Stage Light looks so amateurish, it hurts... And Apple celebrates it.... Look at the major halos on the first image.
They are so loosing taste !!!!
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If I had ever delivered a cutout like that no client of mine would have paid me a dime.
This is amateur hour 100%
Sadly, it appears you and some others don't understand why Apple included this feature in a mobile phone; essentially a camera with special effects that fits in the pocket of consumers.
Here's a hint. It's not for professional portrait photographers with years of experience who use lights, softboxes and other light modifiers, battery packs, stands, etc, who engage clients who expect perfection and are willing to pay for it.
Rather, it is for consumers. People who mostly approach photography causally. With a camera that fits in their pocket ready to make a photograph on a moment's notice of their friends, family, and their environment. Without the need for the above equipment, or taking workshops on how to use it. No need to feel threatened about that.
Imagine that... Giving consumers the ability to make creative photographs with basic lighting effects, imperfect as they are. Providing a bit of happiness for them and their subjects, most of whom have never sat for a professional portrait. Using a device that fits in your jeans pocket.
I'm sorry you feel the need to nip this in the bud. Apparently you can't have untrained people going around with cameras and built-in effects having too much fun, being a bit creative.
Some, as a result, might even feel so creative and motivated they'll approach photography or some other artistic endeavor in a serious manner;
with phone cameras and lighting effects being the gateway drug fostering that urge. Yes, just say no.
Thirty plus years ago I imagine there were professional writers who loathed the advent of word processing software. Letting the untrained masses so easily approach creative writing, providing happiness tapping into their inner creativity. Heresy.
"This is amateur hour 100%"
I know that was intended to be a derogatory slam. But people who use phone cameras and effects are for the most part amateurs. Nothing at all wrong with that, as well as Apple and others providing easy to use tools that let some tap into their inner creativity.