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July 23, 2024

Expired Superia, Fujifilm with Character

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Expired Superia

Expired Superia, Fujifilm with Character

X100VI Classic Negative film simuation recipe based on aged 35mm film

For photographers that use real 35mm film, additional character can been explored by using film that has passed its intended life. These expired films will sometimes develop images with a colour cast or faded look. Sometimes though, the look is more subtle, closely resembling the original feel, but with just a little more character.

Photographer Marcello de Vos has secured a supply of expired Fujicolor Superia film, which has a wonderfully nostalgic look.

I was instantly drawn to a series around a small marina, captured on a misty and bright morning in the heart of the golden hour. You can see more of Marcello’s work on Threads.

I decided to try and recreate the soft look of these images in a film recipe, and although I’m still waiting for a lovely misty sunlight morning at my local marina, I’ve managed to try out the recipe in a variety of conditions. It’s become a firm favourite of mine, and I’m sure that you will love it too.

Expired Superia Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Large
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, ‑1 Red, ‑5 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑1.5
Shadows	‑0.5
Colour	1
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Comp.	+1/3

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June 8, 2024

Arthouse Bleach, Faded Colour Film Recipe

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Arthouse Bleach

Arthouse Bleach, Faded Colour Film Recipe

Eterna Bleach Bypass film recipe for cinematic tones and muted colour

I love a muted colour look, and this draws me to shoot with film recipes made with the Classic Chrome, Eterna Cinema and Eterna Bleach Bypass film simulations. Each of these starts with a degree of reduced saturation, and by pushing that further with a negative colour value, a paler often nostalgic look can be achieved.

For this film recipe, I started with the setting of another softer look, Arthouse Cinema, which I published alomost two years ago back in 2022. That recipe worked with the characterful tones of Eterna, and brought out teal hints in blues and mellowed the greens.

In this adaptation, the base simulation has been switched to Eterna Bleach Bypass, which brings a punchier contrast and a further step of desaturation. For me, this was a step too far from my hoped for look, so this recipe reinjects some of the lost colour for a unique teal and cream look and feel.

My personal view is that the result is a versatile film recipe that can be used in a wide range of conditions, bringing teal tones to the fore, but without it being overpowering. I’m a huge fan of this overall colour character, and am happy to consider it my new favourite Bleach Bypass recipe. I found myself using it more and more, easily taking over 100 sample images, both on X-Trans IV and later on X-Trans V.

Arthouse Bleach Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna Bleach Bypass
Grain Effect	Weak, Large
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	Daylight, +2 Red, ‑7 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	‑1
Colour	4
Sharpness	1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	0

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May 11, 2024

Nostalgic Print, Creamy Nostalgic Negative

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Nostalgic Print

Nostalgic Print, Creamy Nostalgic Negative

Inspired by old magazine photos, capture an aged look with the Nostalgic Negative film simulation

The Nostalgic Negative film simulation offers a wonderfully warm and mellow tone on standard settings, and brings a feel of an older printed image. For this film recipe using Nostalgic Negative, I wanted to lean into these characteristics to explore the nostalgic aesthetic.

For me, the result reminds me of old magazine prints, perhaps like those forgotten periodicals that end up in waiting rooms or and the back of bookshelves.

This recipe has a dominant warm tone and a nostaltic aged feel to the images. It’s cosy without being sickly, and as a result, is well suited to outdoor photography on sunny days and in the golden hour. I also tested it on a drizzly grey walk in the woods, and found that the mellow warm tones worked well in these conditions. The Nostalgic Negative simulation is actually quite contrasty and saturated by default, so there’s a small counter adjustment too, which rebalances this.

The mood is similar to my Aged Kodak Portra recipe and Nostalgic Standard film recipes, which are both also compatible with X-Trans IV. This one however, needs Nostalgic Negative for the base look, so it’s a choice only for newer cameras, like X-H2S, X-T5, X100VI or X-S20.

Nostalgic Print Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Nostalgic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, ‑2 Red, ‑7 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	‑1
Colour	‑2
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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April 28, 2024

Pale Barca, Inspired by Barcelona Style

Pale Barca

Pale Barca, Inspired by Barcelona Style

A fashion shoot film recipe using the Classic Negative film simulation

Sometimes, inspiration for film recipes comes from varied sources. I’ll see an image or gallery and think about whether the look can be matched with a film simulation recipe. This happened on a recent trip to Barcelona, when I was on a trip to watch a tennis tournament. The event was covered in the magazine section of La Vanguardia newspaper, and despite not being able to read the Spanish articles about Carlos Alcaraz and other things, I could enjoy leafing through.

One of the sections was a tennis inspired fashion shoot for their clothing sponsor Mango.

These shots were taken on and around tennis courts and had a desaturated retro look. Thos are keywords that I can work with, and so I started to experiement with film recipe settings that gave a similar look.

I chose to use Classic Negative film simulation, although Pro Neg Std might also have worked well. Other settings were fairly standard for a flat tonal look like this … softened highlights, DR400 and of course, reduced colour.

Arguably, my recipe is a little less green toned that the article photos, but I felt that it still captures the nostalgic vibe and worked well with the abundance of orange and blue on show at the tennis tournament. I hope you enjoy it.

Pale Barca Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Large
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	Auto, +2 Red, ‑5 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	0
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Comp.	+1/3

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April 19, 2024

Bananarama, Yellow Wes Anderson Look

Bananarama

Bananarama, Yellow Wes Anderson Look

Capture banana yellow tones with this extreme colour balance film recipe

I like to be surprised by the versatility of our Fujifilm cameras, and the range of styles that can be producted with film simulation recipes. We have a good selection of film simulations to explore, and with the addition or adjustments to tone, saturation and colour balance, the possibilities are almost endless. However, there are some looks that seem to come around quite often, especially when trying to keep close to a film like aesthetic, or to model a recipe on a real 35mm film stock.

For something different, we have to look to more extreme settings, or to be bold and try something unexpected. I got a taste of this on April 1st, when Ritchie from Fuji X Weekly gave us his Apocalyptic Glow film recipe. Whilst this recipe was intented to be a fun joke, the pop art style with vivid orange tones got me thinking. I wondered what other extreme settings might give a fun look that I would want to go out and shoot with?

I staked close to the 10,000K color balance, but went for yellow rather than orange in the color shift. I also wanted less saturation, so I chose Classic Chrome rather than Ritchie’s Velvia. The resulting recipe is still a more extreme look film recipe, but I think it has a place, especially around sunset or in pursuit of the Wes Anderson inspired Asteroid City vibes.

Bananarama Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Chrome
Grain Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	9900K, +1 Red, ‑9 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	0
Shadows	‑2
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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April 11, 2024

Kodak Portra 160 Film Recipe

Kodak Portra 160

Kodak Portra 160 Film Recipe

Recreating the classic Kodak film look with Fujifilm X-Trans IV

I’ve been spending time on Threads recently, and enjoying the posts of some film photographers. I like to see how different film stocks render and think about capturing the vibe in a film recipe.

The various Kodak Portra films are very popular, and I see 400 and 800 a lot. A little less often, I come across images with Portra 160, and these inspired me to have a fresh try at captuing this classic Kodak look.

I personally feel that you can creatie a Kodak Portra style with several of the film simulations in our cameras. I’ve used Classic Chrome a few times, Classic Negative and even Pro Neg too (see bottom of the page), but for this soft film style, my starting point was Eterna.

Some Portra recipes push the creamy tones aesthetic quite hard, but I don’t always see this in scans of actual Portra photos. So this recipe is another contribution to the growing list of Portra looks, but it’s one that I really enjoy, and feel captures the Kodak Portra look quite closely.

Kodak Portra 160 Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna/Cinema
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Fluorescent 2, ‑2 Red, ‑6 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	1.5
Shadows	‑0.5
Colour	3
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑3
EV Comp.	+1/3

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February 24, 2024

Gilt Trip, Antique Gold Tone Mono

Gilt Trip

Gilt Trip, Antique Gold Tone Mono

Acros film simulation recipe with a nostalgic pale tone for golden hour

As a photographer that enjoys the atmosphere of an image as much as the composition, I enjoy film recipes that enhance or set a mood. In this toned mono film recipe, I wanted to captured something beyond the brown of a tyipcal sepia look, and get closer to the soft look of a hazy winter morning.

I chose this pale golden look, rather than a more saturated image because I found it a lot less distracting, and having tried a variety of hues, I also felt that it found a happy spot between too sickly, and too subtle that it might not feel intentional.

With its spirit in the softness of golden hour, I find that this recipe works best with soft light and silhouettes. There’s a deep shadow tone, which will deliver good results if you also capture some brightness in the scene as well. A more flat scene may end up looking drab, so for this one, the lower the angle of the sun, the better.

A bonus creative exercise you can play with, is to pair some images taken with Gilt Trip with a recipe with a complimentary colour. I’ve added a selection at the bottom of the page, showing how this golden look can work well alongside a blue toned colour recipe for contrast.

Gilt Trip Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Acros
Grain Effect	Weak, Large
White Balance	Auto, 0 Red, 0 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	3
Sharpness	‑4
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑4
EV Comp.	0
Mono Colour	WC +12, MG +4

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February 8, 2024

Land Rover, for Outdoor Adventures

Land Rover

Land Rover, for Outdoor Adventures

Muted tones Pro Neg Standard film simulation recipe for outdoor photography

Here’s a hard working film recipe that is flexible and natural, responding well in bright, shady and golden hour conditions. It has a soft muted tone character, which produces a sophisticated image with a film like feel.

The base for this film recipe is the Pro Neg Standard film simulation, which despite its portrait origins, is a versatile choice for a softer look in natural settings. I’ve used it a lot in outdoor themed film recipes, and with this look, I’ve found another new way to present it.

The contrast is soft with similarities to Eterna, but there is a different character to the greens and creams with this recipe. I found the colours felt similar to those you might find in English country fashions, such as you might come across at a county show or horse riding meet-up. Or, perhaps, think of agricultural greens, like you’d find on an old style Land Rover, rather than the shiny new ones.

Regardless of all that, this recipe is right at home in the countryside, in woodlands and all manner of outdoor settings. It’s a cousin to other nature friendly film recipes such as Aged Kodak Portra, Wigan Pier, Explorer’s Cinematic, or Natural Standard.

Land Rover Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	PRO Neg. Std
Grain Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	Daylight, +4 Red, ‑4 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	0
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	‑1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Comp.	+1/3

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January 31, 2024

Collodion Negative, Inspired by Early Photography

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Collodion Negative

Collodion Negative, Inspired by Early Photography

Classic Negative film simulation recipe inspired by early Collodion photography processes

This nostalgic film recipe is a sister to the Collodion Color film recipe, in that it is inspired by the same early photographic processes. It captures a muted tone look with extreme softness, in a nod to the earliest equipment and results from experiemental color photo processing.

The main reason for this second recipe is to give users without Eterna Bleach Bypass a chance to experiement with the same vibe. This recipe uses Classic Negative simulation, which if you don’t have, you could swap for Pro Neg Standard instead.

The main element here remains the strong -5 clarity setting, which adds a dreamy softness to images, and is especially impactful in out of focus areas, adding a hazy bokeh feel. This setting is one that many people dislike because of the processing delay, but it is a key element in the look, so do keep it if you can be patient between shots.

The resulting images are nostalgic, soft and have a muted tone. The recipe works well in soft light and the golden hour, and with the softness in out of focus areas, is a great one to try with macro subjects or abrstrat or detail shots. The look is simiar to Collodion Color, which inspired this recipe, so feel free to use either, and have some fun.

Collodion Negative Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Effect	Strong
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	6400K, 0 Red, +3 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	1
Shadows	‑2
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑5
EV Comp.	-1/3

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