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How to Make Amazing Multiple-Exposure Pictures (BewareMyVelvia Recipe Pt. 2)
Part 1 — BewareMyVelvia Film Simulation Recipe Now that you have the BewareMyVelvia Recipe programmed into your Fujifilm camera, it’s time to make some multiple-exposure photographs using that Recipe. The process I’m discussing here comes from Tom Baumgaertel, a.k.a. bewaremyfuji. This is fairly easy to do, but also quite tricky. You can expect to make a…
BewareMyVelvia — A Fujifilm Film Simulation Recipe for X-Trans IV & V
I first met Tom Baumgaertel, a.k.a. bewaremyfuji, in 2024 at a Fujifilm creator’s retreat in New York. In the time since, we’ve been a part of a few other Fujifilm events, including leading a photowalk together in San Diego. We’ve kept in touch, and even met up for some street photography in L.A. once. Tom just…
This Doesn’t Have To Be A Problem
There’s something I’ve noticed, and I want to talk about it. I’ve already discusses this at length multiple times, but this is a slightly different take on it, so I hope you’ll forgive me for bringing it up again. I hate talking about it because it will invariably offend someone, but I think it’s important…
Is my Camera X-Trans IV or X-Trans V??
A question that I get asked a lot is whether or not a certain Fujifilm camera model is X-Trans IV or X-Trans V. Mostly, this is about the X-S20, X-M5, and X-T30 III, but not exclusively. In the months that followed each of those three releases, I would get a lot of questions along the…
Buy a Fujifilm X-T5 & Get an X Half for Free!!
Adorama has a crazy good deal on the black Fujifilm X-T5 bundled with the 16-80mm f/4 lens. Not only is it $100 off (that’s Fujifilm’s discount), but they’ll throw in a free black Fujifilm X half (that’s Adorama’s discount)! Wow. Of course, the X-T5 is great. I just used it last night for some cool…
Multiple-Exposure Photography with Tom of BewareMyFuji
Last night I had the great opportunity to photograph with the one-and-only Tom Baumgaertel, better known as bewaremyfuji on Instagram. We’ll be doing a photowalk later today and tomorrow, but yesterday we were able to get out with our cameras for some night street photography. Tom is very kind, and he shared with me some of his…
Fujifilm Announces Instax Mini Evo Cinema (leaves more questions than answers…)
***Edit/Update: Apparently, the Instax Mini Evo Cinema can indeed print Instax prints. It wasn’t stated or shown in the announcement, but you can see it clearly in this promotional video.*** Fujifilm just announced the Instax Evo Cinema camera, which will be released in Japan on January 30th. I assume that it will become available worldwide…
Comparing Six Film Simulation Recipes
Yesterday I published Film-Like Recipes for Americana Pictures that’s good for Landscapes & Street Photography, in which I used the new Filter By Categories feature in the Fuji X Weekly App. By selecting Americana, Film-like, Landscapes, and Street, along with Filter By X-Trans V Sensor, I was presented with six Recipes: Kodachrome 64, Kodak Ultramax…
Film-Like Recipes for Americana Pictures that’s good for Landscapes & Street Photography
One of the cool new features of the Fuji X Weekly App is Categories. There are a couple of ways to interact with and use Categories, one of which is only available to Patron subscribers, which is what we’re discussing in this article. For App Patrons, if you select Filter you can Filter By Category,…
An Animation for JVKE
This article isn’t Fujifilm related, or even photography related, so let me apologize right up front. My oldest daughter, Joy, is an aspiring animator and artist. If you’ve followed Fuji X Weekly for years, you’ve watched her grow. She’ll be going to college this year, in the fall. A few of her photographs have been…
Free Fujifilm Photowalks in Phoenix featuring BewareMyFuji
Nuzira is hosting free photowalks with Tom Baumgaertel, better known as bewaremyfuji on Instagram, this coming Friday and Saturday in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s a two-day event that you won’t want to miss! Lucas at Nuzira pulled some strings to make this happen, and it’s a real privilege to have Tom come out and teach us…
My 2025 Photography Recap
It’s New Year’s Eve, the very last day—the very last few hours—of 2025. Very, very soon it will be 2026. For the last article of the year, I thought I’d simply share some of my favorite photographs of 2025, choosing three from each month. Some months were more prolific than others—for a few, it was…
My Top 5 Favorite Fujinon Lenses
Which lenses you should buy for your Fujifilm camera is a personal decision. There’s not a single lens that’s for everyone. One person will like one lens, another person will like a different lens. Some people prefer zooms, some people prefer primes. Some prioritize sharpness, some prioritize character. There’s no right or wrong lens, only…
Grading Fujifilm Releases in 2025
I’m going to rate Fujifilm’s class of 2025 gear releases. I’ve never done something like this before. I’ve seen plenty of other people do end-of-the-year camera gear grading, which I sometimes agree with and sometimes don’t. Since 2025 is nearly over, I thought I’d try my hand at grading all the cameras and lenses that…
Astia Negative — A Fuji X Weekly App Patron Early-Access Recipe
Nearly a year ago, at the beginning of 2025, I began a Recipe series with the intention of clearing up the backlog of Early-Access Recipes that have only been available to Fuji X Weekly App Patrons for years. I never intended for Early-Access Recipes to be unavailable to non-subscribers for so long, so I devised…
Expired Kodak Vision2 250D — A Film Simulation Recipe for Fujifilm X-Trans IV & X-Trans V Cameras
A Fuji X Weekly reader shared with me some scans of expired Kodak Vision2 250D motion picture film that he shot on a Canon camera and had developed using the ECN-2 process. The pictures were very interesting, and I thought it would be fun to recreate the aesthetic for my Fujifilm cameras. I don’t feel…
Top 25 Most Popular Film Simulation Recipes of 2025
I get asked fairly regularly which Film Simulation Recipes are the most popular. For me, this is a fascinating topic, but it’s definitely hard to know definitively. While I get a glimpse on social media, my best gauge is the Fuji X Weekly website statistics; specifically, which Recipe articles are viewed the most. I don’t collect any data…
Vanilla Ice Cream with Sprinkles — Pal2Tech Explains Film Sims & Recipes
What a fun surprise to watch the latest Pal2Tech YouTube video! For those that don’t know, Pal2Tech is one of the top Fujifilm-centric YouTubers, and for a very good reason: he’s awesome at explaining complex things in an easy-to-understand way (and often in an entertaining way). His library of videos is a treasure trove of…
Fuji X Weekly App Update: Introducing Categories!!
There’s a brand-new Fuji X Weekly App update that I’m really excited to share with you. The main headline is a new feature called Categories, which can be interacted with in two different ways. The goal of Categories is to help you find Film Simulation Recipes for the specific situation that you are photographing in.…
Why New Cameras Might Seem Boring
PetaPixel published an article entitled If You Think ‘Cameras Have Gotten Boring’ You’re Looking at Photography All Wrong, and I’m not so much interested in talking about that article in particular as I am of the idea of why new cameras might seem boring. There are probably a thousand different ways to look at it,…