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After a couple of weeks living in Manchester it’s time I got out with my camera to take some photos. I aimed for 100 in a day, not that big a deal, what could go wrong!?
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Buying presets is like paying someone to do your homework.
I use presets, but I can never leave them at that stage after I applied them I tweak further to get the precisely the look I needed.
When you look at social media every profile feed looks the same, when your creative you let each foto organically be.
Film stocks are basically chemical presets. Many presets out there are based on the tone curves and color hues of film stocks such as Ektar or Portra. Therefore, I disagree with you saying that using a preset means it is not your photo. Steve McCurry primarily used Kodachrome but would you say his shots were not his? I agree with you that you should not get lazy with presets to where it would negatively affect your learning experience. However, playing around with presets can help you understand what certain sliders actually offer you in Lightroom.
You crack me up
I’m colorblind. And using presets/actions helps me as I can look at a certain style of editing and not be able to pinpoint what it is I love about it (certain tones, etc).
Of course they can be a crutch for anybody…and perhaps the best thing is to make your own presets and actions after finding your own style…but presets actually help many people find their style!
Graphic designer here, hobbyist photographer (call it a noob), only starting to edit photos fo’ real. Heck, I already feel drawned in that presets fashion. Out of experience, it seems to me that any piece of art needs time and reflection, uniqueness. I mean how many photos per second are you gonna edit anyway?
The only sense I’ve found on YouTube about presets are this video and Mark Denney’s video about using your own presets in a modular way. Very interesting btw: https://youtu.be/qVk-DVAASjc
EDIT: also, using other people's presets takes the fun and the passion out of everything.
I love presets because editing photos is often too subjective and zaps my momentum to go out and shoot. Sitting around debating what color green the grass should be just isn't my idea of a good time. Nobody is original.
Good thing you have a day job. Stay with photography give up the rapping. Missing sheep 🐑
I don't buy presets, but I will go buy without paying.
I bought a couple of presets, on a simple reason: I wanted to learn. This is a really good way to "see behind the scenes", how those photos have been edited. And yes I know there are other ways, but I think this is a really good way to learn from someone who you like and support they work. So I think everyone should buy presets, but nobody should use them with a copy and paste way and feel that is something they created.
Spot. On. thank you for giving useful advice.
Love this video and 110% agree with what you’re saying. Thanks for talking sense into me!!
Everyone learns differently. I bought presets a lot in the beginning of learning photography. I purposely used them to learn editing. I didn’t rely on them, that I disagree with. I learned best, using presets and studying how the different tools of Lightroom affected the image, basically learned how the options made the image look like that. It help me learn how to edit on my own and understand Lightroom.
Bit disappointed. Thought you were going to drop bars about presets after the intro.
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 the video is against presets but YouTube did a keyword search and did a sponsored preset ad
I really like your channel because you’re a funny bloke. 🙂 every time I use a Lightroom preset I change the hell out of the setting anyway, so I agree with you. With Lightroom 6 there’s a Direct Positive preset built into to the program. I usually start from there and change the hell out of it. I recently bought a pack of presets and I never end up using just the presets without tweaking them myself, furthermore, there’s only about 4 I like out of 90 presets I bought. So I’m back to using Lightroom’s native direct positive Preset and tweaking on my own from there. It’s difficult being creative in today’s world but you don’t necessarily have to always reinvent the wheel, you just have to roll it down a different hill.
I totally agree! Thanks for inspiring me to go beyond what I'm doing now and push my creativity harder!
I totally get your reasoning, however, I disagree!! I personally purchase all of my favorite photographers presets, not so much to copy them and use them for my own work, but to get a little insight to their mind as to how they approach editing. It's a way for me to learn from some of the greatest creators (in my opinion out there) I have loads of presets from tons of people in all sorts of niches, and each time I buy some, I learn something new about editing. I say ahhh so that's how they achieve that blue or ooo that's why their photos have this vintage feel. It's a way for me to pick a creative's brain without knowing them!
What preset did you use in the thumbnail ? 😉
You are quite humorous, I would suggest leaning towards comedy a bit.
If you're just going to apply the preset and leave it at that then yeah, not your image. But if you start from what the preset does to the image, then it's obviously a different story.
buying presets is stupid as well because it's obvious you're copying someone. Just be yourself
Why buy presets when you can get filters for free on Instagram?
Just shoot in RAW and import directly to Instragram for the final touch!
Fucking idiot. Stop hating! Piece of shit. I use presets and i love it
Ha ha!! What a brilliant video! Really made me chuckle. What do you think about buying VSCO presets? I know it's a similar kind of principle, but I do feel it would make my life easier for certain photo shoots for clients who want an Instagrammy finish…
You do realise that not everyone wants to be a photogropher? Some people just want to add a certain look or theme to their photos and social media accounts. Not everyone cares enough to fiddle with Lightroom and other editing apps to try and perfect the look they're going for. It's a whole other story if you are trying to make it as photographer.