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Free Lightroom Presets - Updated

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Over the past several months working for different clients I've come to realize that the presets I had previously shared in this blog which were developed for my personal use weren't always great for clients that wanted natural colors in their images.

So, I developed what I'm calling a "Matty B.'s - Natural Light" preset that can be added to images to give them more normal coloring. You'll notice in the examples below that reds pop quite a bit more, and the blue and purple tones are tamped down. Shadows and Blacks are also a bit more pronounced.

As part of this update, I've also tweaked Matty B.'s - Color and Matty B.'s - Black and White presets so that they're more in line with the coloring I'm favoring these days. Clarity has been reduced in the Black and White preset, and whites have been brought up slightly from my previous Color iteration. 

If you'd like to download these updated presets for Lightroom Classic CC you can download them here. Examples for each preset with three of the same images are below. If you have feedback about what you'd like to see tweaked or what kind of preset you'd like for me to create next I'd love to read your comments below. I'd also LOVE to see any photos that you have edited using my presets. Gosh, that would bring me so much joy :)

Instructions for adding the presets to your Lightroom Classic CC: After you've downloaded the presets you'll then need to unzip them add them to Lightroom Classic CC by following these instructions.

Have a great day!

Matty B.'s - Black and White:

Matty B.'s - Color:

Matty B.'s - Natural Color:

Goth Bachelor Party

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Noah, the archangel and master of gothic ceremonies

Noah, the archangel and master of gothic ceremonies

What can I say. It feels like I should make a book from the images below. I'd expect that it would be held-up as a masterpiece. Not for my photography but for the people in the pictures.

This was truly a life altering experience that I plan to tell my children about. Every single detail was considered from the nail polish, down to the leggings, and back up to the wings. The costumes were a veritable dissertation on the subject of goth culture. 

The choir of evil standing over Noah's body mourning his engagement

The choir of evil standing over Noah's body mourning his engagement

As you'll realize when your index finger starts to cramp up from scrolling down, I placed way more images below then you may have the patience for. But, like a fine wine sip on the brilliance, soak it up, and swallow it down.

For some context, my friend, Noah Bear, and his fiancee, Kimmy Cakes, got married several months ago. But, leading-up to the wedding Noah organized what can only be described as the most perspective shattering bachelor party that had ever hit Barbarella and 6th Street in Austin: "Summer Goth".

Like black coffee with a little umbrella.  Or, The Smashing Pumpkins touring with the Goo Goo Dolls. Or, chocolate covered gummy bears (they're real and they're delicious). Mesh tops, piercings, very few sleeves, and breathable polyesters in place of leather... oh, and light-up fidget spinners.

Daniel, staring into the abyss that is life

Daniel, staring into the abyss that is life

It was like a wikipedia entry on the subject of goth. Very heavily researched on Reddit and Amazon.com, there were vintage goths, steam-punk goths, unruly 1990s teenager goths, even some fallen angel goths. And, as you'll see below, some very special druids even put together an evil chariot for Noah Bear, the dark knight of the evening, to ride-upon. 

The moral of the story: if you're struggling for a party theme this is the only search you need to type in. I hope that you enjoy the pictures as much as I did taking and editing them!

To all my gothic, mascara-wearing, non-conformist, non-gender-binary friends, thank you for a truly spooky and enchanting night. It was entirely my pleasure.

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