Considering how mandatory Instagram has become for photographers (and anyone in visual media), one would think rapid adoption of HDR to be a natural move for Meta at least. But alas, the lack of healthy competition (compounded with the ongoing focus on 15-sec videos) may de-incentivize investment…

It has been exciting to discover so much extra information embedded my RAW files, and no doubt the user-side tech will eventually catch up. For now though, it just feels like a tease!

The tide will undoubtedly turn once social media platforms begin to support HDR (in all its formats) consistently.

Here’s a look at the amount of information that’s visible in the HDR image but missing from the photo viewed on 90% of screens and applications (just an underexposed photo of my Lightroom Develop screen).

I’m bitter about having this awesome new tool and so few places to share the things I make with it. If a significant portion of native apps can’t see it (including most things on my XDR display Mac), and neither can social media, what’s the point?

Well thank you for the kind feedback and critical insight - it’s nice to get something other than “likes” and emojis in response to something every once in a while!

Shot on Ilford HP5 film on a Nikon FM2. God I’m glad I kept this camera all these years.

I remember adoring this book when I was in college. Classic sci-fi was literature and grappled with real ideas that most modern sci-fi just can’t scrape. I love a good space opera but let’s be honest - that’s just pulp and rarely introduces new ideas. The greats already did it half a century ago.

The majority of my early film shooting was on FP4 but that was before digital really took over. I think now, almost 2 decades later, the resurgence of film in part stems for the pursuit of something wholly different than what digital can do. Hence why something grainy with good depth is appealing.

I said FP4 but I meant HP5 😶😬