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Are photographers competing with AI? This is a question from a recent user. fashion<\/em> This comes after photographer Jack Davison asked his Instagram followers if this was becoming a growing problem. <\/p>\n “I’m facing this,” Davison told her 366,000 Instagram followers. [AI] I want to move more and more into the commercial field,\u201d he said, adding that personally, it is a line he cannot cross. <\/p>\n The photographer says he was asked if AI could be used to replace backgrounds, animate still images and storyboards, or replicate mockups. Davison is a successful editorial and commercial photographer with a high-profile clientele. “I acknowledge that I am in a privileged position to be able to turn down such work,” he says. <\/p>\n davison says fashion<\/em> One client wanted to use AI to replace multiple backgrounds. “I was a little shocked at how quickly it was infiltrating more and more elements of the industry, and I wanted to know what other people were experiencing,” he said of the Instagram survey. <\/p>\n Some respondents said that AI is giving them \u201cunreasonable expectations,\u201d and while not everyone has experienced this, many comments agreed with Davison that this is happening more and more. \u201cI lost two great clients because I refused to use AI,\u201d says one person. <\/p>\n One of the issues photographers are reporting is that clients are using AI-generated mockups called scamps in their shoots, which are difficult to replicate in the real world. <\/p>\n fashion<\/em> Because AI is so specific, clients explain that they already have a clear vision in their mind, rather than a more general direction for the photographer and his team to follow. It is also possible for clients to get too excited about AI and come up with ideas that far exceed the proposed budget. <\/p>\n \u201cIt looks like a finished image rather than a rough concept, which makes it difficult to explain the gap between what is outlined and what is actually possible.\u201d fashion<\/em> is written. <\/p>\n Stuck in the middle of all this are the agents who represent photographers. One such agency, Mr. Webber said, fashion<\/em> As a result, the terms of the contract had to be renewed.<\/p>\n \u201cAny type of fraud, pre-production briefing or approval that uses AI must be approved or approved by us to ensure we can deliver what the client requested,\u201d said Webber Director Laura Dawes. <\/p>\n AI isn’t just impacting pre-production: one photographer says fashion<\/em> After providing a series of fashion images to a client, he was “surprised” to see them sharing them as AI videos on social media. Charlotte Long said she got over her initial shock and was ultimately impressed with the final product, but she also points out that had she known the photos would be turned into a video, she might have tweaked things like lighting differently. <\/p>\n One person told Davison on Instagram that a photographer was told by a client that he couldn’t get any more work because he was going to use previous work and iterate on it with AI. The photographer had agreed to buy the images in full, but had not anticipated the use of AI.<\/p>\n This raises all sorts of ethical and legal issues, including whether the subject of the photo should give permission for their likeness to continue to be used. <\/p>\n Working photographers in 2026 are grappling with AI technology that will impact their careers, and this is one of the questions raised by Davison’s social media research and research. fashion<\/em> What happens to young photographers entering the industry? If AI takes it away, boring<\/em> With work given to low-level clients that photographers like Davison take seriously, how can young photographers get a chance?<\/p>\n “By stripping away the boring and forgettable ‘functional’ photography, we’re ultimately going to really bring out the filth from the industry as a whole,” says one anonymous photographer. <\/p>\n The UK-based Society of Photographers surveyed its members in January and found that 58% of its members had lost their jobs due to generative AI.<\/p>\n Image credits:<\/strong> Header photo licensed via Depositphotos.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHow clients are using AI<\/h2>\n
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