Now first off let me get this straight.

These settings aren't the bottled magical substance of the photographers

listed, rather they're guides to how I should be approaching the shot. All simulations are set to DR: AUTO, Noise

-3, Grain: Off and Sharpness -1 unless stated otherwise.

1. Chrome Eggleston

Origin: Based on William Eggleston's sombre but beautiful rich colour work using the old Kodachrome.

Intent: Whenever I want a rich, warm and nostalgic feel, this is the one to go for. Also surprisingly good

for dystopian brutalist architecture. A good all-rounder.

 Film Simuation: Classic Chrome

 Grain Effect: Off

 Highlight Tone: +2

 Shadow Tone: +2

 Colour: -2

2. Provia Sternfeld

Origin: Designed to have the colours matching reality, with low contrast. Matches the sort of look used in

the New Topographics movement that Sternfeld helped pioneer.

Intent: Capturing that oddly beautiful banality of empty urban spaces.

 Film Simulation: Provia

 Highlight Tone: -2

 Shadow Tone: -1

 Colour: -3

3. Acros Ellen Mark

Origin: That beautiful B&W documentary 35mm work that Mary Ellen Mark was famous for.

Intent: The go-to Acros simulation. Perfect for documentary, portrait and fashion.

 Film Simulation: Acros Yellow Filter

 Highlight Tone: +2

 Shadow Tone: 0
4. Acros Moriyama

Origin: Based on the look that now legendary Japanese street photograph Daido Moriyama was famous

for.

Intent: Anything grungy, raw and primal from gig photography to night-time urban. Also a wildcard for

any situation to jolt me out of complacency.

 Film Simulation: Acros Red

 Dynamic Range: DR100

 Highlight Tone: +4

 Shadow Tone: +4

5. Acros Winogrand

Origin: Great American street-photographer who documented the increasing conformity of 70's

suburban America.

Intent: Going back in time using a machine to document the increasing conformity of 70's su... no, wait.

Er, not sure. But I've always loved Winogrand. Urban street work in good light.

 Film Simulation: Acros

 Highlight Tone: -2

 Shadow Tone: -2

6. Pro Neg LaRoque

Origin: Known mainly for working the Classic Chrome and Acros, Fujifilm X-Photographer LaRoque is

something of a modern inspiration for me and my blog. He once knocked my socks off with what he did

with a series of very soft, slightly ethereal Pro-Negative portraits, which I'd never considered before.

Intent: Portraits. Also a flat profile to work off if I ever want flexibility with a base of great skin tones and

colour accuracy.

 Film Simulation: Pro Negative

 Grain Effect: Weak

 Highlight Tone: -2

 Shadow Tone: -2

 Colour: -1

 Sharpness: -4
7. Velvia Bulmer

Origin: I don't think John Bulmer, the great British photographer, ever actually shot Velvia. But his

inventive documentary colour work possessed a remarkable vibrancy.

Intent: Bulmer's Northern industrial scenes remind me that Velvia isn't just for the Steve McCurry jaunts

through India, but for really bringing out spashes of colour in otherwise dour scenes - hence mainly

urban shooting with a bit of nature when all the colour isn't too overpowering.

 Film Simulation: Velvia

 Grain Effect: Weak

 Highlight Tone: -2

 Shadow Tone: +2

 Colour: -2