
That’s an awfully traditional mindset, though, and I had to remember that photography encompasses a larger spectrum than my experience. It feels like cheating and reinforces the feeling of many photographers that AI technologies are marginalizing craft and hard work. Doing that takes work: planning the shoot, determining the best time to arrive and set up, checking weather estimates, picking a composition, and sometimes standing around in cold weather waiting for the show to begin.īut with AI sky replacement, you could theoretically show up at any time, hang your camera out the car window, snap a shot, and then add someone else’s spectacular sky using your computer later. One of the appeals of landscape photography, for instance, is to get out amid nature and experience the colors and wonder of a sunrise or sunset.

Swapping a sky in a photo was initially a head-scratcher for me. But sometimes they can radically change your photos, as in the case with sky replacement features.

AI-assisted photo technologies mostly exist to help you save time while editing, or improve image quality using small sensors or when processing images.
