Inside the Insanity of the Mind of a Modern Day Scrooge Sharing the Holiday Love

Being that I am in a very depressed state, I was actually going to post a post about how much I hate the holidays and why. I actually just wrote a 20 page rave about my loathing for the holidays, but rather than vent my holiday humdrums on the few readers that frequent this blog, I thought that I would simply share some love and give some stuff away and I deleted the 20 page rave.

So now to spread the joy of love of the season.


Presets....

 In many cases the light of the scene may actually reduce the saturation of the lips of your subject. As you can see from the photograph on the left, this is exactly what happened to my model.
This is where the CMS-Lipstick brushes come in handy. You can now add back a natural pink or red color to the lips of your subject.

The first of the two presents is CMS-Lipstick – Pink. This creates a natural looking tone to the surface that it is applied to.

In the photograph on the right, her lips just pop a little more than in the before photograph above. It is subtle, but it works amazingly.

In the application process, I zoomed in at a 3:1 ratio and then used a brush size of 8.9 with a feather setting of 52 to create a soft line around the edges. I also did not use the Auto Mask because that can create holes in the application due to the texture and color shifts that happen around the mouth.

The first of the two presents is CMS-Lipstick – Red. This creates a less natural looking tone to the surface that it is applied to.

In the photograph on the right, her lips jump right out as compared to the results of the Pink preset photograph above and to the right. It is subtle, but it works amazingly.

In the application process, I zoomed in at a 3:1 ratio and then used a brush size of 8.9 with a feather setting of 52 to create a soft line around the edges. I also did not use the Auto Mask because that can create holes in the application due to the texture and color shifts that happen around the mouth.

Download The Lipstick Presets Here

To install the preset, copy the file in the zip (xxx.lrtemplate) to your Local Adjustment Presets folder on your computer. If you don't know where to find this folder, open Lightroom. Click on Edit menu and select Preferences. Click on the Presets tab and click the Show Lightroom Presets Folder... button.

And now a little photo love...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE