You can check it out here! Step 1: Apply Your Preset To A Photo These sliders are so all of the color adjustments you make in the rest of Lightroom (or with your light and airy BPS) actually adds up to a light and airy image that looks just like film.Before we get started, if you’re looking to get your hands on some new Lightroom Presets, Hashtag Presets has a massive bundle I have been using recently and really love them! There are 97+ Lightroom and Lightroom Mobile presets in this bundle, all with a variety of great editing styles.
Sure, you’ll need to make sure the skin tones are warm (or warm-ish depending on your style), but these sliders aren’t about adding more yellow, blue, green, or pink to your image. Now the most important thing to understand with these sliders is they are not intended to add color to your image. If you drag the tint to the left, it’s going to give your image a green tint, and if you drag it to the right, it’s going to give it a pink tint. If you drag the temperature to the left, it’s going to cool off your image, and if you drag it to the right, it’s going to warm it up. These two sliders are located at the very top of your Basic settings in Lightroom.
So let’s make sure you have everything you need to get started with your temperature and tint sliders. You can have all of the settings you need for the dreamiest bright and airy image and if your white balance is off, it’s never going to work. STEP 05: Tackle your white balance, your airy secret #4 Plus, the skin is only barely out of focus, so it just looks creamy and smooth - not a bad thing to have happen to your skin, am I right? It’s like you almost don’t even need to wash your face everyday… almost. The reason no one cares? Because when you’re hanging out with someone face-to-face, you’re not studying their pores… you’re looking at their eyes. Right?īecause you’re focusing on the eyes, the eyes will be tack-sharp and the skin will be just slightly out of focus.
So if you’re shooting at f/2.0 - woah, woah grab this free guide if that “f” thingy stresses you out - then your skin tones in the image are going to be just slightly out of focus. It’s going to soften the overall image, but the first thing it does is soften the blur in your photo. This little gem, when used right, is one of Lr’s best-kept secrets. STEP 02: Bring down the Clarity, bright & airy secret #1
Need to download the free light & airy basic preset? Click here, enter your email, and install this beaut into Lr. STEP 01: Apply the basic Light & Airy Preset So play around with the sliders, but stay focused on your end goal: bright and airy. But they are not cool because no one wants to look like the Grinch. It’s easy for us creatives to get sidetracked and we start to think that ultra-green skin tones are cool because we just didn’t know you could do that in Lightroom (no one thinks that). Just be careful not to become mesmerized by the possibilities. Drag the slider all the way to the left and all the way to the right to see how it changes your image. If you’re a Lightroom newbie, I want you to really experiment with every slider we’re chatting about today. 4 Light & Airy secrets for the next time you open Lightroom We’ve already handled allllllll of those details for ya! But this post will give you more insight into what is actually happening inside your presets so you can maximize your presets and keep the light and airy on point. Are you part of the Brittley Preset Suite fam? These secrets are already loaded into your presets so you don’t have to worry about when to use them or what you have to do to other parts of the image in order to keep your image from looking fake.