I just got into photography, as a new rising hobby that I find fascinating, and I learn a lot from you, and others who put out similar content. Thank you for sharing your experience. The jobs might be replaced by AI, but even with the little photography I did so far, AI will never replace the experience of taking a great shot, the excitement of seeing seeing how great a shot turned out in difficult conditions.
Yep, I think now it is more about the experience that it brings and the capture but not so much about the end result that can be emulated .... Thanks for watching and hope your new hobby has years of enjoyment.
If I was a 40 year old professional photographer I would be jumping right into AI. Not because I like the idea but because it's probably going to be necessary. Fortunately, I'm not a full time professional and well, well past age 40. I can continue to enjoy photography my way with no worries. It seems the older one (me) gets the more they (I) want to cling to the past.
As with all of the major media revolutions, I am wondering who will make the big money. Certainly not the average user. But it would be nice to see the cost of my Adobe subscription going down. Another important question, is why most people take photos, I mean the personal and artistic value of capturing a moment. By its very nature, AI cannot do that.
I read a comment the other day about how everyone thought AI would be leveraged to do the jobs that humans DON’T want to do, yet-as it turns out-it’s being leveraged to do the jobs that humans DO actually want to do. 🤦
I started programing writing binary code for bit-slice processors on mainframes, ended doing fuzzy logic algorithms for data bases. It was a fun ride and I do still do a little Arduino code but I'm done I think. I also design embedded hardware but stopped because a simple board made by me for $50 is eclipsed by a $5 Raspberry Pi with 1000x more computing power. I still have my 5x4 field camera and occasionally pine for the old days in the darkroom with those huge negatives. I miss selling "fine art" prints in my gallery. All the above is gone now and we might cry in our pretzels over a head full of knowledge that no longer matters. OR We can embrace the new freedoms handed to us by this technology. I'm lovin' resurrecting old photos with Topaz AI, photos that were not really usable before. As mentioned before in another of your videos I'm about to change over to a bridge camera and I will probably sell all my big iron while it's still worth something. And I am also dabbling in AI-generated images, and creating "photo-based illustrations" with various packages but mostly Topaz Studio. I for one am willing to let go of the old ways and embrace the new. I've "reinvented" myself many times in my life and am happy to do so once more.
If you publish any of your work on the internet it immediately becomes more food for AI. As loads more food is being fed to it each day it will become evermore refined and accurate.
I find that the popular wildlife images (both commercial photographs and AI) tend to be very stylized. As a birder and videographer, these images do not match what I see through my eyes, binoculars, or cameras. At some point they become a glamorized version of reality. For people who don't spend a lot of time with wildlife, they may not recognize this, nor care. In those cases, I can see where AI will replace photographers. For those who want to see wildlife as it really is, then there will be room for photography until AI can produce images that don't appear so highly processed.
Yep, I mean there is no grain in the photos and it is a PERFECT image. I look at my images and AI images and it reminds me from FILM to digital. Digital is so clean yet even with AI we have a new meaning of zero noise.... hmmm time will tell. Thanks for watching.
Even worse than that. AI is able to emulate grain at whatever ISO you want and in future probably will be able to create detalized images so it's really hard time to be a professional photographer
@@Hrant11 ohh yea at this point its pretty tough if you just want a photo it is the experience of the outdoor that can carry you through it. Thanks for sharing !
What you can do is tell AI to make a picture, then go shoot that same picture but better. Now you're doing to it what it does to a google search. Could make for good content. I'd do it, but I'm lazy.
Some very interesting thoughts and well timed. 60 Minutes is supposed to have a segment on Ai this weekend and, if the previews are any indication, it's going to be very revealing and scary. Ai is the ultimate copy cat of already existing talent and already existing jobs. What happens when we we have more people than jobs because of Ai? If Ai reduces the demand for photographers how will camera companies survive? Will there be cameras for the photographers who can still make a living? Not fun but some important things to think about.
Yea, photographers might go the way of painters. People still do it but are they really needed for fast turn around. hmmmm . Is it more about the journey / story / trip than the actual results. We can get results without much thought or journey right now.
@@MAKE_PHOTOGRAPHS_ANYWHERE I would hate to see a scenario where a bride and groom take multiple photos of themselves and then ask for Ai to present them a wedding album of themselves as lucky couple in a formal wedding held before a big crowd at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. In the name of convenience or laziness we do things that are not good for us all the time and I'm concerned Ai will be just one more thing on that list. However, I very much want to be wrong.
@@brucegraner5901 Yea, AI is going to be crushing many of the fields. Seen so many areas just get crushed by automation. Keep your head on and look to the future is the only way forward everything changes. Those who hang on to the past kept swept... Thanks for watching.
@@MAKE_PHOTOGRAPHS_ANYWHERE Stafford, speaking of changes, one last question. You were a fan of the G9 and now you're trying Sony. Do you find Sony autofocus to be dramatically better under good lighting conditions. Can't help but be curious. Thanks for the replies.
My sneaking thoughts are no. We are all subject to AI data mining. I know it sucks this is the issue i have with data mining and AI. You have to train it by using photos then it uses a billion photos but they are so watered down that you cant prove it is part of your photo and in all actuality it is not your photo since it is 1 billionth of your image if that makes sense. Music artist are having the same issue .... That make sense
Yea, i know but sadly to most people outside of photography it is good enough. Kind of like cell phone photography well easy enough , good enough to take over the small camera market. so we will see what happens. Thanks for watching thou and the sub.
