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My Free Lightroom Presets (For Experimental Color and Black and White Work)

These are Free lightroom presets made by me. These presets are meant for RAW files only. 

These are all Lightroom presets I have made in the past for specific projects and editorial work. The download link is below, but please read everything before using them. 

What does this mean?

These are both presets for color and black and white renderings. 

These presets worked for the SPECIFIC image or a set that they were meant for. It does NOT mean they will look great for your files. Because each preset will look completely different if used on one image to another, that is just how it is.

I personally do all my color work in Photoshop via curves/selective color/color balance and so forth, but have used these in the past on RAW files.

I have included many presets, which should be used as rough starting points, and they should be treated as such.

Each preset should serve as a base. Meaning each of them have a (mostly) different look and should be tweaked based on each individual file.

After applied, you will need to adjust the lighting and color on your own files to get them to where you want.

You will discover that with each preset, they will mostly be drastic because they were meant to serve as a base for aggressive editorial color work.

Because everyone has a different color preference you will need to adjust based on what you find appropriate.

As stated above, I also find that when I like a certain preset, if I apply it to an image from another shoot, it may look awful. So these will all be relative to you. This is because color application is based on the photography. So if you go from a high contrast studio shot to an ambient outdoor shot, each preset will look different.

In short, run wild, and use these as a base and adjust according to your shot. These are not the end all. I personally do all my color work in Photoshop as I have more control.

Enjoy!

Why Am I Giving Them Away for Free?

Aside from wanting to share with the community, I do most of my color work in Photoshop after the retouching to maintain a non-destructive workflow. It allows me to be quite elaborate with color work with masks, curves, selective color, color balance, channels and so forth.

Lightroom presets are global color adjustments and only use them for when a client wants specific color work applied to raw files on their own shots. And I also realize no two shots will look alike even though the presets are given out. So I figured it would be nice to let you play with mine!

When you give, you get a lot more in return. 

Download Link: Click to Download

Samples: 

Sample By Sara Kiesling (www.sarakiesling.com/)

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These are indeed free to use for all commercial, editorial, or personal work.

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Thanks for all your support and have a blast!