Classic Chrome film recipes designed for winter days with a subtle cool tone shift
When the weather is colder, you may wish to show the mood of a scene without the warm colour shift that many film recipes offer. For these wintry days and cold crisp mornings, a cooler colour balance makes for a film recipe kind to blue tones that doesn’t remove the frosty feel.
At the heart of this film recipe is a somewhat uncommon colour balance, using the Underwater preset as a starting point. This setting was added to our cameras for the rather unlikely chance that we would go swimming with them. For many of us, it is therefore left unused.
For frosty, misty and cold clear days, this balance is actually quite useful, and with just a gentle adjustment, and a dash of Colour Chrome Blue we have a great look for winter. For my personal takses, I have softened the contrast slightly, and nudged sturation down one step too.
The result is a versatile film recipe, ideal for winter days, but happy in a wide range of conditions, especially where a warm colour balance is a distraction.
Minus One Film Recipe
- Simulation: Classic Chrome
- Grain Effect: Off
- Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
- Colour Chrome Blue: Strong (IV) / Weak (V)
- White Balance: Underwater
- WB Shift: -1 Red, -1 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR400
- Highlights: -1.0
- Shadows: -1.0
- Color: -1
- Sharpness: -1
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: 0
- EV compensation: +1/3
Winter Film Recipes
Winter is my favourite season for photography. There are unique opportunities offered by frost, fog and snowfall that make familiar scenes into something special. There are also new colours to work with, including pale aqua tones, blues and whites. Here are some more film recipes that work well in Winter.
- Vinterskog and Vinterkrom – two bold options for winter days
- Winter Eterna – a soft look for frosty mornings
- Winter Standard – a versatile look for the whole season
- Superia Loco – a superstar Classic Negative that works all year
- Silver Slate – a striking Bleach Bypass with pale purple hints
- Silvertone 99 – mono with a winter feel
- Catch 22 – deep tones with a winter colour balance
For even more choices, try the Winter Film Recipes page.
Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras 