Bright sunshine can present some challenges to photographers, with high contrast and hard light making it difficult to capture a scene in a pleasing way. This selection of film recipes all work well in bright conditions, taming some of the extremes and allowing you to keep snapping throughout the day.
For down at the beach, on a lunchtime photowalk, or whenever the lights is bright, try one of these film simulation recipes and embrace the bright conditions.
As for my favourites, and a few to try first, I really enjoy the look of Age of Aquarius, Jorrvaskr and Astia Mellow.
Film Recipes for Bright Conditions
🌊 Let’s get creative in this new round of The Film Recipes Challenge 🏄 The recipe is the burned and faded look, Childhood Vacation, which loves to be over exposed. Try some images and share a selection in the Film Recipes Facebook Group or the comments on the recipe page. Open to everyone, until end of 8th June. Tag #childhoodvacation ☀️
Bright Day Recipes from Other Sites
Here’s a selection of some of the recipes by others that are suited to shots in bright conditions and full sun.
- Super HG Astia – Bright and clear with Astia from FujiXWeekly
- Kodak Brilliance – even the name is bright! FujiXWeekly again
- New Topographic – shoot big bold colour blocks. Piotr Skrzypek
- Barely Negative – Classic Negative for full sun, from Piotr again
- C201 – a film like recipe for outdoors from Marcel Fraij
- Kodacolor VR200 – Kodak tones in bright light, by Thomas Schwab
These are just a few of the recipes available, but they make a good starting point. And, for later in the day, try Film Recipes for Golden Hour as well.
Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras 
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