Presets Pack – Collection 01 – Kayleigh Taylor

I’ve spent the last three years shooting heavily on various film mediums. I’ve also experimented with just about every film stock there is to purchase in todays market, I’ve learned the ins and outs of developing and scanning film, and have sought to implement everything I love about film into my digital work.

The rich colors of film that simultaneously preserve the natural colors of the environment, the soft glow paired with fine grain that creates the perfect texture, and the blend of fine art colors with old vintage character – there are so many characteristics of film to be celebrated, and these are the things I seek to bring to unity in my whole portfolio of work.

I didn’t create these presets as a means of converting digital files into look-a-like film images, nor would I use them to “trick an eye” into thinking a photo from my DSLR was taken on physical film. Rather, I created these presets to seamlessly blend all of my work together, creating unity in my galleries regardless of the medium. With as much as I shoot on film, I needed presets that would adhere the same rich colors and fine texture to any image I bring into Lightroom so that my galleries are as cohesive as possible – not to allow no distinction between my film and digital photos, but to assure everything blends together in a wonderful harmony.

The presets in this pack contain very natural and subtle edits, mainly focusing on the preservation of certain colors and a lot of work in the tone curves to bring out the best of the highlights and shadows. Regardless of which film I shot at a particular event, I am able to use any of the presets to achieve the fluidity I am searching for in my editing. I encourage everyone to try out film if they never have before, but even if you’re a digital-only person, these presets will give you a natural but beautiful glow and simple colors, allowing your work to remain true to life in honest documentary fashion.

Collection 01

Includes 10 Color Presets, 6 Black & White Presets and Grain Modifiers, all compatible with any version of Adobe Lightroom Desktop and Photoshop Desktop.

These presets were designed for optimal use on RAW Mirrorless or RAW DSLR images. Not suitable for jpg images or iPhone photos.

What You’ll Learn In Presets Pack – Collection 01

• 01 Natural – Everyday
  My go-to preset that works in most lighting scenarios and is a balance of a natural edit that preserves colors (and focuses on perfecting greens) while giving the image a bold pop.
• 02 Natural – Cool Neutrals
  A spin off of Color 1, but with cooler tones and lifted blues in the shadows. This preset pairs well with warm mid-tones or slightly elevated temperature to balance out the hues.
• 03 Natural – Ambient
  A warm but neutral edit that focuses on bringing creams into the highlights and pulling down the whites to preserve ambient light coming through windows, candles, etc.
• 04 Natural – Clean
  One of the simplist edits in the collection, but perfect for when you need only a small change to make a color pop, while retaining it’s original colors.
• 05 Natural – Muted Greens
  A lower saturation preset made to deal with heavy greens and mid-day vibrancy, bringing colors back to a softer, more flattering hue.
• 06 Film – Warm
  Low, warm highlights. An accentuated version of Color 3 with a deeper film profile.
• 07 Film – Faded
  A soft preset with cool fade in the shadows and very subtle pink tones in the highlights and mid tones.
• 08 Film – Flash
  A rich, warm, preset originally created to pair well with Kodak gold film scans. This edit works best on sunny outdoor images.
• 09 Film – Old Fashion
  A bold preset that veers slightly from the neutrality of the rest of the collection, offering heavy blue/green shadows, creamy yellow highlights and high contrast.
• 10 Film – Scan Touchups
  A preset that I use to correct my film scans when sent to a lab. This will work best on TIFF scans, but jpeg film scans are also suitable.
• 01 BW – Classic
  A standard B&W preset, with medium contrast, clean shadows, and properly exposed highlights.
• 02 BW – Faded
  Creamy highlight, lifted shadows, deep contrast and overall softness. This preset adds a dimension into the shadows in the tone curves and creates an overall milky feel to the image.
• 03 BW – Documentary
  My go-to for candid moments that need a lower contrast preset to not overwhelm the moment captured. Inspired by photojournalistic and street style photography.
• 04 BW – Editorial
  A stark, bold edit featuring sharp highlights and dark shadows. This is the preset I use on all of my B&W flash images, as well as well lit images that I want to be bold and contrasted.
• 05 BW – Ilford Hp5
  Inspired by the most popular B&W film stock, this preset features bold contrast and lifted shadows, similar to +1 or +2 pushed film.
• 06 BW – Old Film
  This preset is similar to BW 5 but with warm shadows that add an antiquing to the image, instead of having the desaturation at -100.

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