I was recently searching for a particular look for a series of photos I had shot, but I wasn’t able to find anything that was already out there from another photographer or retoucher that closely matched what I was visualizing in my head. So, what do you do when you want something that nobody else [...]

A custom-developed Lightroom preset to add a touch of classy retro to wedding photos.

Photographer Serhan Oksay puts the Annie Leibovitz Lightroom preset to work!

Create great images with the Lightroom Preset that borrows artistic elements from Annie Leibovitz.

See the before and after as well as a video tutorial of my Portrait Vintage Lightroom preset. If you use this preset, leave a link to an example or post a pic in the comments…I would love to see how you put it to use! Download it here! DOWNLOAD PRESET HERE

While editing a batch of photos from a bit of showroom photography, I developed this nifty little preset to give some of the images a slightly vintage look with a touch of class.

Over the last while I have developed an insatiable appetite for black and white photography. I continually search it out, I analyze it…and I create it. There are two specific black and white plugins that I have developed that have risen quickly to the top of my Lightroom favorites, and I thought it only human [...]

With all the “livin’ in lightroom” I’ve been doing lately, I have found it highly necessary to develop my own collection of presets for better work-flow automation. One of my favorites is one I call “Allen’s Surreal 2,” and I wanted to share it with all of you. Feel free to download it, use it, [...]