Michelle Mckay – The Beautiful Newborn Preset Collection

So many of us adore shooting newborns, whether in the hospital, in baby’s home, or in a studio setting.

Editing for the unique challenges of fresh little humans can be tricky, though – their skin can be red but also present with yellow-ish hues.

They can be blotchy or spotty, their little foreheads can be surprisingly coarse, and these trials can make editing tough.

The Beautiful Newborn Preset Collection was created specifically to combat these challenges. It quickly transforms what would have once been a lengthy editing process into something simple, fast and fun. If you value efficiency or believe in only presenting the very best results to your clients you’ll want to add these presets to your photographer tool box today.

(If you don’t shoot newborns but you are a lifestyle or documentary photographer who shoots in your clients’ home you will also find this set versatile and helpful, especially for those times lighting is limited or sparse.)

Here are some before & afters, featuring a small selection of our photographic artists and memory catchers.

The following photographs have been edited entirely in Lightroom with the Beautiful Newborn Collection using the method: apply preset, adjust exposure, tweak white balance. No other tweaks or changes have been made, with the exception of the very occasional lifting of shadows.

This is me – mama bear to the memory catcher clan. : )

As a photographic artist I service Geelong, Victoria and specialise in in-home newborns.