Film Recipe - Cinematic Monochrome (Mono+Ye)

With my Cinematic Monochrome JPEG Recipe, you can give your Fujifilm photographs the evocative, dramatic, timeless feel of classic cinema.

Cinematic Monochrome: Monochrome Film Simulation Recipe

Cinematic Monochrome

The Cinematic Monochrome JPEG recipe is designed to evoke classic cinema's dramatic, timeless feel. This black-and-white recipe enhances contrasts and deepens shadows to create visually striking images with a nostalgic film-like quality.

Fujifilm JPEG Settings:

• Film Simulation: Mono+Ye

• Grain Effect: Weak/Large

• White Balance Shift: R:+9 B:-1

• Highlights: +1

• Shadows: +3

• Sharpness: +1

• Noise Reduction: -1

• Clarity: +3

Description:

The Cinematic Monochrome recipe will look great in various photography genres, including street, portrait, and landscape photography.

Settings Explanation:

• Mono+Ye (Yellow Filter): This film simulation enhances contrast, particularly in skies and skin tones, providing a bold yet natural monochrome look.

• Grain Effect: Weak/Large: Adding a subtle, large-grain effect imparts a vintage film texture to your photos, contributing to the nostalgic cinematic feel without overpowering the image details.

• White Balance Shift: R:+9 B:-1: The shift towards red and away from blue warms the monochrome tones, giving your images a richer, more inviting atmosphere.

• Highlights: +1: Increasing the highlights brightens the lighter areas of your photos, adding to the overall dramatic effect and ensuring key details stand out.

• Shadows: +3: Deepening the shadows significantly enhances contrast, creating a moody, intense look characteristic of cinematic photography.

• Sharpness: +1: A slight increase in sharpness ensures that details remain crisp and clear, essential for the visual impact of monochrome images.

• Noise Reduction: -1: Reducing noise maintains the natural grain and texture of the image, avoiding the overly smooth look that can detract from a filmic appearance.

• Clarity: +3: Boosting clarity sharpens mid-tone contrasts, enhances textures, and gives your photos a more defined, three-dimensional quality.

Artistic Reasoning:

This recipe is perfect for photographers looking to add a classic, film-like aesthetic to their black-and-white photos. Whether you're capturing the dynamic energy of urban scenes, the emotional depth of portraits, or the majestic beauty of landscapes, Cinematic Monochrome will help you create compelling, visually stunning monochrome images.

NOTE: Some settings may not be available on every Fujifilm Camera

Cinematic Monochrome: Monochrome Film Simulation Recipe Film Simulation Recipe (Sample Images)

If you prefer Shooting RAW:

Those of you who prefer to shoot RAW and edit with the more advanced latitude this gives you may be interested in my current set of Professionally designed profile-based Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw Presets.