Naturaland Moody
Presets
ForPortrai
tsand MomentsofEveryday Li
fe
I
nstal
lati
on
Installing the presetsisreall
y simple and quick!Allyou have to do isunpack the
zipf olderand go t o yourLi
ght room.On the leftside ofyourdevel opmentscreen you
click on the l
ittle‘+’underpr esets-choose i mportand selectt he ‘
xmp’f i
lein your
folder.
How to add the presetsto yourphone
You can al
so simply open the ‘
dng’fil
ein yourLi ghtroom cli
ck on i
tand copy the
settingsto yourimage and save them wi
tht he l
ittle‘+’in yourpresets.
To Start
Hello you!You justpur chased my Pr esetPackage ‘Calm & Qui et’thatincludes
10 col
ourand 2 bl ack and whi te Presets.They were created and opti
mi zed
throughoutt he lastyear sand ar e perfectfordifferentsubj ectssuch
asPor trait,Landscape,Indoorand al lthe otherli
t tl
e moment sfrom your
li
fet hatyou wantt o add a l
ittle calm and quietto.Some oft hem create
a quite naturalfini
sh and ot hersdo a bi tmor eto yourimage.
They have been made tof itmy light,cl
imate and camera / camera setti
ngs
and the mood Iwantt o create.So i
tdependson how br ight/dark orwar m/col
d
yourpi ece isthatyou wor k on.
You willneed to make some changest o yourpref
er ences
to create yourvery own look.
Gear
Ioften getasked aboutcamerasand l enses,t he fi
lm Iuse and t he programmsI
use forediting.So Ithoughtitwoul d be ni
ce to collecti tallhere.
But,please know whateveryou have on hand willbe lovel yto startwith!
You don’talwaysneed a lotofgeart o create somet hing beautiful
.
Canon 5D IV,35mm, 50mm, 24mm, 85mm
PentaxMX,Canon F1,ZenitB,Yashica FX3 with 50mm and 35mm l
enses
Kodak Gold,Portra,ColorPlus,Fuj
iSuper i
a
Fuji
film Instax210
How Iwork wi
thl
ight
Mostofthe time Il
ike to work with morni
ng and evening l
ightoreven the
bl
ue hour.Forme everything startswithlight/shadow,cont i
nueswith
afeeli
ng and goesfrom there.
Asan exampl e Il ove tot ake por traits
in a darkerenvi ronmentwi th only one source ofl i
ghtcomi ng in.I tcan
createt he mostbeaut i
f ulpai nter’sli
ghtand can make t he phot ograph way
mor ei nteresting.To cr eat e a softnessIl ike to gett he highlight sand
cont rastdown,add some war mt h and grain.Turn of fthe shar p edges.
Maybe concent r ate on one col our.
Wat ch outf ort hatspeci all i
ghtormaybe t hatspeci alshadow.Taki ng photos
on cloudy dayswi th mut ed l ightcan t urn outso cozy and moody i fyou add some
warmt h and soft nesst ot hem.
WARM HOUR
perfectf
ormore neutrali
mages
createsa softwarm l
ight,a bi
tofa faded l
ook
MORNI
NG DEW
perfectf
orthe autumnalmorni
ngs,brown and grey tones
createsa desaturated softl
ook
A BI
T OF MAGI
C
perfectf
orsofti
mageswi
th a magi
calsubj
ect
createsa del
icatel
ook wi
th pi
nki
sh tones
SOFT SPRI
NG
perfectf
orbri
ghternaturali
mageswi
th bl
ue tones
createsa del
icate,
softand muted l
ook
WI
LD PARSLEY
perfectf
orgreen tonesand whi
tes,a go to preset
turnscol
d green tonesi
nto warm tones,al
so warmsup the orangesa bi
t
WOODEN TABLES
perfectf
orproductshotswi
thl
ightfrom the front& brown tones
createsa deepnesand cozy f
eel
ing
I
NTO THE SKY
perfectf
orbl
ue,green and whi
tetones
createsa si
mpl
e,more cl
ean l
ook buti
n a sweetway
PAI
NTER’
S LI
GHT
perfectf
ordarkerenvi
ronmentwi
th one source ofl
ight
createsa darkerwarm l
ook wi
th atextured softness
STORMY SEA
perfectf
orcl
oudy weather,brownsand greys
turnsdown col
oursand contrastto create a stormy f
eel
ing
BLACKBI
RD
Bl
ack & Whi
te Presetwi
th deeper
bl
ack tones,muted whi
tes
QUI
ET BLACK
Bl
ack & Whi
te Presetwi
th more ofa del
icatetouch
l
esscontrastand hi
ghl
ights
