What The Bag Icon does: Seneca Connor edits product photos and videos with Nano Banana in Gemini and other AI tools instead of a monthly shoot, and spends the saved hours on design and on answering customer emails and DMs.
- Take clean, well-lit photos of each product yourself against a plain background, from the angles customers need.
- In Gemini, upload a photo and use the prompt below to change only the background, lighting or setting, not the product.
- Compare every edit with the real item: color, size, hardware, stitching and logo must match exactly, or a customer will notice when the bag arrives.
- Put the time you save into replying to customer questions personally.
Copy-paste prompt
Edit this product photo of my {PRODUCT} for {USE, e.g. a product page / an Instagram post}. Keep the product exactly as it is: same color, shape, size, hardware, texture and logo. Only change {BACKGROUND / LIGHTING / SETTING} to {DESCRIBE}. Don't add, remove or reshape anything on the product, and don't add text.We set up one AI automation in your tools, live within 48 hours of getting access, for $197. No call needed. Founding price for our first 10 customers (regular $297).
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Tools used
Google Gemini
Google's AI assistant, integrated with Gmail, Docs and Workspace.
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