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Riviera is a custom Fujifilm Classic Chrome recipe for the X100VI and X-E5 that creates a soft, creamy, Mediterranean-inspired look: warm peachy skin tones, true-tone creamy whites, and quiet muted scenery, all straight out of camera. It's built to capture that early-morning, sun-on-warm-stone feeling without heavy editing. Below, I'll walk through what the look is, who it's for, and then the full recipe and exactly how to shoot it. What is the Riviera recipe? I keep thinking

The short answer: Creative Style and Creative Look are Sony's two in-camera colour systems, and every Sony camera has one or the other. Creative Style is the older system, found on cameras like the Sony ZV-1, Sony RX100 VII, and the a6000-series: it uses named styles like Standard, Vivid, and Landscape, each with three adjustments. Creative Look is the newer system, found on bodies like the Sony a7 IV, ZV-E1, and FX30: it uses two-letter codes like ST, PT, and VV, with eight

Why Sony photos look flat out of the box, and how photographers get the rich, "edited" look with no editing: in-camera colour using Creative Style and White Balance. Category: Sony Settings · Last updated: June 2026 The short answer: photos that look edited straight out of camera are made with two in-camera controls working together: a Creative Style (or Creative Look on newer bodies) that sets the photo's character, and a deliberate White Balance choice that sets its mood. T

There’s a moment at every reception where the room goes dark, the DJ kicks in, and every guest reaches for their phone and gets the same shot: flat, washed out, bland. Skin tones gone grey, the warm glow of the room flattened into nothing, the whole thing somehow both too dark and too lifeless at once. They post it anyway, because it’s the only one they’ve got. I was at one of those weddings recently with nothing but my RX100VII tucked in a tiny bag, and I came home with fram

Hi, I'm Steph. If you're holding a Sony RX100VII, you already know it punches well above its size. A pocketable camera with a 1-inch sensor, a genuinely fast lens, and more menu options than most people will ever touch. The trouble is exactly that: most people never touch them. They leave the camera on Auto, get inconsistent results, and quietly assume the magic lives in gear they don't own yet. It doesn't. The magic lives in your settings, your timing, and your eye. This new

Most Sony RX100 VII guides will hand you a settings table and call it a day. The problem is that settings only work when the light cooperates, and light almost never cooperates. Golden hour shifts in five minutes. Harsh midday sun bounces off everything. Night light is rarely just one source. This guide is about how to read the lighting condition in front of you and adjust the RX100 VII to match, whether you're taking a selfie, capturing a scene, or shooting someone else. The

Summer 2026 guide European summer photography has a recognizable aesthetic: warm light, terracotta and ochre tones, slow-paced detail shots, and a slightly underexposed cinematic feel. This guide breaks down the five core rules that make a photo read as European summer, whether you're shooting on a compact camera like the Sony ZV-1, Canon G7X II, or Fujifilm X100VI, or on your phone. It covers light timing, colour palette, composition, exposure, and shooting mindset, with pra

The Sony RX100 VII settings I use to shoot bright, glowy backlit selfies without blown-out skies or shadowed faces. Beginner-friendly walkthrough.

The G7X II & II photos that have been flooding your feed for the last few years have a very specific look — warm, rich, almost filmic without trying. People assume it's the Canon colour science. It's not. It's the settings. And you can replicate it on your Sony RX100VII. Colour techniques like this come down to understanding your camera and colour theory. I’ve tested three different pathways for you to achieve this look on your Sony RX100VII. note if you have any other Sony R

I just got home from three and a half weeks in France with a pit stop in Basque Country, Spain. This trip was the perfect opportunity to flex my travel photography skills and build content ahead of the busy summer season. Shoulder season is a brilliant time to visit these incredibly popular destinations — fewer crowds, more room to breathe, and a completely different energy. The trade-off is that some towns aren’t fully open yet, and in true spring fashion, rain can appear at

I took my X100VI to France and Spain for three weeks and came back with some hard-learned lessons about setup. These are the five things I wish I’d configured before I left. Dial these in before your next trip and thank yourself later. 1 — Pre-load your custom recipes Don’t wait until you’re standing in front of the Eiffel Tower to figure out which recipe you want to shoot on. Go into your camera settings before you leave and load every recipe you plan to use into your custom

An archive of some of my most frequently asked questions on Tiktok and Instagram about my Fujifilm x100vi! How did I get my hands on one? I preordered mine through a local camera store called Vistek. What type of camera is it? It is a compact point-and-shoot camera with a fixed focal length. This means that you cannot interchange the lens, and it is also permanently set at a 23mm focal length (35mm equivalent). How much did it cost? It is $2159.99 CAD before tax. I live in On

A brief review of the Sony ZV-1, Canon G7xII, Sony RX100VII, Fujifilm x100vi, DJI Osmo Pocket 3, & Sony A6500 My only gripe with only six different digital cameras is that I’m spoiled for choice (my steak is too juicy and my lobster too buttery vibes) AND I while out shooting I sometimes feel like I want to get a shot that one camera excels at but the one I brought out with me doesn’t… but don’t we all feel that way? Feeling this way and knowing this is a common issue when pi

Photography can be a daunting world to step into as a beginner. There’s a plethora of new lingo, lots of gatekeeping, and MANY people who proclaim their expertise through an air of superiority. It can be intimidating. Photography at the most basic level is the art of capturing light. How you capture light and how the light interacts with your subject is where the magic happens. There are only three fundamental settings you need to know to begin and together they are called th

💁‍♀️ CAMERA STATS: Know Your Gear These are the “specs” often listed in camera product pages. Stat What It Means Why It Matters...

A current list of all my Camera Equipment and Accessories Cameras Canon G7x Mark ii - https://bit.ly/43aIuPe Sony ZV-1 Mark i - https://bit.ly/4dhWPOz Sony RX 100vii - https://bit.ly/4nEmiq7 Fujifilm x100vi - https://bit.ly/4knXT5R DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo - https://bit.ly/44yC5Qc Sony A6500 - https://bit.ly/43r9R8Z 35 mm co Camera - https://bit.ly/42VkDUS Accessories White Wrist Strap - https://bit.ly/3H7Uc5D Sony Tripod - https://bit.ly/3F3NxsM iPhone Gimbal - https

How to Use Your New iPhone Beach Preset Before you get started editing you will need to add the preset to your Lightroom library. How to...

Getting the perfect portrait photo with the flash can be a challenge. It is a fine balance between illuminating the subject, keeping the skin-tones beautiful and warm and determining how much background detail you want to keep in the shot. In this blog post I am going to share with you the two settings that I use on my Canon G7x Mark ii that give me the most flattering flash portraits possible. Here is a link to my video where I also share these settings: https://vm.tiktok.co