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Subject: Re:It should be mandatory and part of the forum rules to mark AI-related posts

Date: Sat 12/10/24 15:51:17 GMT

Name: Propergamer

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By Oldbeewet - Sat 12/10/24 12:20:56 GMT

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By Propergamer - Fri 11/10/24 22:27:45 GMT

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By Oldbewet - Fri 11/10/24 20:21:38 GMT

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A good example that the availible light is not used properly is the last set postet bei Eric Elsas. YES, it shows two beautyful models in a nice location, but the camera is in the wrong place, facing against the sun, so the faces and the clothing of the models are in shadow. It's nice for the model if they have not to face the direct sunlight, but the pictures show much less then they could. A solution could be using some reflectors to lighten up the scene or a very powerful flashlight with the camera, maybe better both. Of course, that would require the equipment and a trained crew and models. Editing the pictures is another way to get better results. YES, that takes time und costs money. I do not know how much money you can earn with wetlookpictures, but i see there are producers out there who care about the setup of the location (like Victor for example) and others who don't give a f*ck. (and i honstly don not want to say that eric is a bad photographer. The set mentioned above is from 2015, he is very experienced and one of the best around here.

Anyway, almost all wetlook we see here is staged, there maybe some candid youtubes, so there are not many.

But when it comes to staged pictures, i want better pictures than this very often shown crap with bad perspective or light. When setting up a session it is the duty of the cameraman to take care of this. He has to talk to the models, he has teach them the script. During the late 80 / early i worked as cameraman during some political congresses, filmed some interviews with prominent politicians, some of these in spontane situations. I had to care about the light and we were a good team. And believe me, when filming interviews with politician, asking them to step to a better light is the smallest difficulty.

So i really do not see a big difference between staged wetlookpictures and AI-wetlook. Both cases are staged, but the AI knows the rules of light and photo. Yes, there are still some flaws in AI-picture, but the improvements during the last year are amazing. It gives me the fear that in only a few years, mayby months, you will no longer be able to detect an AI-picture with only a short look at it. Mayby you can no longer be shure if the picture of you crossing a red trafficlight is real or AI.

So where will this lead. AI will get better, that's for shure. Mayby we can hope that the real photographers will get better. Or they also start using AI.

But i am also shure, that marking pictures as AI will change nothing.  

By the way: recently, more or less by accident without searching, i came across the youtube chanel by "elena sochi". She has some very good and interesting wetlook videos, that not only shows exellent footage but also shows what a good photographer together with good modell can do and how they can interact. Someone speaking russian could possibly translate. And when you carefully look at the videos, you can see, that she only uses a smartphone for shooting, so big cameragear is not always the solution.

By Propergamer - Fri 11/10/24 04:23:37 GMT

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By Oldbeewet - Tue 08/10/24 20:37:44 GMT

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By pure-wetlook-fan - Tue 08/10/24 15:19:53 GMT

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