It is said that taking photoes was applicable in the case of reflecting real people and places in the past. However due to modern technology advancements, it is hard to beleive in what is showed by shots these days. In my opinion it depends in the purpose of the specific photo, while in general I think the advantages of this fact outweigh the disadvantages.
It is widely accepted that nowadays there is a growing tendancy among people from all walks of life and generations towards using Artificaial Intelligance which is abbriviated in AI. There are numerous pros to this invention such as editing photos, creating movies and whatever related to visual or audio feeds by means of the little in input. Actually the more documents you give to this bot, the more natural the outout you can get. It is very common these days to create termendous and incedible posts and reels on Istagram, Youtube, and other social media with limited personal sources. I beleive that there are even unexpected positive features of modern technology that are still not apparent than the little negative ones.
On the other hand, regarding not distorting the facts and reality we can easily find out that the old instruments were better. By cotrast, modern advances may put the trust of audiences in danger. As a matter of fact we can hardly determine the reality versus virtuality in what we see and here today, which is less probable in the past events.
In conclusion, there are some negative points in application of modern equipments such as cameras than that of in the past. I am confident that modern technology host more benefits and make it a better choice between individuals despite the disadvantages. Had people known the application instruction, they would have come up with earlier.