Digitally recreating Kodak’s most controversial film stock in camera. — Ektar was launched twice so Kodak must have really meant it. First in 1989 in ISO 25, 100, 400 and 1000, then succeeded by Kodak Gold in 1997 only to be relaunched in the single 100 ISO speed in 2008. I’ve actually shot my fair share of it but as…

To make great pictures in darkness with just a little artificial light you need serious contrast and noise control. This recipe is the best you can do to your JPGs in that situation. — It’s November here in Norway as I write this. November is miserable in many ways, but most of all it’s when the natural light is at its low point. The beautiful warm, glowing fall light of September and October is long gone, daylight hours are few, and the Christmas lights…

Standing on the shoulder of a giant — Throughout the summer I happily shot with OWH Film for everything. I still shoot a lot with it, but using fixed white balance got me thinking about serendipity. The fact that certain things are best left uncorrected because then it better represents a mood, even if some things are “wrong”…

A Fujifilm recipe designed to look convincingly like film and makes no excuses about how it gets there. — Film photography is growing in popularity and I think that’s great! For me it’s been kind of a strange journey to this point. You see I started in photography in 1994, having learned the ropes from my father. I shot, developed and printed a lot of black and white in…

Everybody loves Classic Chrome for street photography it seems. I’m here to give you what you want, but also to tell you that there’s a better way. — If you have been following me for some time you will know that Astia is my go to film simulation. I just think it has the most film-like contrast response and beautiful tonal gradients. I still think that, but people have been asking me to have a go at making…

I often get asked to create a recipe mimicking the style of specific films or photographers. Instead of doing that, let me instead show you how I go about doing it in a few simple steps. — Fujifilm has given us a great set of tools for creating distinct looks in camera, without having to do much post processing, if any. With some basic knowledge of these tools you should be able to play around and achieve what you want.

3 Fujifilm recipes to cover most use cases — It’s been 14 months since I switched to Fujifilm. All that time I have been working to get as much right in camera as I can. Not because I have anything against photo editing. More because it forces me to sharpen my skills and think about the final look before…

Film and digital — the best of both worlds in one recipe — Back in May this year I told you about a recipe I created named New American Color. I made it to mimic the look of Joel Sternfeld’s large format street portraits. To that end I would say i was fairly successful. As close as digital gets without post-processing anyway. A…

You can mimic the look of a larger sensor on APS-C, but it will require you to tune every step of the capture and editing process. Here’s how. — Let me preface this by saying that I am in no way suggesting that a small sensor can replace a larger one with post production. There is a lot to shooting medium format that simply cannot be faked completely. Chief among which are depth of field, detail and tonality. Also…