Sonder//
n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
The Sonder Lightroom & ACR Preset Collection has been a long time coming. Twelve years in fact! I haven’t released Presets in over a decade, though I used to, and I really felt like it was time I stretch myself creatively. I quickly fell in love with the process and imagined all of you applying these to all of your beautiful images. This collection was designed to nurture that inner voice of yours and give you an entire range of Presets to breathe new life into your creative heart. In full transparency I loathed making my own before and afters because I don’t want to box you in. I want you to take these and run with them. Be wild. Be curious. Be imaginative. These are to support YOU! That is exactly why I chose the name Sonder. I am envisioning you in your own spaces making art with these presets!
A note on using these Presets:
These will work with LR CC Classic versions as well as the newest version of Photoshop ACR. I wanted to make them for older versions but I didn’t have access at this time to older versions and I didn’t want to give myself time to procrastinate on these. I may offer them in the future, but I can’t promise. Also, make sure to update your LR!! It will ensure they work the best.
Customizing the Presets:
I designed these presets to make them as easy to use as possible. I chose not to adjust the White Balance or the Exposure because I wanted them to be better adaptable for you. I realize we all shoot with different gear, different light, different beginning white balances and there are so many variables and I didn’t want to make your life harder. Make sure you are bumping up that exposure (or bumping it down) and playing with the warmth on your images. You can also tweak any of the sliders. PLEASE make these your own! I want to see your magic!!
What’s included:
Inside this set are Thirty-Three Presets. Most of the presets are totally unique but I did take some of my favorites and make a quick variation for you of it as well. I will list them below for you!
Aura (a Fave!!) | Aura (Less Orange) | Avalon, Avalon (Less Orange), Charcoal B&W, Classic (no grain and more contrast), Classic (includes grain), Courageous, Daisy (Less Warmth) Daisy, Darling, Divine, Fields of Gold (no grain), Fields of Gold, Flight B&W, Friendly, Ginger, Glory B&W, Grace, Heartfelt, Home B&W, Homegrown, Indigo Sunshine (another fav!!), Introvert, Nostalgia, Ollie, Peachy, Rise, Soft Summer, Soul Sister, Stigma, Whisper B&W (more contrast), Whisper B&W
There are also Sixteen Brushes included for you to tweak and refine aspects of your editing.
Background Brighten (Brings light into places you need it), Bring Down Color Saturation, Darken Down (I use this as a background mask and adjust the exposure), Emphasize Light, Enrich Background (Makes things just a bit deeper), Iris Enhance (Great for brightening up the eyes), Pull Orange out of Skin (Great when your skin is too warm), Sharpness, Sky Mask Subtle, Sky More Dramatic, Soft Light, Soft Skin, Soft Sunshine, Strong Skin Softening, Warm Sky, White of the Eyes
Sidenote: There is also a Sonder Photoshop Action collection that can be bundled with this and are designed as “helper” actions. If you use Photoshop in addition to LR these are AMAZING for bringing more depth into your work and bringing things to the next level. I incorporated the actions into the previews so you can see how the effect builds.
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$49
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