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Kodak Portra Urban, for City and Street

Urban exploration film recipe in a Kodak Portra style

When I travel into a city, I still have my photography itch, and will often go for an early walk from my hotel before breakfast. Golden hour in an urban environment is often quite different in feel to the mornings and evenings in my usual forests and country lanes, so I’ve put together a recipe for such occasions.

I’ve looked to captured the harder brightness of a city environment, along with the creamy Kodak vibes of the Portra style. The result is this urbex film recipe for taking city walks and street photos in a Kodak Portra style.

Looking up in the city, with the Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Kodak Portra Urban Film Recipe

Simulation: Classic Chrome
Grain Effect: Weak, Small
Colour Chrome Effect: Strong
Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
White Balance: Auto
WB Shift: +2 Red, -5 Blue
Dynamic Range: DR200
Highlights: +1.0
Shadows: -1.0
Color: +2
Sharpness: -2
ISO Noise Reduction: -4
Clarity: 0
EV compensation: +1/3

A bright morning in Canary Wharf, Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Lat’e take a walk through the city … Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Footbridge scenes, captured with Kodak Portra Urban

The sun setting over the Thames, Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Early evening in Covent Garden, Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Plenty of shoppers out this evening, Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Flowers in refected sunlight, Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

City bikes, ready to go. Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Looking along the line, with Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Bright refelcted light making patterns and shadows. Kodak Portra Urban

Hard light and deep shadow, using Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Reflections in Gloucester, with Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Red, white and blue, using Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

The ferry jetty in Warsash, Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Morning run, with Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

Rubber bumpers, using Kodak Portra Urban film recipe

More Portra Styles

The Fujifilm recipe community are hungry for the film like soft tones of the Kodak Portra style. There’s a good range of film recipes to choose from, including several on this site, and the collection on Fuji X Weekly. Here are a few to review when choosing your favourite Kodak Portra film recipe.

Classic Chrome Recipes

Bright Conditions, Classic Chrome, Cream Tones, Kodak, On The Homepage, Urbex

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2 responses to “Kodak Portra Urban, for City and Street”

Ron Summerfield says:

May 1, 2023 at 5:58 am

At last, two recipes (Kodak Portra Urban & Classic Print) that to me encompass both urban and landscape, and capable as demonstrated of being used throughout the day. Being this versatile makes recipe decision making so much simpler, and I believe allow interchangeability in telling the photographers story. Many congratulations on these, and hopefully more to come. looking forward to the announcement on your App release.

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- justingould says:
  
  May 7, 2023 at 9:24 am
  
  Thank you Ron. It’s great to hear your persepctives. I’m so addicted to the early and late light that I rarely shoot in other parts of the day. Oh, and the app … yes, I have it more or less ready, but getting it to the app stores has a tone of steps whichI am getting ready for. Thanks for your patience! 😊
  
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