§ Sony daily recipe
Sunbaked Concrete Warmth
A warm, cinematic recipe designed for architectural photography on hot summer days. This look renders sun-drenched concrete, stone, and glass facades with rich amber undertones and a subtle lift in the shadows — mimicking the way late-afternoon summer light bakes into hard urban surfaces. The FL (FL Creative Look) base provides a gentle mid-tone lift and filmic color rendering, while boosted saturation and warm white balance accentuate terracotta, ochre, and sandstone tones. Slightly reduced sharpness softens harsh structural edges, giving buildings a tactile, almost painterly quality. Ideal for shooting modernist towers, brutalist facades, heritage stone buildings, or sun-lit courtyards between 2PM and golden hour on clear summer days.
§ Settings
Sony camera settings
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Creative Look | FL |
| White balance | Shade |
| Contrast | -1 |
| Fade | 1 |
| Saturation | +2 |
| Sharpness | -1 |
| Exposure comp. | +0.3 |
| ISO | 100–400 |
| Color depth | +2 |
§ Cameras
Compatible cameras
- α7 IV
- α7R V
- α7R IV
- α1
- α6700