My Three ‘GOAT’ Fujifilm Recipes
Fujifilm Recipes
Loading a bunch of settings and shooting JPEGs with your camera is just about as much fun as you can have with photography. Over the last number of years I’ve made a heap of Fujifilm recipes which you can find using the button below.
Something I get asked pretty much daily over on Instagram is for recipe recommendations… so I thought I would put together a list of my three ‘Greatest of All Time’ recipes for you all to try.
GOAT Criteria
Just quickly before I share these recipes with you all I want to define what I mean here by ‘Greatest of All Time’. For me Fujifilm recipes fall in to one of two categories…
1. A recipe can either be a look suited to super ‘specific’ stylised situation…
2. Or it can be a complete all-rounder producing great results no matter what scenario you throw at it…
My top three featured are the latter! Three really reliable recipes I know I can always count on whenever I need them…
Common Features
More specifically these recipes have a few things in common. They all have some form of an Auto White Balance making them super flexible for shooting in a variety of settings and they all have a Clarity setting of 0 for ease of use.
If you don’t mind waiting the 3 seconds between each photograph for your Fujifilm camera to process the Clarity setting then Clarity can obviously be turned up or down depending on your taste.
If you like the minus Clarity look but don’t want to wait the 3 sec processing time, I suggest using a Mist Filter on your lens. It does the same job, although it is permanent and visible in your RAW files if you choose to shoot JPEG and RAW. Something to think about…
Anyway two of these all-rounder recipes are colour and the third one is my own personal favourite b&w recipe. Last week I went for a drive around the North East coastline of Northern Ireland and I had these three recipes loaded into my Fujifilm camera.
I had envisioned a glorious day to shoot some examples with these three recipes with lovely golden winter light but unfortunately we landed the wettest, wildest, windiest, darkest, dreariest, gloomiest, most stormy day I’ve seen in a long time.
The rain, wind and waves made shooting with these recipes pretty difficult but I figured if I can get some good results with the recipes on a dark and miserable day like that, think what these recipes can do when there’s good light.
Anyway, here’s recipe number one... unbelievably it’s the first recipe I ever made and still one I always return to.
Ross’s GOAT Recipe 01
Soft Chrome
Whenever someone gets in touch with me saying they’ve just bought their first Fujifilm camera, ‘Soft Chrome’ is the first recipe I tell them to plug in.
Its beauty is really in its simplicity. With a base of the much loved Classic Chrome Film Simulation, an Auto White Balance, and the Dynamic Range turned all the way up… ‘Soft Chrome’ provides the perfect starting point for any photographer looking for a subtly stylised look.
The ‘Soft’ in the name comes from the fact that the Sharpness setting is turned all the way down and combined with a Strong/Small Grain setting, and a warm push in the White Balance, this look is almost reminiscent of Kodak film.
‘Soft Chrome’ is a recipe that can work in pretty much every scenario you throw at it here are some example images from my day trip with Ruth and this recipe loaded in my Fujifilm camera.
Find my ‘Soft Chrome’ recipe here…
Ross’s GOAT Recipe 02
Balloo Astia
Fujifilm cameras are known for capturing “film-like” looking images with their built in Film Simulations, but not everyone who is into photography, is searching for that “film look”.
Some people simply want to be able to shoot natural looking photographs with good colour and good contrast.
I created a recipe a couple of years ago called ‘Balloo Astia’ which I think is my greatest recipe for capturing bold but beautiful natural colours.
This recipe is obviously based on Fujfilm’s Film Simulation Astia, which itself is based on the Fujichrome Astia 100F film stock, but as far as film stocks go I think Astia is probably one of the least “film-like” ones…
For this recipe, I again have an Auto White Balance setting with a small push to the warmer side, I have Dynamic Range turned up to 400 to protect the Highlights & Shadows coming from the punch in the Tone Curve
‘Balloo Astia’ has a Strong/Small Grain setting which I love, a tiny bit of Sharpness and the overall saturation controlled with a Color setting of -2
Check out some examples…
Find my ‘Balloo Astia’ recipe here…
Ross’s GOAT Recipe 03
Oxygen Mono
On to my third and final ‘Greatest Of All Time Fujifilm Recipe’ and at the time of writing this it is my most recent recipe. But don’t be fooled it’s an absolute powerhouse…
‘Oxygen Mono’ was created to be my ultimate B&W recipe that should work in every single scenario you throw at it.
The base Film Simulation for this one is Monochrome with a Yellow filter. The Dynamic Range is set to Auto which means the camera will choose between DR 100 & 200 depending on what you point it at. There is a little punch provided in the Tone Curve and also contrast coming from the Color Chrome Effects which are both set to Strong.
I like my B&W images to have a load of grain so the Grain setting for ‘Oxygen Mono’ is set at Strong/Large with the smallest bit of Sharpness thrown in there too.
When designing this all-round B&W recipe, I wanted to add just a tiny bit more style to it and so I chose to set the Monochromatic Color setting to WC+1 which adds a tiny bit of warmth. It’s this setting that I think really ties the look together and adds like a cohesion between all the images shot with it and honestly I love the results…
Find my ‘Oxygen Mono’ recipe here…
Conclusion
So there you have it, those are my Greatest of All Time Fujifilm Recipes ‘Soft Chrome’ ‘Balloo Astia’ & ‘Oxygen Mono’. Three recipes that are flexible, adapt to pretty much every scenario you throw at them, and that you can rely on to capture great looking images with your Fujifilm camera every single time! Again you can check out all of my Fujifilm recipes by visiting - https://www.rossandhisjpegs.com/fujifilm-recipes
Want to see more examples from these recipes and this trip? Check out the video below…
Why not try out these recipes for yourself and if you enjoy using any of them, please drop a little something in the ‘Tip Jar’ below as a way of saying thanks! It would be massively appreciated…
