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!

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 [...]

DAILY PHOTO – Saturday morning I took part in our local “chapter” of the Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk in Williamsport. As mentioned previously, the sun was scorching, but the day was good. This particular photo is, in addition to being of a church (obviously) along Millionaires Row/4th Street, probably my favorite of the day, but [...]

Why Crop a Photo There are generally three instances in photography that require the need to crop and/or rotate an image. You simply misjudge. Yes, I’m guilty of this all the time (but, hey, I’m learning…) — you think you have a great shot, you think it looks good through the view finder, but when [...]

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, [...]