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#GEARGANGS
As most of you know by now I absolutely love gear. Whether its my computers I use to edit and write or the lenses and cameras for photography and videography. I know many of you love gear as much as I do. I love it a little too much. This has often led to me…
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ME AND MY NEW FUJIFILM X-T4
A couple of weeks ago I decided to trade in a handful of photography gear to trim my collection of stuff down a bit. With my trade-ins I was able to get a Fujifilm X-T4. I didn’t originally set out to get one but it just worked out. This camera was on my wishlist for…
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“E6XD” – Film Simulation Recipe for Fujifilm X-E1
“E6XD” BASE FILM SIMULATION: VELVIADYNAMIC RANGE: DR400HIGHLIGHT: +1SHADOW: -2COLOR: -2WHITE BALANCE: 5600KWB SHIFT: R: 3, B: 3NOISE REDUCTION: -2SHARPENING: -2 Some recipes I create seem really subtle and often times takes some before and after comparisons to see the difference between the recipe and the original. “E6XD” is one of those recipes. I wanted to…
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NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO ON X-E2
Hey everyone, I posted a new video this morning about the Fujifilm X-E2. It’s a long video! Sometimes I try to keep these around 10-15 minutes but there was just a lot I wanted to discuss. I hope you guys get something out of it. Also, I have a link to sign up for a…
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“BLEACH WASH 2” – FILM SIMULATION RECIPE
Ever since I created my first Bleach Wash recipe I knew I wanted to revisit this look and create another variation. Just like Bleach Wash 1 I created this on my X-T1 but I tried to keep this recipe compatible with as many X-Series cameras as possible. This should work on X-Pro1 and X-E1 cameras…
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“CINEMETRO” – FILM SIMULATION RECIPE
“CINEMETRO” BASE FILM SIMULATION: CLASSIC CHROMEDYNAMIC RANGE: DR100HIGHLIGHT: -1SHADOW: -2COLOR: -4WHITE BALANCE: AUTOWB SHIFT: R: -7, B: -6NOISE REDUCTION: -4SHARPENING: +1GRAIN EFFECT: STRONG This recipe has one of the most analog film vibes of any recipe I’ve created so far. It’s not like any specific film but definitely reminds me of a few old school…
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“SILVER CYAN” – Film Simulation Recipe
“SILVER CYAN” BASE FILM SIMULATION: PRO Neg HiDYNAMIC RANGE: DR100HIGHLIGHT:-2SHADOW:-1COLOR:+2WHITE BALANCE: 5300KWB SHIFT: R: -4, B:6NOISE REDUCTION:0SHARPENING:+4GRAIN EFFECT: WEAK This recipe was created on my X-H1 but you should be able recreate the main aspects of it on many of the X-Series cameras. The key parts being the base film sim, the WB and WB…
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“REMNANT NEGATIVE” – FILM SIMULATION RECIPE (BASED ON ETERNA)
“REMNANT NEGATIVE” BASE FILM SIMULATION: ETERNADYNAMIC RANGE: DR400HIGHLIGHT: 0SHADOW: -2COLOR: -4WHITE BALANCE: AUTO WBWB SHIFT: R 5, B -6NOISE REDUCTION: -4SHARPENING: 0GRAIN EFFECT: {OFF} *OR ADD FOR TEXTURE My X-H1 as well as some other cameras from Fujifilm have the Eterna simulation built in. Although I’ve used this for video I haven’t shot many stills…
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“PATINA PASTEL” – Film Simulation Recipe (Created on my X-H1)
“PATINA PASTEL” BASE FILM SIMULATION: Classic Chrome DYNAMIC RANGE: DR200 HIGHLIGHT: 1 SHADOW: -2 COLOR: -4 WHITE BALANCE: AUTO WB WB SHIFT: R 2, B -5 NOISE REDUCTION: -4 SHARPENING: 1 GRAIN EFFECT: {OFF} This is my latest recipe based on Classic Chrome. I was just playing around with some variations on some vintage looks…
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MY ODYSEE CHANNEL
Some of you may have arrived here from watching my YouTube videos, but if you haven’t checked out my YouTube channel I invite you to do so. Along with a channel on YouTube a few months ago I began mirroring that channel on the LBRY platform. For those that don’t know about LBRY here’s a…
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