Fun sponsor to introduce today–one I think a lot of you will love as I know there are many camera toting friends out there. Introducing One Willow Boutique, a collection of beautiful editing presets, fairly priced, for photographers who use Lightroom (that’s all I use!). Presets are a great way to speed up your editing workflow and subtly (or more dramatically for those who like some major “POW”) transform your images to highlight your subjects.
Jessica is the designer and photographer behind One Willow Boutique as well as the mother of six. In an effort to speed up her editing process and utilize Lightroom, Jessica began developing Lightroom presets for her images and was soon being asked about her editing techniques. She created One Willow Boutique in response and one preset collection soon grew to five.
One Willow Boutique currently offers five preset collections for Lightroom 2 and 3 and three collections for Lightroom 4 as well as adjustment brush packages. Presets are available both in RAW and JPEG formats and each collection offers something unique from soft, warm vintage editing to bright and boldly contrasted. Check out her galleries of before and after images–quite beautiful.
There is a wealth of information on Jessica’s site re: how to use these presets as well as in depth tutorials.
More behind the business with this talented mama:
1.) In both your photography and editing presets, I love the warmth and softness in the images. What is your ultimate goal in creating preset collections? Do you have a certain look or feeling of images that you aim to convey when creating your presets?
Thank you! Each One Willow Preset collection is creatively designed and fine tuned to provide beautiful and effective photo enhancements in Lightroom. I’ve designed them to help streamline photo editing with lovely, unique finishes. The presets provide a wide range of edits; some subtle, some simple and some a bit more dramatic, but all are fully adjustable to suite various images and photography styles.
Each preset collection is designed with a specific inspiration and feeling behind it. I aim to keep One Willow Presets consistent with what they are known for: versatile, subtle and effective but also creative with various photography editing styles.
2.) Do you have a favorite preset collection or particular preset(s)?
My favorite collection seems to rotate with the mood and lighting of the season. Each collection brings with it a different inspiration. For example, the Fairytale Collection was inspired by warm summer evening with lots of sunlight; the presets in this collection work wonderfully on summer-y images while the Timeless Collection was designed with rich tones to enhance the colors of the fall and winter. The Beautiful Things Collection was inspired by lifestyle images and Retro Candy is perfect for creative retro toned images. All the collections are unique, and I love rotating between them depending on the style of edit I am aiming for. The most versatile collection is the Palette Collection; it is a workflow Collection and I find myself using that one quite often right now.
3.) I’m a big Lightroom user and love when I find good Lightroom presets. What do you feel is the main benefit of LR editing?
The huge benefit of editing in Lightroom (and the very reason I began designing presets) is the amount of time I save on editing. We are a busy family of eight and I am a Wife and Mom first so I strive to save as much time in my editing workflow as possible. And after arriving home in January from adopting our sixth child, I appreciate this more than ever! I do my best to get the best photo I can in camera and get super excited when I can import in to Lightroom, click on a preset or two, and finish an edit. Batch processing using presets is also an incredible benefit too!
4.) Favorite part of your job/creative process?
My favorite part of photography is capturing life inspired moments. I love seeing and capturing the small details of everyday life but I also love capturing the emotion and inner beauty of a person through portraiture. I enjoy having a balance of both in my portfolio. My creative process starts with the image and then moves to the computer where I do my best to enhance each image with processing. I know so many photographers (and busy Mamas and Papas) who share this same love, and I am thrilled that I can share a bit of creativity with them through Lightroom Presets
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Check out One Willow Boutique as well as Jessica’s beautiful photo blog to find some photo inspiration and tools to enhance your images. Use Code ENJOYSMALL for 15% off your order.
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