Halide Mark III and Why Photographers Still Need to Make Decisions
I’ve been writing about mobile photography for almost two decades, and if I’m honest, I thought I’d seen most of it by now. Every year brings another camera app promising to turn the iPhone into something it isn’t. There are always more controls, more presets, more editing tools, and increasingly, more artificial intelligence. And Halide Mark III made me pause for a different reason. It wasn’t the new editing tools or the collection of Looks that caught my attention. It wasn’t even the promise of producing better photographs. What stayed with me after reading about the update was the sense that Lux is trying to have a conversation about photography…
“The Integrity of the Fine Artist Must Be Preserved” — Rita Colantonio on AI and Photography
Over the past few years, much of my writing and photographic research has increasingly centred on questions of memory, grief, spectatorship, and photographic truth. I have become deeply interested in how photographs shape emotional understanding, how images linger in the mind, influence perception, and quietly alter how we remember experiences long after the moment itself has passed. Photography has never simply been about documentation; it is tied to absence, intimacy, trauma and belief. We do not merely look at photographs; we inhabit them emotionally. At the same time, through my work at TheAppWhisperer, I have spent almost two decades observing and documenting the evolution of mobile photography and digital art from…
Best AI Headshot & Portrait Apps for iPhone & Android in 2026
Introduction Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming portrait photography, reshaping not only how images are edited but also how they are generated altogether. What once required professional lighting, expensive cameras, and complex retouching workflows can now often be achieved directly from a smartphone, using AI-assisted portrait systems that generate remarkably polished headshots within minutes. The rise of AI headshot apps reflects a broader shift in contemporary visual culture. Portraiture is no longer confined solely to traditional photographic capture; instead, it now exists somewhere between photography, computational imaging, synthetic media and algorithmically generated identity. For creators, professionals, influencers, and businesses alike, AI portrait tools have become increasingly important in online branding, LinkedIn…
