Is the end of paid photography near?

Wednesday 31 August 2022, 16:32 by Elja Trum | 3,165 views | 3 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Software is becoming so smart that we can create beautiful photos more easily. You can already carry out professional post-processing with a cheap app. But with software such as Dall-E and MidJourney, you do not even have to take a photo anymore.

You simply tell these programmes what kind of image you are looking for and the software generates it for you. Free, lightning-fast and photorealistic.

In the video below, Lee Morris from FStoppers discusses the problem that seems to be emerging for people who currently earn their living from photography.

What do you think? Is this the end of (paid) photography?

Let us know in the comments.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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3 comments

julienbelg wrote on Tuesday 6 September 2022 at 11:31 | reply
if it is becoming so easy, why don't adobe and co do anything about their software? I do wonder whether the "smartphone", which costs a fraction of a camera, can generate a "photo"? does the whole shebang follow that development (printers, lenses, studio equipment)? then we're in for it. everything made in China?....
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Lauran wrote on Tuesday 6 September 2022 at 11:46 | reply
No, the real professional photographer will certainly continue to exist. There will always be a need for personalized photos. Especially with model photography.
The pool will obviously become smaller, but craftsmanship will not be lost.
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Peter wrote on Tuesday 6 September 2022 at 13:06 | reply
As far as I'm concerned, you hit the nail on the head. At the same time, another world opens up, beautiful isn't it?
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