[ano-ther]

> what I really take issue with is that taking a photograph entitles one to copyright protection, when the image is directly created by a machine (the camera), while all the photographer does is point the camera and click.

I hire photographers on a regular basis for corporate jobs and have a lot of respect for their skills. They are definitely not just “pointing and clicking.”

It’s about composing, setting the right light, arranging the scene, making your model be comfortable, capturing the right moment, and knowing the technology including processing a picture after it is made.

When they are good, it feels effortless. But it certainly isn’t.

[1lint]

The point I am making is that I believe photography to entail less artistic expression than other forms of art such as painting or in this case, coloring. Saying "pointing and clicking" may be too dismissive, but I am used to hearing this sort of language used to describe AI image generation prompting, which I believe photography is more akin to, than it is to other art forms due to the degree of reliance on a machine.

I understand there can be a lot of depth to photography, likewise there can be a lot of depth to AI image prompting beyond just typing a prompt, both require high degrees of skill to master. But in general, I believe these forms of image generation to entail less artistic expression than the other arts.