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Preset: Holywood Hills

By on February 10, 2011 in Blog, Presets

There’s a look that’s quite popular right now and that’s the warm, looking into the sun, glowing look. Well, that’s how I’d describe it anyway. It seems particular popular amongst wedding photographers, and for some reason it plays well into…

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My Aperture Workflow For Working With Canon 5D Mark II Files

By on February 10, 2011 in Blog, Editorial, Hints, Presets

A while ago I mentioned on the blog how I was having issues with files from my 5DII matching what appeared in the camera. I know this is an issue with all cameras but colours and brightness levels seemed especially…

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Preset: The Green Shadow

By on January 28, 2011 in Blog, Presets

Here’s another preset for you. I wanted something to add a bit of oomph (that’s the technical term you know) to grunge and urban decay type shots. This is what I came up with after messing around for a while.…

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Preset: Triple Vignette

By on January 26, 2011 in Blog, Presets

One of the things that I find lacking in Aperture is the vignette tool. I am a big fan of using vignettes creatively. In my day job as a motion graphics artist I am always using vignettes to enhance a…

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Preset: Brownify

By on January 19, 2011 in Blog, Presets

Here’s a quick post for this morning. I had been playing around with some looks and I came up with this nice graded effect and I thought I’d share it. It’s a semi sepia look that retains a little colour.…

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Adjustment Preset – Fake Polarizer

Adjustment Preset – Fake Polarizer

By on December 4, 2010 in Blog, Presets

Here’s a quick preset that I use a lot. When you’ve got lovely sunny pictures with lots of blue sky and you want to add some oomph, I use this “Fake Polarizer” preset. It’s based loosely on the way a…

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