Aligning an image in the image component should work fine.
You might want to change the size though, and here the image component only offers two options, either “Full” or “Small”.
You can recreate an image component with the custom AI component. Point the custom AI component to the column with your images and chat with the AI until you get the configuration you want.
(The custom AI component happens to render images in better quality than the native image component, which can be an added advantage to recreating the image component.)