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Film Presets

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These are the presets I use on my own work. I made them because I was rebuilding the same grade from scratch on every shoot, and I got tired of doing it by hand.

Everything here was shot on a Fujifilm X-T30 II, deliberately exposed under. Pulling the exposure down protects the highlights and leaves the shadows somewhere to go — that's where the depth comes from. The presets are built to lift that back up without the picture flattening out or falling apart in the darks.

They're a starting point, not a filter. Drop one on, then move exposure and white balance to taste. Every photograph on this site was finished with one of them.

The pack ships as .xmp presets for Lightroom and Camera Raw. They're built on Fuji raw files, so on another camera you may want to nudge exposure a little after applying.

I shoot in a lot of flat winter light, so these were built to hold up when there isn't much contrast to begin with — and to stay honest on skin, which is where most presets fall apart.

If you're new to grading: apply the preset first, then fix exposure, then white balance, in that order. It's tempting to correct the image before you grade it, but you end up fighting yourself.

Selected for PhotoVogue Graded with the same preset. Drag to see the untouched raw file underneath — most of the work is in the shadows and the greens.

Winner — ReGo, Meaningful Journeys The photograph that took first place, before and after. Nothing here was done by hand that the preset doesn't do on its own.

Pack details coming soon.