As a result, your future images will have more potential when you go on to apply your newly acquired knowledge. If you like a photographer's editing, you can replicate it quickly by buying one of their presets, but how much are you going to learn as a result, and what are you going to achieve by replicating their look and feel? Sure, you can use the preset as a base from which to start, and you can begin figuring out how certain looks are achieved by digging into the various settings, but that time might easily be spent doing a few tutorials, developing your own style, and establishing a better understanding of the editing process. Photographer James Popsys didn't hold back in one of his videos last year: "If you're buying people's presets, you're buying a shortcut that takes you out of the creative process," he explained. Two random downloads are center and right. I usually tweak it to be a bit more contrasty like a Pan-F or similar but it’s a great all around preset I get a lot of mileage from.My own preset is far left. It’s nice and contrasty…good deep blacks. Tri-X: I really like this black and white preset. This is of course subjective but it’s just not my favorite and I rarely use it. I much prefer Ektar or the old VSCO version of Gold. If I use it on portraits I make sure to dial it back on the contrast and decrease the warmth a bit. It really makes color pop and absolutely kills it during sunset. Here’s my quick and dirty review of each:Įktar: I love this for sunsets or bright landscapes. Super for landscape and travel photography, but also versatile enough for weddings as shown below. It’s a 3 pack set of which my favorite is Ektar with it’s bright contrasty tones. The newest offering from Mastin Labs replicating, Ektar, Gold and Tri-X…they’ve aptly named it the the Kodak Everyday Pack But I can still gain that same look of film through these presets.
While I still love shooting film in my free time, when it comes to weddings digital is just a better work flow for me. My all time favorite is Kodak Portra 400. It’s a set of film based presets that help me replicate the look of certain film stocks I’m partial to. Mastin Labs is what I use on 99% of my wedding and portrait work. They’ve put out a great product and I’m happy to review these presets for free. Mastin Labs has been key to my work over the last few years.
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