Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

A vibrant recipe for sunny days and happy vacation photos, by Emanuele De Luca

You’ll already know that I love to create film simulation recipes and explore the styles that our cameras can capture. But I am also inspired by the many recipe creations I see from other photographers, and I love to share these with you too. Here’s a really great example, where Emanuele De Luca has captured some wonderful scenes from Italy with a fabulous vibrant and cheerful look.

The base for this beautiful film recipe is the Astia film simulation, which is a great partner for sunny and bright shooting with it’s striking reds and blues and punchy colour. In this case, the qualities of Astia are enhanced further with a warm colour balance and a big boost to saturation. As you’ll see below, this is a great partner for bright Italian scenes and a warm holiday atmosphere.

I really love the way this recipe by Emanuele has paired the qualities of a film recipe with the beautiful scenes he’s snapped around Italy. The light, subject and recipe come together so well.

All the images below are by Emanuele, taken on his X100V. You can find more on his Instagram page.

La Dolce Vita Film Recipe, by Emanuele De Luca

• Film Simulation: Astia/Soft
• Grain Effect: Weak/Small
• Color Chrome FX: Weak
• Color Chrome FX Blue: Weak (IV), Weak (V)
• White Balance: 6200k, +2 Red, -4 Blue
• Dynamic Range: DR400
• Highlights: -1
• Shadows: -2
• Colour: +4
• Sharpness: 0
• Noise Reduction: -4
• Clarity: 0
• Exposure Comp: +1/3 or +2/3

Emanuele notes that, ‘I like that warm atmosphere and I use between 6000k and 6200k. You could also choose to select auto WB if you didn’t want every situation to be too warm. Auto WB is also good.’