Classic Negative film recipe with golden orange tones in the golden hour
Here’s a film recipe that loves the golden hour so much, that it brings the glorious golden tones to any time of day. The base film simulation is Classic Negative, and much like the Xylochrome film recipe, this one was created as an experiment that uses a sliding scale of settings, starting from a 6540K colour balance.
Depending on the conditions, this recipes brings a subtle peach tone to neutrals, or a vivid tangerine hue, which shows most often at sunset. Which you get isn’t quite as unexpected as the infinite improbablility drive, so you can relax and enjoy a relaxing warmth to any image set taken with this recipe.
Heart of Gold Film Recipe
- Simulation: Classic Negative
- Grain Effect: Off
- Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
- Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
- White Balance: 6540K
- WB Shift: +3 Red, -2 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR200
- Highlights: +1.0
- Shadows: 0.0
- Color: -1
- Sharpness: -2
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: -3
- EV compensation: 0
For even more images, taken all around the world, the Heart of Gold user gallery is a great place to get inspiration! Take a look 😊
Film Recipes for the Golden Hour
Choosing to shoot in the first and last hours of sunlight is a common photographic technique that brings great results. The light is softer, shadows less harsh and light is golden in colour. I have a page of golden hour film recipes, but here I share a few favourites with a softer style for shooting during the golden hour.
- Dawnstar – specially designed for the golden hour
- Kodak Portra – a soft look that loves sunsets
- Toasty Chrome – classic chrome with a great look in golden hour
- Vintage Mood – soft and nostalgic, and wonderful in golden hour
- Rosa Negative – classic negative for the the magic hour
Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras 