Although there are subjects in our image, they are not the main focus of the image. Although our subjects’ faces are not zoomed in, this image still qualifies as a portrait because the couple is close enough that we can notice small details on the faces, such as pores and blemishes.īelow is an example of a landscape image. Below is an example of a standard portrait. Watch the VideoĮxamples of Portrait and Landscape ImagesĪs mentioned earlier, a portrait includes a subject as the primary focus of the image. However, hopefully some of these tips will help you create your own unique style for your portraits. These settings are the specific settings we apply to portraits at Lin & Jirsa Photography, so if you do not like a certain setting, feel free to tweak it to fit your personal style. It is a good idea to read about the Standard Import Preset before creating the Standard Color Preset because you will have a better understanding of this tutorial. In this tutorial, we will also use the Standard Import Preset that we created in a previous tutorial. However, even if the subjects’ faces are not zoomed in, the image can still be considered a portrait.

In portraits, our subjects are the primary focus of the image. This Standard Color Preset will soften up the highlights, reduce the appearances of blemishes and imperfections of the skin and overall, make a portrait more flattering.

In this tutorial, we are going to create a Standard Color Preset for portrait images, which is referred to as a “soft portrait” look.

Presets for lightroom portrait