00:00Hmm, I need a new business professional headshot for my LinkedIn.
00:04Oh wait, I can just ask Google's AI assistant, Gemini, to add business professional clothing to my existing headshot.
00:12Huh, that was easier, much cheaper, and less time-consuming than my actual headshot photoshoot.
00:20Hmm.
00:23This is the new reality.
00:25In a tough job market, many job seekers are turning to AI to polish their resumes, even their headshots, instead of booking with a human photographer.
00:35Headshots are a huge part of my business, and it's one thing that I specialize in.
00:40With apps like Google Gemini, Canva's AI headshot feature, and dozens of other tools that generate professional images in seconds, what does this mean for the future of human photographers?
00:51For some, it's worrying, but others, like Zach Dalin, see opportunity.
00:57I use AI and all these AI tools in a lot of aspects of my business, so it's amazing the technology we have out there.
01:05While Dalin embraces AI's potential, he says the human element is what separates professional photography from a computer-generated image.
01:14Part of what we do is taking the picture, obviously, but the other part of what we do is elicit a certain emotion out of someone and get a certain facial expression, a certain body language.
01:27These are things that it takes a trained professional, a trained photographer that knows how to get those emotions out of someone.
01:33These are things that AI tools simply won't be able to do.
01:37Dalin says an AI headshot might land you a job, but it can't match what actually brings a photo to life.
01:44He also uses AI in his own business for tasks like sorting through thousands of images or facial tagging at weddings so guests can easily find themselves in photos.
01:54I think it absolutely is going to affect the photography industry. It already is.
01:59These tools are great. They're not going anywhere.
02:01So innovate or die, meaning, you know, find a way to embrace these tools, find a way to utilize them to offer a better experience.
02:09And if you can do that, then your photography business will thrive.
02:12With Stray Arrow news, I'm Kennedy Felton. Download our app or visit san.com for more.
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