About HDRit
Born from friendship, fueled by frustration, built for photographers.
The Origin Story
It was one of those winter nights at Tall Timbers where the cold outside makes the ideas inside burn brighter. Three friends—armed with nothing but laptops, too many MGDs, and an unreasonable amount of opinions about real estate photography—found themselves asking a dangerous question:
"Why does professional HDR editing still feel like it belongs in 2015?"
What started as casual griping quickly evolved into furious whiteboarding. By 2 AM, the pizza was cold, the MGDs were warm, but the idea was red hot.
Jeff, the fourth member of the crew, contributed in his own way—by drinking and smoking in the corner, occasionally nodding in agreement, and providing crucial moral support. Every great team needs someone to keep the vibes right.
James saw the technical void—a space where AI could do the heavy lifting that photographers shouldn't have to. While others were still debating presets, he was already architecting neural pipelines and muttering about "perceptual tone mapping" like it was perfectly normal dinner conversation. Spoiler: it wasn't. But he was right.
Austin, the photographer of the trio with an eye sharper than a Phase One sensor, knew exactly what "good" looked like—because he'd spent years achieving it the hard way. Every slider, every parameter, every subtle shadow lift in HDRit? That's Austin's obsessive attention to detail, distilled into code. He's the reason your photos don't look like they were edited by a robot having an existential crisis.
Daniele brought the secret sauce—years of photo editing mastery that most people don't even know exists. Color science? Luminosity masking? The dark arts of making a $400,000 listing look like a $4 million estate? That's Daniele's playground. He speaks fluent LAB color space and dreams in histograms.
The Mission
Real estate photographers are artists trapped in a world that treats them like button-pushers. They spend hours—sometimes days—editing brackets that should take minutes. They pay subscription fees for software that hasn't innovated since the Obama administration. They deserve better.
HDRit exists to give photographers their time back. To make professional-grade HDR editing accessible to everyone—from the solo agent shooting their own listings to the high-volume production houses processing hundreds of properties a week.
We're not just building software. We're building the tool we wish existed when we started.
The Team
James
The Architect
Turns MGDs into algorithms. Believes every problem is a software problem. Has strong opinions about color spaces and will share them unprompted.
Austin
The Eye
Master photographer who can spot a blown highlight from across the room. His parameters are the reason your photos look like photos, not fever dreams.
Daniele
The Alchemist
Photo editing wizard who treats pixels like paint. Knows secrets about color grading that Photoshop engineers don't. Probably a wizard. Unconfirmed.
Jeff
The Vibe
Professional drinker and smoker. Contributed zero lines of code but 100% of the morale. Still not entirely sure what HDR stands for.
By The Numbers
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