Our concern for cost so eclipses our concern for quality that the horrible truth is we'll defer to infinite and ok to finite but great. I am not an artist and 1000 free wedding photos from my friends sounds much better than 30 wedding photos from a professional photographer. AI wrote my vows, my friends took the photos, and AI touched them up. I saved 2500 bucks and that photographer was free to upskill on their next industry.
I have no idea if I am being facetious. I hate all of this, as much as I love it.
The trade-off was that you had to burden your friends to take the photos, spend your own time collecting the images from them after your wedding, research AI services, and oversee how AI touches up your photos.
You traded money for your and others time. Nothing wrong with that, but AI hasn't changed anything except the crowdsourced images look a little better, maybe?
I would rather pay to get the 30 great photos ready to go - save me the hassle. Plus, a photographer will coordinate the key wedding photos with the various family and friend groups and will help find the ideal scene for shots.
Of all jobs, wedding photographers are relatively safe from generative AI.
I have no idea if I am being facetious. I hate all of this, as much as I love it.