If you have been retouching photos for a while, you know that almost for each photo, the retouching process start the same - EXPOSURE, CONTRAST, HIGHLIGHTS, SHADOWS… and it takes a lot of time. Plus imagine if you have hundreds or even thousands of shots - then it takes ages. And to speed things up I created some awesome presets - a few for EVERY LIGHT CONDITION possible. Sunset, Golden Hour, Blue Hour, Night etc.
It all started as an experiment but now I retouch ALL my photos like that - I start with the preset in Lightroom and then make some touches in Photoshop - as an example, delete some distracting elements. And that workflow REALLY WORKS!
I mean, ALL my photos that were published in galleries and Magazines were retouched this way and I find that effective.
Watch this YouTube video to learn how to use presets like a Pro: