Bright & airy look for Lightroom & Sony Alpha
Light, clean and almost unprocessed: luminous whites, pastel highlights, minimal contrast and neutral skin. The wedding and interiors default, and hard to do well — with nothing hidden in the shadows, exposure and white balance have to be right.
How to shoot and edit it
- Expose to the right. This look lives or dies on bright, clean midtones.
- Desaturate greens slightly — untamed foliage is what usually breaks an airy edit.
- Keep the black point just off zero so the image reads soft rather than washed out.
What you'll get
A Lightroom Classic preset you can import as a .xmp, a Sony Alpha Creative Look recipe for new-menu bodies, and a Picture Profile recipe that works on every Alpha back to the A7 III — all tuned to this look, in one generation.
Generate it nowRelated looks
Astia is Fujifilm's portrait profile: low contrast, gentle highlight roll-off and a slight overall warmth that keeps skin looking alive rather than baked. Colour is present but restrained. It is the profile to reach for when the subject matters more than the scene.
Portra 400 is the portrait negative most digital shooters are actually chasing: forgiving latitude, soft contrast, skin that lands warm but never orange, and greens pulled back so they never compete with the subject. Understated by design.
Soft, milky and romantic: lifted highlights, low saturation, and a palette that leans toward dusty pink and sage. Contrast is kept minimal so the whole image reads as hazy and diffused rather than sharp.
Make your own version of Bright & airy look
Adjust the description, add a reference photo, or import a preset you already own — Preset Lab returns the Lightroom values and the in-camera settings together.
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