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How to make the DARK and MOODY PRESET in Lightroom (and Camera Raw)

The Dark and Moody look is extremely popular at the moment especially on social media; it's a great look that can add drama and impact to your pictures.

Here's how I create it and how to make it as a preset so that you can quickly and easily use it again and again in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, Lightroom Mobile and Camera Raw.

My COLOUR GRADING: THE ESSENTIAL FINISHING TOUCH mini course is NOW AVAILABLE

Really excited to let you know that I have a NEW course NOW AVAILABLE

Colour Grading: The Essential FiNishing Touch

Just as with my other courses, you can stream / download all of the included video tutorials, download work files to follow along step by step, download a PDF of Class Notes ans have Life Time Access. Plus there’s a knowledge check and certificate of completion.

For more information check out the button link below

See you in class 😃

How I PHOTOGRAPH and EDIT an ICONIC LANDSCAPE using my iPhone and iPad (LIGHTROOM MOBILE)

How I PHOTOGRAPH and EDIT an ICONIC LANDSCAPE using my iPhone and iPad (LIGHTROOM MOBILE)

Here's a COMPLETE MOBILE WORKFLOW showing how I photographed and Edited the iconic Prince of Wales Bridge using just my iPhone and my iPad. I am BLOWN AWAY by the qulity of the file produced and the print which could easily be A2!!! Exciting times in Photography!

HOW I made these PORTRAITS: Complete Workflow including PHOTOGRAPHY, LIGHTROOM and PHOTOSHOP

In this video I cover EVERYTHING that I did to create these Portraits including: KIT , SET UP and RETOUCHING in Photoshop and Lightroom …

Here’s a list of all the kit I used to take the portraits, which you’ll also find on my GEAR Page …

  • Westcott FJ80 II Speedlite

  • Westcott FJ-X3 Remote Trigger

  • Westcott Rapid Box Switch Beauty Dish

  • Westcott 32” 2-in-1 Reflector

  • Westcott X-Drop Poro Background Support

  • Glyn Dewis Vintage Grey Canvas (for X-Drop Pro)

👍 This BLUR FILTER looks FANTASTIC on PORTRAITS !!!

The Depth Blur Filter in Photoshop works great on landscape pictures BUT trying using it on a Portrait and WOW!

Totally brings it to life and gives the feel of the portrait coming forward of the screen / print! I've been experimenting with this lately and am loving the results! In this video I show you my 3 Step Process...

Grab a FREE PASS for the Lightroom Virtual Summit 2022

I'm genuinely thrilled to announce that I’ll be teaching at the Lightroom Virtual Summit 2022, on October 3rd thru 7th, 2022, and that registration is open so you can grab a FREE PASS now …

October 3 - 7, 2022
15 expert instructors teaching 45 classes - over 33 hours of content! … and you can watch it for free!


After the success of the first Lightroom Summit, I’m genuinely over the moon to be teaching alongside a great line-up of instructors: Anthony Morganti, Ben Willmore, Chris Orwig, Colin Smith, Daniel Gregory, Jared Platt, Jesús Ramirez, Kristina Sherk, Lisa Carney, Matt Kloskowski, Nicole Young, Rob Sylvan, Sean McCormack, and Tim Grey.

The change this year too is that we’re all doing 3 classes each!

All classes are free to watch for a 48 period once they go live, and there's an optional VIP Pass available for purchase that gives you lifetime access to the recordings of all classes, along with audio recordings, instructor-provided class notes and exclusive bonuses.

You can get all the details and see the descriptions of all the classes right here: LINK

If the first Lightroom Summit is anything to go by, this is going to be an amazing week!

Hope to see you there … virtually of course 😃

💥 NEW FEATURE in Photoshop: REMOVING OBJECTS just got EASIER!!!

Removing Objects using Content Aware Fill in Photoshop just got BETTER with this NEW FEATURE where we can now use content from a 2nd image AND use an image that has a completely different composition!

In this video I show how this new feature is making challenging selections and cloning a thing of the past and can save a load of time!