HDR & Color
Hasselblad HDR Demystified, Part 2 of 5: Output Formats and the Trilemma Every Shooter Faces
Ultra HDR JPEG, HEIF, or TIFF? Hasselblad's HDR workflow forces a choice between HNCS color, HDR output, and external editing. Pick two.
Workflow
Culling, backup, and the processing pipeline around a Hasselblad shoot.
HDR & Color
Hasselblad HDR Demystified, Part 1 of 5: What Is HNCS HDR and Why Should RAW Shooters Care?
Hasselblad's HNCS HDR isn't traditional tone mapping. Learn what end-to-end HDR means for RAW shooters and why your workflow might change.
Workflow
Hasselblad X2D II: Why Your RAW Files Drop to 14-Bit in Continuous Mode (And When It Matters)
Your Hasselblad X2D II isn't always capturing 16-bit RAW. Discover why continuous mode forces 14-bit and whether it actually affects your images.
HDR & Color
How Hasselblad Phocus for Mac Handles Highlight Recovery, Shadow Fill, and White Balance - And Why It's Worth the Effort
How Phocus highlight recovery, shadow fill, and white balance compare to Lightroom and Capture One. Why HNCS produces different results.
HDR & Color
Understanding Hasselblad Phocus on macOS: The Hidden Rules Behind 3FR, FFF, HNCS, and HNNR
How Phocus handles 3FR imports, HNCS color science, HNNR noise reduction, and sidecars on macOS. The rules Hasselblad doesn't document.
Workflow
ImageIntact now available on the Mac App Store. For free!
ImageIntact is a Mac backup app I started building a while back to address the very specific needs of photographers. Specifically photographers who don&
Workflow
It's 2025. Why Are Your RAWs Still on an External Drive?
The Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About After 25 years deep in tech, building and breaking systems at scale, I thought I'd