Yes and no. Magazines, newspapers, highly profitable restaurants, and professional publications employ food photography. The local greasy spoon did not. Now instead of sloppy burgers and pizza pics, I get weird AI blobs of pepperoni. (Real example.)
Dressing up a pizza so it photographs well is different than an AI generated pizza. Maybe I cannot perfectly articulate that, but I'm confident
Very much agree. Traditional food photography is kind of just enhanced reality, better lighting, structurally placing and fixing everything in it's ideal position, substitutes for things that would melt under studio lights.
While AI food is like some kind of fever dream alternate reality that has no connection to the thing you'll actually receive.
Dressing up a pizza so it photographs well is different than an AI generated pizza. Maybe I cannot perfectly articulate that, but I'm confident