Writing
Colour, film, and why it works
Longer pieces on colour science and film chemistry — the reasoning that sits underneath the recipes.
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Reference
The knowledge layer
Beyond the essays, the recipe bank carries a full reference layer: twenty articles on what each in-camera control actually does, how white balance shift and dynamic range interact, the chemistry behind grain, sensor architecture, and the method every original recipe is held to before it earns the label.
The knowledge layer
Colour science, film chemistry and what every setting does — the reasoning under the recipes.
How every recipe was checked
The recipe-by-recipe audit against the manufacturer datasheet archive.
Tone curves, audited
Highlight and shadow values across the bank, and the reasoning behind each.
The full ranking
Every recipe in the bank, ranked by how it looks and how much it gets used.