With the rise of AI photo-editing tools, we are in danger of not only losing the valuable skill of taking a “good” photo, but more worryingly, we’re at risk of thinking that this skill has become redundant. I’m not overstating my point, and it’s not because I “wish things would go back to the way they were.”
Let’s put things in perspective. Fixing photos in post has been a reality for as long as I can remember. If you get the white balance wrong in the camera, then Lightroom can fix that. If the exposure value blows the sky out, then bringing detail and colour back is easily done (assuming you shot in raw). And if a shot were time-sensitive and the crop not perfect, then just adjusting the crop afterwards is one of the easiest edits of all.
