School Portrait Photographers Losing Work to AI Fakes

The Guardian is reporting that professional school photographers in the UK are losing commissions as parents turn to consumer tools to generate or retouch portraits rather than pay for the traditional school photo package. It's a niche corner of the commercial market, but school portrait work has quietly employed a lot of working photographers across the country for a long time. The piece is light on data and heavy on anecdote, so treat it as a conversation starter rather than a trend report. Worth a read if you work in the schools sector or adjacent commercial territory.