Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Nostalgic, soft tone and vintage film recipes using Fujifilm film simulations

Spanish Summer, Bright Summer Recipe

Velvia film recipe for a bright summer sunshine style for fun, travel and vacations

Here’s a happy tone stylised recipe that brings a cheerful and bright summer look to your images. It’s super cosy and hazy, and it is perfect for holiday and vacation images and trips to the beach.

To achieve this bright and cheery look, I’ve chosen the Velvia film simulation as the base, and pushed the exposure with a +1 (three clicks of the wheel) over exposure recommendation. A hazy effect is added too, with -5 clarity, which you can skip if you can add a medium to strong mist/bloom filter to your lens.

Overall the image is lemon and lime toned, with lots of haze. It works especially well at the beach and in strong sunshine. I’d suggest that summer scenes and beach fun are the things to go for with this holiday recipe.

Taking phone snaps at the water’s edge, Spanish Summer film recipe

Spanish Summer Film Recipe

Simulation: Velvia/Vivid
Grain Effect: Weak, Small
Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
Colour Chrome Blue: Off
White Balance: Shade
WB Shift: +5 Red, -7 Blue
Dynamic Range: DR200
Highlights: -1.0
Shadows: +1.0
Color: -4
Sharpness: -4
ISO Noise Reduction: -4
Clarity: -5 or mist filter
EV compensation: +1 suggested

A morning on a Mallorcan beach, with Spanish Summer film recipe

Pine trees and turquoise waters, with the Spanish Summer film recipe

Sunset over the beach, using Spanish Summer film recipe

Summer plants in teh sunshine, with Spanish Summer film recipe

A golden dawn, captured using Spanish Summer film recipe

Greens and reds, with the Spanish Summer film recipe

Looking along the shore in Formentor, Spanish Summer film recipe

Summer pine needles, and the Spanish Summer film recipe

A yellow flag because jellyfish have been spotted. Spanish Summer recipe

Inflatables, with the Spanish Summer film recipe

On vacation in Mallorca, with the Spanish Summer film recipe

Wooden jetty at sunset, with Spanish Summer film recipe

Olive trees in the afternoon sun, Spanish Summer film recipe

At a fancy hotel with the Spanish Summer film recipe

In the marina, back in the UK. Spanish Summer film recipe

Sunsets like on vacation, with the Spanish Summer film recipe

Film Recipes for a Summer Pastel Style

The bright summer style is often pictured with pastel tones and bright overall exposure. It gives a summer feel that is also nostalgic at the same time. It’s been covered a few times by various recipe creators, so here are a handful of other bright sunshine looks sharing this mood.