Well whaddya know, the first topic that Steve Jobs discussed at Apple’s Special Event yesterday, when it came to the iPhone, was HDR photos. With the release of Apple’s iOS update (iOS 4.1) next week comes a new feature for the iPhone camera: HDR.

When you activate the phone’s camera, you’ll see a button on the top of the screen that says ‘HDR’. If you select this feature, the camera will take a normal ‘raw’ photo as well as an HDR image. Both will be saved to the iPhone’s camera roll. Continue Reading

If you fancy playing around with HDR but aren’t really sure where to begin, something has just dropped into my inbox that might be what you need. Continue Reading

If you’ve ever wanted to turn off or dim a light in a photograph after you’ve taken it, or if you’d like to be able to adjust exposure as if you were still behind the lens but aren’t, then the people over at Oloneo might have just the piece of HDR software for you. What’s more, it makes the adjustments in real-time. Continue Reading

You’ve probably seen HDR photography by now, but have you ever stopped to think that you can do the same thing with video? My friend Jay Burlage just created a new showreel of his rather impressive HDR video work, and boy is it beautiful. For several of the clips, I find myself being in awe of each and every frame of the video clip.

You know what they say – an image is a thousand words. So here goes nothing: 3 minutes and 27 seconds at 30 frames per second should equate about 6.21 million words – and each of them gorgeous visual poetry indeed. Check out the video below, and Jay’s website over on HDR Timelapse, too. Continue Reading