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Kellie Hatcher B&W Lightroom/ACR Presets Giveaway

April 4, 2011

in blog business,giveaways,lightroom,lightroom presets,photography

Oh my goodness, guys … I am SO EXCITED for YOU!!

Do you know a photographer whose editing is JUST RIGHT on every single image? Like, the image was just made to be processed that way? That’s how I feel about Kellie Hatcher’s images. She takes an already amazing photo and then nails the final product every time.

So imagine my delight when I saw that she was developing her very own black and white Lightroom presets.

I had the amazing opportunity to test these, and I fell in love instantly. INSTANTLY.

In fact, I love them so much, I had to share them with you!

That’s right, Kellie is generously giving away one set of Lightroom / ACR presets to one lucky reader!

And as an added bonus, you’ll get two versions of a fantastic color preset, as well!

So, let’s recap … there are 11 phenomenal black and white presets included … PLUS 2 bonus color presets!

I am going to give you a chance to have TWO entries:

1. Leave a comment here stating which preset is your favorite … that is, if you can choose just one.

2. Go “like” Kellie Hatcher Photography on Facebook [don’t forget to leave her a nice message, as well!] and then come back here and leave another comment letting me know.

I will choose a [very lucky] winner on Thursday, April 7th at 9pm EST.

Good luck!!

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taking it back

February 10, 2011

in emma,honest blogging,lightroom presets,lucy,photography

I’m moving my photos for the Joy of Love project to Flickr … I really want to keep doing it, but I just can’t keep blogging about it. Blogging about each image creates too much pressure to say lots of stuff when I don’t have much time these days.

Why, you ask? Well…

Emma is producing more snot than a Mucinex commercial. And while she can blow, she can’t wipe it away. Just imagine that for a second. Blowing snot out of her nose, not wiping it away. Yes, it’s just as gross as it sounds.

Lucy has her first ear infection. And this is after having to wait 2 weeks for her reflux medicine to climb out from under the snow in Missouri, filling a $90 prescription that doesn’t work that well in the meantime.

Trying to book our vacation has become a calamity of epic proportions. When they say owning a timeshare makes things easier, they are apparently 84 year olds who are bored and have plenty of time to sit on the phone and chat with various resorts.

Our house is a wreck because of the above issues.

I’m trying … I’m really really trying to find positives, so here we go.

My girls are awesome.

My Emma is loads of fun, even when she’s sick.

My Lucy is growing and changing and becoming so much more active, and I adore every chubby lubby inch of her.

Sometimes, I actually get a nap from both girls at once. It’s like the heavens open up and angels start singing.

I don’t have to rearrange work schedules or caretakers or daycare when my girls are sick. I get to stay home and snuggle with them and watch movies and nurse the sick baby around the clock without having to worry about anything else. I am so very very lucky to be able to do that.

{I hate my hair right now}

I love the gobs of natural light in my house. I wouldn’t know what to do with a flash if it walked up and slapped me in the face. Of course, if a flash could walk and slap, then maybe I wouldn’t have to know what I’m doing … maybe he would just do everything. But anyway, I couldn’t get half of the everyday shots I get without our light.

I have the opportunity to test some amaaaaaazing black and white Lightroom presets from Kellie Hatcher, and they are fabulous. All of the b&w images (except for the first picture of the girls in their tubs) are processed with her presets. LOVE.

So there we go. I’m feeling better already.

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Keli’s Xpro LR2 Preset | Free Download

February 19, 2009

in lightroom presets

I love Photoshop Lightroom!

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a photography software program developed by Adobe Systems for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, designed to assist professional photographers in managing thousands of digital images and doing post production work.

One of the best things about Lightroom are the presets, which are basically quick edits that can totally change the way your image looks. In Photoshop CS or Photoshop Elements, you have to do each individual step (change hue, sharpen, add layers, etc.) to make an image look one way – whereas in Photoshop Lightroom, you just click the preset that you want to apply to your photo and then you can make changes to it.

Or you can just leave it, which is pretty much what I always do because I’m rushing to get photos edited. ;)

There are a ton of websites that have free presets already – just download and import into Lightroom.

ALL OF THAT TO SAY …

I created a LR2 preset!! I am seriously obsessed with Picnik‘s cross-processing effect.

But since I have this amazing program at my fingertips (for which my husband shelled out his hard-earned money), I figured I better get some use out of it. So I created a preset that’s a slightly softer version of the Picnik cross-processing effect.

I also added rounded corners to the preset, because I am in love with rounded corners.

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