A strongly toned brown look film recipe to give a deep and rich warmth with a nostalgic vibe
Brownout
When I take photographs, I enjoy thinking about the mood and feel of the light and look to use film recipes to magnify this. So, if the light is soft, I use a soft look film recipe. If there is a dominant tone to a scene, I will often use a recipe that works with that, whether it’s green tones, blue tones or the cream tones of golden hour.
In this film recipe, I wanted to work with two elements; the winter tones of the trees and leaves at this time of year, and the golden light that you can enjoy in the extended winter golden hour that those of us living at northern latitudes experience in Winter. This recipe goes all out for brown, orange and golden tones, and works well in these conditions.
My preference to maximise the impact is to shoot towards the sunlight, giving strong dark shadows and golden lens flare effects. Finding leaves backlit by the sun, or interesting shapes to silhouette can be great fun with this recipe.
Brownout Film Recipe Settings
| Film Simulation | Classic Chrome |
| Grain Effect | Off |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Weak |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Weak |
| White Balance | Auto, +6 Red, ‑9 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR200 |
| Highlights | 2 |
| Shadows | 2 |
| Colour | ‑4 |
| Sharpness | ‑2 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | ‑2 |
| EV Comp. | -1/3 |
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