@_elena I started using the Phanpy client for Caturday photos on Mastodon as it offers a media view similar to the example. I don't plan on posting a ton of pictures so I think this works for me, but this may not be ideal for others.
It will be interesting to see if someone can create a client that can handle the best of both or if we should segment accounts by media type. I know I'd dislike lots of videos in my feed because that's a different kind of interaction. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯