film-recipe – Fotomonkey Photography

Aug 06

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Florida Summer

I’ve been working on my own recipe for the Fujifilm X-series camera and finally got to use it in its intended environment…bright beach vibey scenes. I took a recent trip to Key Largo, Florida and was able to run the recipe in various scenarios. I wanted something to bring forth that summer vibe and what better place to test it than the Florida Keys? This sample gallery includes a selection of images ranging from sailing, to kayaking, some random street shots, sunsets, and a few pics of Key West. Overall, I think I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I think it worked well in its intended settings and I’m looking forward to trying it out around town for the remainder of the summer. Recipe Let me know in the comments below if you use this. Better still, tag it in your social media with #fuji-florida-summer.

Jul 23

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A Tale of Two Night Recipes

I’ve been itching to try my hand at some night photography and I finally got off my rear and headed out. The downside is that I don’t live in a major metropolis. Sure, we have a lot of people, but they’re spread out over an insanely large landscape. And to be fair, we’re just a really big town. There isn’t a lot of after-hours downtown or night life. Things start closing up around 10 or 11 even on a Saturday night. Due to the early closing of most places, you’ll only see a couple of examples here. I really struggled to find anything of interest that shoot. So here goes nothing. I used the following recipes for this night challenge:– Zero Hour– Serr’s 500T This is the part where art and reality part ways for me. Both recipes are based on the Classic Chrome film simulation. I think that Serr’s 500T is providing a much more accurate rending of the colors my eyes say. However, Zero Hour provides a more pleasing look. I find that Serr’s is too cool at 3200K. Zero Hour is set to 4000K and I think that the warmer look is more eye-friendly, but it also […]

Jul 09

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Fujica Half/Cineplus Shootout

This afternoon, I made a couple of trips to try out some new recipes: Fujica Half and Cineplus. Overall, I think they’re both very nice. Fujica Half definitely is the more muted of the two. I think it’s nice for a more vintage, subdued look. It feels very well suited to summery photos. Cineplus has some very nice, rich colors and lives up to its description of “punchy” colors. I was surprised at how good the sky looked, for example. This first example was taken at one of Jacksonville’s hidden gems, Walter Jones Historical Park. I got my hair cut today and decided to see if there were any parks nearby. This was about a 9-minute drive and while it didn’t ring a bell, I instantly recognized it as the location for a family portrait session I’d done there about 10 years ago. All of the pics are handheld and I tried to line them up in-camera but forgive any jumpiness. I’m too lazy to try and clean them up for the before/after. Later in the day, and after a crazy storm blew through, the sun came out and I decided to head to the beach. I spent most of […]

Jul 07

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Chrome Summer

As I was looking for a recipe that I could use on a trip to St. Augustine, which happens to be the oldest city in the US, I stumbled upon Superia Summer. This is actually a recipe for the X-Trans IV sensor so it wouldn’t look 100% accurate on the X-1H anyway, but I still liked it. However, it was missing just a little bit of that nostalgia. I started playing around with other film sims and, as much as some might say it’s overused, Classic Chrome really seemed to give it more of a vintage feel. I’ve provided a before/after comparison for your review. Take a look at the yellow tint that Classic Chrome gives to the grass, for example. The only difference between the two is the base simulation. Unfortunately, the X-H1 doesn’t have the Classic Negative simulation, so the before shot is using Pro Negative Std. I’d love to know what you think. July 8 UpdateI made the trip to St. Augustine today despite the heat. I made sure to duck into the AC every once in a while so it wasn’t so bad, to be honest. I spent a lot of time and about 200 shots […]