Where AI Actually Fits Into Photography Right Now

AI already runs quietly in the tools I edit with every day. Generative AI is a different story — and it's reshaping the market in a way that, oddly enough, favors real, human-made photography.


AI already runs quietly in the tools I edit with every day. Generative AI is a different story — and it's reshaping the market in a way that, oddly enough, favors real, human-made photography.

A look at the light-dark technique borrowed from Baroque painting — and why hard midday light, crushed blacks, and a single small anchor in the shadow make for the most dramatic photographs.