Fujifilm Recipes
How I get the look, straight out of camera
Almost everything on this site is a JPEG straight out of a Fujifilm camera. No Lightroom, no bought presets - just film simulation recipes I have built myself, tested on the road and tweaked until they matched what a place actually felt like.
A recipe is just a saved set of in-camera settings: film simulation, white balance and shift, dynamic range, highlight and shadow tone, colour, clarity, sharpness, noise reduction and grain. Dial it in once, save it to a custom slot, and you can shoot all day without thinking about editing afterwards.
Below are the ones I keep coming back to. Copy them, change them, make them yours - settings are a starting point, not a rule.
Nordic Grey
Classic Chrome. My default for overcast mountains, fjords and wet roads.
Film simulation: Classic Chrome
Dynamic range: DR400
Highlight: -1
Shadow: +1
Colour: -2
Sharpness: -1
Noise reduction: -4
Clarity: +1
Grain: weak, small
Colour chrome: strong
Colour chrome FX blue: weak
White balance: auto, R -1 / B +2
Exposure: -1/3 to -2/3
Golden Hour
Classic Negative, warmed up. Low sun, vineyards, old stone and aperitivo hour.
Film simulation: Classic Negative
Dynamic range: DR200
Highlight: -1
Shadow: 0
Colour: +2
Sharpness: 0
Noise reduction: -4
Clarity: 0
Grain: weak, large
Colour chrome: strong
Colour chrome FX blue: strong
White balance: daylight, R +2 / B -3
Exposure: 0 to +1/3
City Rain
Acros with a red filter. Wet streets, flat winter light, Düsseldorf in grey.
Film simulation: Acros + R
Dynamic range: DR400
Highlight: +1
Shadow: +2
Sharpness: 0
Noise reduction: -4
Clarity: +2
Grain: strong, small
Toning: warm +1 / cool 0
White balance: auto, R 0 / B 0
Exposure: -1/3
Every series in the portfolio was shot with one of these three. New recipes get added here whenever one survives a whole trip without being changed - and if you try one and get something you like, send it over, I would genuinely like to see it.