AI has become a big part of photography and video today. Many creatives now use it to clean up photos, fix lighting, remove small flaws, and speed up their editing. Used well, it is a helpful tool. It saves time and can make good work even better. But there is a line we should not cross. Not long ago, a photographer was called out for how he used AI in his edits. The problem was not that he used AI. The problem was the result. The editing changed the subject's face so much that she no longer looked like herself. To many who saw it, it looked like a photo of a completely different person. For the woman in the photo, that is not a small thing. A portrait is meant to show who you are, not turn you into someone else. What made it worse, at least from my point of view, was how the photographer responded. Instead of listening and owning the mistake, he seemed to brush it off. To me, it didn't feel like he took responsibility. And I think that's where trust starts to get lost. In ...
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