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AI technology is famous in recent years, and there has been a trend of replacing manpower in some fields, so how much impact will AI have on future photography?

First of all, let's take a look at the application of AI technology in photography. At present, A can undertake part of the auxiliary shooting and auxiliary post-shooting functions:

In terms of shooting, the fool mode and semi-automatic mode in the camera involve AI technology, that is, the camera automatically gives parameters according to the shooting environment, but the specific shooting effect still depends on the photographer rather than the camera itself.

The AI function in the mobile phone is relatively more powerful, such as automatic filling light, automatic control of virtual effects, color adjustment, and so on, and can even complete operations such as face reduction, although many people think that this AI function has been separated from the essence of photography, but everyone has different needs, for many people, the use of mobile phone photography is the pursuit of this simple and convenient function.

Therefore, from the perspective of photography, human operation will still be the main force at present and for some time in the future. Maybe AI can give cameras and mobile phones some more accurate and wonderful effects, but there will also be many people who insist on "pure" photography.

In addition, if you want the camera to fully undertake the shooting task, you may need the assistance of other equipment and technology, and its cost and technical threshold are not affordable to ordinary people in the short term.

In the later stage, it is no exaggeration to say that AI shines brilliantly. Lightroom, Photoshop and other tools launched by Adobe in recent years all have strong late-stage functions, such as entering keywords to control the effect of photos, and even automatically achieve the effects of changing days of photos, drawing and so on, which can indeed provide some convenience.

From this point of view, AI can improve productivity and production efficiency to a certain extent. Professional photographers should pay attention to this. After all, many customers need higher efficiency and better results. As for whether it is an authentic pure manual operation, it may not be so important.

Since AI technology is so convenient, will it greatly lower the threshold for photography?

Here, we first define photography as the shooting behavior with purposeful planning, technical and aesthetic support. It is certain that AI can make the photos taken by ordinary people better, but this shooting process may not be defined as photography, and it is difficult to stimulate the photographer's technical and aesthetic improvement in turn.

The citizenization of cameras and smartphones lowers the entry threshold for photography, but it does not realize the "master photographer". By comparison, technology changes fastest and is the easiest to master, but it is not technology that determines the upper limit of photography. but it is aesthetic, self-cultivation, experience and other factors.

And people who can rely on technology to take excellent photos rely on not only the technology itself, that is to say, if you want to produce excellent photos through AI, I am afraid you still need people who really understand photography to operate. With the basis of photography, you can better manipulate the technology.

Therefore, AI can lower the threshold of photography to a certain extent, but the influence of technology has an upper limit, and it still has to return to the essence eventually.

Moreover, AI may create a "technical gap" in the field of photography, that is, good photographers have a better bonus with AI technology, while ordinary photographers may be at a greater disadvantage because they cannot keep up with technological developments (only in terms of the efficiency of photographers).

Will AI replace photography?

AI can replace some of the functions of photography, such as some simple photo materials can be handed over to AI to produce, this phenomenon has been more common.

However, if AI is to completely replace photography, just like the print media has been completely replaced, I am afraid it can only be achieved when people live in a computer in the form of electronic signals. after all, the purpose of photography is not entirely to obtain photos, but also to enjoy the process and enjoy themselves.

With the development of technology, the pictures produced by AI may really crush the artificial photos, but the concept and ritual sense can not be replaced. What artificial intelligence lacks is exactly what photography needs.

This article comes from the official account of Wechat: play some Photography (ID:wakexiao), by AGER

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