What a 3D product pipeline actually costs, where it beats a photoshoot, and the three cases where you should still hire a photographer.
A photoshoot gives you what existed on the day. A render gives you what could exist, in any colour, from any angle, at any time of night.
The economics flip once you need more than about thirty images, or once the product changes finish more than once a year.
Where photography still wins: anything worn on a real body, anything where texture is the entire selling point, and anything you need next week.