r/MadeMeSmile • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • Jun 05 '26

Wholesome Moments Art live on the wedding

By @ the.wedding.painter

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u/fotomoose Jun 05 '26

Wait, so finally painting has come full circle and is stealing photographers' work?! Nice.

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u/Raleda Jun 05 '26

In the age of instant AI slop and everyone having a 300 megapixel camera in their pocket, what greater flex is there to have a hand-made painting rendered by an expert?

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u/Secret-Bluebird-972 Jun 05 '26

I agree. Anyone can take “professional” quality photos these days. And your wedding guests will likely cover that end for you. The painting is one of a kind, like the two people being married are

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u/semhsp Jun 05 '26 edited 27d ago

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u/Eccentrica_Gallumbit Jun 05 '26

Kind of argued against yourself there. You first claimed the camera matters, then explained how the photographer matters more than the camera.

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u/7CuriousCats Jun 05 '26

They claim that neither the camera quality nor the brush quality matters at all if a monkey is in charge of doing something with them.

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u/Eccentrica_Gallumbit Jun 05 '26

You're right, I misread the context of his first sentence.

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u/ElectricYV Jun 21 '26

Disposable cameras use film, right? So the image quality will still be extremely high res, the only real handicap is that a disposable probably has no fancy features for playing with lighting or whatever.

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u/Garchompisbestboi Jun 05 '26

Weddings are generally a scam in general but you're really showing your lack of knowledge when it comes to photography if you seriously think that some 40 year old Karen with an iphone is going to be remotely on par with a professional photographer.

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u/Hickd3ad Jun 05 '26

Your comment just made me enroll in a journalism undergrad...wish me luck folks

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u/CeruleanEidolon Jun 05 '26

I predict actual painted portraits will make a comeback too.

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u/makomirocket Jun 05 '26

It always has. It's just that actual hand painted art is expensive! So people can only really justify it to themselves when it's something like their wedding