{"id":24299,"date":"2020-05-19T12:38:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T21:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/?p=24299"},"modified":"2020-05-19T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T22:04:16","slug":"creating-custom-looks-with-your-fujifilm-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/creating-custom-looks-with-your-fujifilm-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Custom Looks With Your Fujifilm Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_87519\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vJh-7HQ0ECw?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I just posted my latest video tutorial, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vJh-7HQ0ECw\">Creating Custom Looks With Your Fujifilm Camera<\/a>. You can watch it on my YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>Expanding on the topics I covered in my previous lesson, where I outlined <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/utbZafDdfLQ\">How To Use Fujifilm&#8217;s Highlight and Shadow Tone Controls<\/a>, in this tutorial, I show you how to take your creativity and image making fun to the next level by tweaking the film simulations with some of the other creative tools and settings found in your X Series camera.<\/p>\n<p>Buried in the Image Quality Menu and the Q MENU by default, you\u2019ll find a set of useful, but little understood exposure controls. These consist of COLOR, SHARPNESS, SHADOW TONE, AND HIGHLIGHT TONE. On the X-Pro3, X-T4 and X100V, you now have a CLARITY control.<\/p>\n<p>These controls are overlooked by many photographers, me included. We can all be forgiven, because the Fuji camera manuals don\u2019t offer much explanation for what they do. I\u2019ll admit that having been an X Series shooter for five years, I only recently started experimenting with them. I\u2019m kicking myself for waiting so long, because they\u2019re quite useful and they increase the times when you can get by without having to shoot RAW.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24301\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24301 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MAY20-01001-e1589922576776.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CLASSIC CHROME, WITH +4 COLOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Basically, most of these controls go from +4 down to -2. (CLARITY goes +5 to -5.)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cPlus\u201d gives you more contrast and \u201cminus\u201d gives you less. Zero is neutral.<\/p>\n<p>With Shadow and Highlight Tone, a setting of -1 or -2 can help rescue your lights and darks from the edge of the histogram.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Color increases or decreases saturation and vibrancy, just like in Lightroom. Want to bump up Velvia even more, go +4 for maximum, candy-color pop. Make it a little less contrasty? Go minus on the Shadows. Want to mute ProNeg Low even more, go -1 or -2 on and you\u2019re even softer. You get the idea. Finally, Sharpness is kind of like your Clarity slider in Lightroom. Plus adds crispness, minus softens things up.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24305\" src=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/NOV18-012084-e1589923529342.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24311\" src=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/NOV18-012083-e1589923612477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24304\" src=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/NOV18-012082-e1589923545771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You realize how powerful these simple controls are when you start combining settings. In addition,\u00a0you can even add White Balance as one of your saved parameters. Go a little blueish or greenish with your WB and you\u2019ve got the cross-processed look. Tweak toward red or magenta and you can simulate the look of film that\u2019s well past its expiration date. Go orangish yellow and you\u2019ve just aged your photos by a few decades.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Think about it, the options are endless. Whether you\u2019re simply rescuing lights and darks or radically altering colors, these simple controls offer a huge amount of creative flexibility.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24306\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24306 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PEO-AK-JEFFLGLOIS-01071-e1589923654512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VELVIA Film Sim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24307\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24307 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PEO-AK-JEFFLGLOIS-01074-e1589923666251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CLASSIC CHROME, WITH +2 SHADOW TONE, -2 COLOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not only has my \u201cfilm\u201d approach to photography saved me an enormous amount of time, it frees up my brain to focus on being more creative on the spot. I\u2019m more passionate about my photography now as I ever have been and I don\u2019t feel that I\u2019ve given anything up. On the contrary, I feel as if I\u2019ve come full circle and gained every advantage on the way around.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll occasionally shoot RAW when I\u2019m faced with really challenging light, or if I\u2019m shooting a complex assignment. For the majority of my photography, though, and I hear this from many Fuji shooters, I\u2019m shooting JPEGs and loving it. I encourage you to experiment with this kind of film mentality and see what it does for your photography.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vJh-7HQ0ECw\">So check out the lesson on my YouTube channel<\/a>, hopefully it will inspire you to start playing around with the creative settings inside your Fuji and come up with your own recipes as well!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24302\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24302\" src=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BIK-CYCX2018-01083-e1589923784521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tweaking the White Balance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24308\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24308\" src=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SEPT18POS-01188-e1589923820331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VELVIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24309\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24309\" src=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SEPT18POS-011881-e1589923835159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ETERNA, with -2 SHADOW TONE, +4 COLOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24310\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24310\" src=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SEPT18POS-011885-e1589923846895.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ACROS with B&amp;W Adj. 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