Tag: Holiday &amp; Vacation

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July 23, 2024

Soft Power, an Astia Recipe for Everyday

Soft Power

Soft Power, an Astia Recipe for Everyday

Film simulation recipe for rich smooth colours using the Astia Soft setting

In my process for creating film recipes for our cameras, I will often be testing lots of new combinations to see how they work in different conditions. Alongside this, I will usually also have one recipe loaded that I know will deliver the goods in the widest range of situations. This helps give a contrasting view when compared with my experiments, but also means I get at least one shot that I know I can keep, if the experiments don’t work out.

Soft Power is one of those safe film recipes that delivers a fantastic look and feel, with rich and beautiful colours, and tone control that delivers the goods in all sorts of lighting conditions.

The recipe is based on the Astia Soft film simulation, and gives a boost to the already beautiful colours that come from this simulation. In my typical style, I lift the shadows a few notches, as I prefer to see detail here, but you could keep this closer to zero, or use -1 if your camera doesn’t support the -1.5 option.

This receipe also gains some impact from a single click of underexposure at -1/3. This adjustment pairs nicely with a +1 setting for highlights. If you expose without the compensation, keep an eye on highlights to ensure they don’t burn too much. A DR400 setting helps here, but it’s a point to note.

Soft Power Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Astia/Soft
Grain Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Effect	Strong
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	Fluorescent 3, +3 Red, ‑8 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	1
Shadows	‑1.5
Colour	3
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	-1/3

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May 25, 2024

La Dolce Vita, Capture the Good Life

La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita, Capture the Good Life

A vibrant recipe for sunny days and happy vacation photos, by Emanuele De Luca

You’ll already know that I love to create film simulation recipes and explore the styles that our cameras can capture. But I am also inspired by the many recipe creations I see from other photographers, and I love to share these with you too. Here’s a really great example, where Emanuele De Luca has captured some wonderful scenes from Italy with a fabulous vibrant and cheerful look.

The base for this beautiful film recipe is the Astia film simulation, which is a great partner for sunny and bright shooting with it’s striking reds and blues and punchy colour. In this case, the qualities of Astia are enhanced further with a warm colour balance and a big boost to saturation. As you’ll see below, this is a great partner for bright Italian scenes and a warm holiday atmosphere.

I really love the way this recipe by Emanuele has paired the qualities of a film recipe with the beautiful scenes he’s snapped around Italy. The light, subject and recipe come together so well.

All the images below are by Emanuele, taken on his X100V. You can find more on his Instagram page.

La Dolce Vita Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Astia/Soft
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	6200K, +2 Red, ‑4 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	‑2
Colour	4
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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April 28, 2024

Nostalgic Print, Creamy Nostalgic Negative

Nostalgic Print film recipe sample photo

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

Barcelona, Nostalgic Negative for Trips

Barcelona

Barcelona, Nostalgic Negative for Trips

A rich tones film simulation recipe designed for a trip to Spain, but useful everywhere

In our Facebook Group, I often see posts asking about film recipes for travel to different cities and countries. There are so many factors to consider, such as the light, the type of photos and your personal style. However, I’ve just returned from a trip to Barcelona where I prepared a recipe to use. I think it might work well in all sorts of places, so maybe this will be good for your travels too?

The Barcelona film recipe uses Nostalgic Negative, which is only available on X-Trans V series cameras. This simulation has a natural affinity for reds and oranges, with a warm feel and gently nostalgic look. My hope was that this would bring a versatile character to my travel photos, remaining close to natural in look, and for my specific trip to the Barcelona Open tennis tournament, rich oranges from the clay courts too.

Now that I have returned, I cna share the recipe along with a selection of the images. I am very happy with the look, which feels warm without being dominated by a strong cast, and captured the mix of dominant colours well, whilst still working for street style shots and general snapping.

Barcelona Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Nostalgic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto (Ambience Priority), 0 Red, ‑3 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	0
Shadows	‑1
Colour	1
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	0

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April 23, 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

Point and Shoot 200 Film Recipe

Point and Shoot 200

Point and Shoot 200 Film Recipe

An easy to use, go everywhere film simulation recipe for casual shooting

Sometimes you just want to take photos. You don’t want to worry too much about the technical or the rules, and you just want to capture quick snaps as you go about your day. This Point and Shoot film recipe is designed for just this sort of casual shooting.

The recipe is based on the idea that a simple 35mm pocket camera, loaded with a roll of 200 film was all you needed. There weren’t many settings to consider, but you got some lovely colourful prints and could relive the memories each time you opened up the album.

So, take it easy. Don’t overthink it. Just enjoy taking pictures and relax knowing your images will have a wonderfully film like look with bouncy colour and happy tones.

Point and Shoot 200 Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Incandescent, +8 Red, ‑9 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	‑2
Shadows	‑1
Colour	1
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Comp.	+1/3

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April 13, 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

Bronze Age, Toned Classic Negative Recipe

Bronze Age

Bronze Age, Toned Classic Negative Recipe

Classic Negative film recipe with a bronze colour tone

I’ve created well over 200 film recipes now, and it’s understandable that some are visually similar to others. There are after all only a modest number of film simulations, and a reasonably narrow range of white balance and colour shift combinations that produce usable results. Every now and again though, I manage to come up with a recipe with a look that is all its own.

Bronze Age is such a recipe, with a noticably bronze tone colour shift that both warms and adds character to images. The look is nostalgic I suppose, but isn’t really vintage. I think it suits golden hour especially well, and generally bright conditions. It’s a strong effect, but still retains enough natural tone to be useful across a wide range of subjects.

So, Bronze Age is something different, something to try when you lack inspiration, or when you want to give a fresh look to your images that you haven’t tried before. Here are the recipe details, and as always, a range of my sample images to show you how I used the recipe.

Bronze Age Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Negative
Grain Effect	Weak, Large
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	7500K, +4 Red, +2 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	1
Shadows	‑2
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	‑2
EV Comp.	-1/3

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Safari Chrome, for African Explorations

Safari Chrome

Safari Chrome, for African Explorations

A Classic Chrome film recipe designed for outdoor shooting and natural colour

From time to time, I get asked whether I might be able to make a film simulation recipe for certain situations, or to macth the work of a photographer or social gallery. I do enjoy these challenges, although it’s not always possible to acheive the look in question with jsut a film recipe.

A similar challenge came my way when I was discussing an upcoming safari trip with our of our Facebook club members. David Forsdike was due to travel to South Africa, and wanted some ideas for a recipe to use for wildlife phtoography. He has X-Trans V cameras and had bagged a new zoom lens for the trip.

My thoughts on this were two fold. Firstly, I was new to X-Trans V, having only recently upgraded to an X-S20, which uses a hybrid of the series IV sensor and series V processing and simulations. I didn’t yet have many RAW files to experiment on, or full confidence in how X-Trans V recipes might look. Secondly, I’ve not visited South Africa, so it was hard to be sure what conditions David might find there. I’ve seen episodes of Wild Earth on YouTube, which was a clue that we’d be dealing with dawn or dusk, but also possibly some hard sunlight too.

So, I decided a new recipe would be best, developed on my X-S20 and in X RAW Studio. I wanted something that didn’t make strong changes to the images, because the star should be the wild animals, rather than the tone or mood form the recipe. This was also important so that they remained true colour, so we avoid any orange leopards or pink elephants that might otherwise look odd.

I picked Classic Chrome as the base simulation and I chose to add a little film like tone with a -3 shift for Blue. Classic Chrome is naturally desaturated, so I boost colour by 2 steps to bring back some of the vibrancy. For the lower light flexibility and protection in harsh conditions, I paired DR400 with -1 highlights and shadows. This should give a bit more shadow detail and soften the harsh light.

Below is my Safari Chrome recipe, which David took to South Africa. As you’ll see, he was lucky and saw a wide variety of impressive wildlife, and also captured some compelling scenes in a local market. My guess of hard sunlight, didn’t come to pass on the game drives, but the natural colour and soft shoadows approach for the recipe, produced a natural result and I think his images look great!

Safari Chrome Film Recipe Settings

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

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