OWH Chrome and OWH Street Fujifilm recipes

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.

Oslo Barcode District. Øyvind Nordhagen with OWH Chrome

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 a recipe for street photography based on Classic Chrome and I finally decided to do just that.

The lure of Classic Chrome

I have experimented with Classic Chrome pretty much since I got into Fujifilm. You can’t avoid it really. It’s all the rage in the community. People part with thousands of dollars to upgrade their cameras bodies just to have access to this film simulation.

These are the the benefits of Classic Chrome and these remain the same for me regardless of the subject:

• It is excellent at compressing highlights and harsh daylight.
• Dark yellows and oranges are substantially held back in certain ranges, letting other colors pop than the street itself.