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Category Archives: Photography
Lightroom 4 Preset: China Red
Here’s my eighth free Lightroom 4 preset, China Red. It isolates red in a photo while increasing the contrast to create a somewhat dramatic and focused effect. I’ve actually decided to post two versions — the first isolates red while allowing some … Continue reading
Lightroom 4 Preset: Behind the Scenes
It’s been a while, but here’s my seventh free Lightroom 4 preset, Behind the Scenes. I’ve gotten lots of positive feedback on the first six, so thanks to everyone who’s given my presets a try. This one is actually quite … Continue reading
Lightroom 4 Preset: Speakeasy
Here’s my sixth free Lightroom 4 preset, Speakeasy. This one adds some slight enhancement, mostly sharpening, contrast, and vibrance, without changing the overall look and feel of the photo. It’s quite versatile, and I use it on a wide range of … Continue reading
Lightroom 4 Preset: Silhouette
Here’s my fourth free Lightroom 4 preset, Silhouette. It’s a fairly straightforward black and white preset that works especially well for partial or whole silhouettes. Depending on the starting brightness of the photo, you might want to adjust the strength of the silhouette … Continue reading
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Lightroom 4 Preset: Vintage Rajasthan
Here’s my third free Lightroom 4 Preset, Vintage Rajasthan. My first two are here and here. I developed this one when editing a photo I took outside a temple in Udaipur, India. I was there working on an MIT research … Continue reading
Lightroom 4 Preset: Bright Eyes
I had an encouraging response to my first lightroom preset posting last week, Burlington Northern. So I’ve decided to keep it up, and try to post new presets a couple times a month. Here’s my second posting, Bright Eyes. It’s … Continue reading
Lightroom 4 Preset: Burlington Northern
Over the past few years I’ve developed dozens of Adobe Lightroom presets, and I’ve recently begun to consolidate and organize them. For any readers who are unfamiliar with Lightroom, it’s a professional photography workflow application used to organize, edit, and publish photos. … Continue reading
An Embarrassed Walrus
I mean, this is pretty great:
South American Road Trip
A very well done South American video compilation. From the artist’s Vimeo site: “Early 2012, we started a journey to Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and Southern Brazil in our old and rusty Landrover. Once again, we brought our DSLR cameras … Continue reading
My New Photography Website
Over the past two weeks I’ve put together a new photography website with my portfolio as well as some selected galleries. The site is www.samuelkornstein.com, and it’s now up and running. Here’s a slideshow preview containing some of my portfolio: … Continue reading
