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Home: Faded Film Preset Pack — pack your Lightroom, not your film stock
The gist: Four Lightroom presets built around a real photographer’s actual film recipes, so your travel photos get a consistent, faded-film mood without hauling a film camera or waiting on developing.
- Four distinct looks: Powell (general-purpose/wedding, inspired by Kodak Portra 160), Embarcadero (backlit/lens-flare warmth), Archer (documentary tones inspired by faded Ilford HP5/Fujifilm Acros), and Hillside (a moodier black-and-white variant of Archer).
- Built by a working film shooter: creator Reggie Ballesteros is an official Fujifilm X-Photographer whose “Reggie’s Portra” recipe is the most-used film simulation recipe on Fuji X Weekly — this pack is his portrait/travel look translated to Lightroom.
- Optimized for Fujifilm, works beyond it: tuned for Fuji color science but ships with adjustments for other camera brands, so it still travels with whatever body you’re shooting.
- Zero grams, zero customs risk: it’s a one-time Lightroom download — no extra gear, no film to X-ray or lose in a bag, and it works on every photo from the whole trip once installed.
Reggie Ballesteros is a Fujifilm-recognized X-Photographer based in San Francisco, and Fuji X Weekly notes his “Reggie’s Portra” recipe is the platform’s most popular film simulation — a track record that backs up the color science baked into this pack.
Best for: nomads and adventure photographers who want a consistent, film-like archive of a trip without carrying film gear. Skip it if: you shoot mostly on your phone or don’t edit in Lightroom — it won’t help without that software. Runs ~$22 — check the current price before buying.
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