I'm envisioning the ability to actually create photos with proper composition, using a combination of the tripod-mounted cameras. In particular, I'm thinking of how the NFL uses multiple cameras to create imagery that pivots through space, even where there are no cameras. The quality isn't super great, but that is created in near-realtime. With these tripod cameras, you could create shots from anywhere, after the fact. And you wouldn't have someone crouching in the aisle, clicking away. I'm sure the technology isn't ready just yet, but I imagine that within a few years it will be possible to create these sorts of shots with hardware that is competitively priced compared to a professional photographer.
Maybe you're right, I don't know. I still think it will remain a niche novelty for quite some time, though, as it won't be considered authentic enough.
NFL has plenty of authentic camera work mixed in with a bit of flair like that (I didn't know they did that now, that's interesting), but I imagine for a wedding they care even more about making sure it's fully accurate and not generated. Maybe I'm wrong, guess we'll see what happens in the next ten years.
I do know in my case that we could have gone cheaper on photographers and we didn't, though (we saved money by not getting video or paying for a physical album afterwards, not the people), and I wouldn't be interested in A.I. generating the pictures (even assuming it would be better quality than today) in any way instead of snapping what actually happened.
And I'm not someone who's against people using generative A.I. for the most part, so that doesn't have anything to do with my preference.
