Just import them, click a button, and boom, your pictures look “better”. Lightroom presets are dead simple to use. All you have to make sure that your pictures are taken in similar lighting conditions, and apply your favorite preset. Whenever a consistent look of photos is important, whether you are shooting professionally, or just for Instagram, presets can make your job much easier. This is an extension of the point I made above. Using presets to achieve a consistent look is the way to go in this case. It would be time sink-hole to individually edit all these photos from scratch. A typical wedding is a grand event, and usually, a team of photographers can easily capture 10,000 pictures or more in a couple of days. Perhaps the most important use of presets is when you have to work with hundreds or even thousands of photos. That aside, if I had access to some presets that I liked, it would have made my life much simpler as I could have tweaked the preset themselves to learn quickly. I took lots of training videos, trial and error, and many headaches to understand how to get my way around Lightroom and create a certain look. But, I was an absolute beginner with Lightroom. When I first used Lightroom, I was an amateur photographer. The first advantage of using presets is that they are great for beginners to start with Lightroom. But, I do think there are some advantages of using presets that most photographers (even professionals) will agree with. If I admitted this fact on any popular photography forum, I’m sure I’d be dismissed very quickly. I have used presets before, and I have even paid for some of them. Of course, there are others, but what I am trying to say is that without knowing the photographer, it is hard to unanimously support a single opinion.
Some people would be content with simply clicking pictures and saving it, while some will spend hours editing it to gain the maximum number of likes on Instagram. Ultimately, photography is an art form, and it is very personal. But I will give you a more balanced answer with both the for and against perspective. If you search the Internet for this question, you would mostly find strong opinions telling you to not buy any presets at all. Which leads to the question, are Lightroom presets worth buying?
Some photographers actually give theirs away, while some charge a pretty penny.
If you follow any popular photographer on YouTube or Instagram, chances are, that you’ve been pitched to buy their Lightroom presets.
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