Presets are how I taught myself to edit in Lightroom
So I have created the DS Preset Pack
for you to apply to your surf & wave images and learn
exactly how I edit my images!
Shooting well exposed images in good light is always first and foremost, but even the best shot Raw files need a run through the editing suite to create the pop they need to really bring them to life!
I have edited hundreds of thousands of surf and wave photos and have developed a few very consistent editing adjustments in order to achieve the final results I like
When you shoot a Raw image it captures all the information in a scene but comes out of the camera with a flat appearance.
The editing process is where you bring that file to life!
The adjustments in my presets will help your images to jump off the screen, with the intention to give them depth and crispness and to enhance the real natural colours of the image without the use of fake saturation.
You can use these presets to enhance your images with a single click
OR
You can study what adjustments have been made in order to create each look and use those adjustments as a basis to further edit your photos into your own style
Presets are how I taught myself to edit in Lightroom.
By applying the preset and seeing how the sliders adjusted, I was able to discover how to create certain looks and feels to an image.
But they were usually presets made for landscape or portrait style photos as they were the photographers creating them
So I have made these specifically for photos of the ocean to work with the daytime blue tones or the warmer tones of golden hour, with an understanding of the highlights, shadows and dynamic range you face when photographing a breaking wave or a surfer
THE PRESETS
Most presets contain a ‘lighter’ and ‘darker’ version to help adjust for the exposure the original image was taken at
CRISP MORNING
CRISP MORNING - LIGHTER
CRISP MORNING - DARKER
GOLDEN HOUR
GOLDEN HOUR - LIGHTER
GOLDEN HOUR - DARKER
INDO BLUE
INDO BLUE - LIGHTER
INDO BLUE DARKER
OCEAN
OCEAN - LIGHTER
OCEAN - DARKER
OCEAN BLUE
SURF STARTER
UNSALTED
UNSALTED - LIGHTER
UNSALTED - DARKER
WAKE UP EARLY
WAKE UP EARLY - LIGHTER
WAKE UP EARLY - DARKER
X-OCEAN FADE
EXAMPLES
All these examples are single click presets with no further adjustments, however it’s important to think of presets as maybe 80% of an edit with additional adjustments usually required for exposure and white balance as the preset can’t control how the original image was shot.
INDO BLUE
GOLDEN HOUR
CRISP MORNING
OCEAN BLUE
OCEAN
X-OCEAN FADE
WHAT YOU GET
21 LIGHTROOM PRESETS For Desktop - XMP Files
21 LIGHTROOM PRESETS For Mobile - DNG Files
Easy Installation Instructions
PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASE:
Most of the presets will work well with one click, however you can adjust the settings of white balance, exposure and highlights etc to make sure they work exactly as you want to, as the presets cannot control how the original image was shot.
The presets are created to work on evenly exposed images shot with a neutral white balance so if you find the preset makes your image too dark / bright or cool / warm then you can use the exposure and white balance sliders to bring your image back to a look you desire.
It’s important to note that these presets are intended to use on Raw images shot with a DSLR or Mirroless Camera. Only us them as mobile presets if you are using your mobile device to edit Raw images. They are not intended for use on photos that you have taken with your phone as your phone does its own internal image processing.