Do you struggle to get the skin tones you want when editing your photos? Or maybe there’s a photographer you follow who always seems to have the perfect, warm organic skin tones and you just can’t quite figure out how to achieve the same look?
Well, you’re in the right place! As someone who LOVES a warm, natural-looking edit, I’m sharing my…
3 SIMPLE TRICKS FOR GETTING WARM SKIN TONES IN LIGHTROOM.
1. Once you have your photo uploaded into LR and have adjusted your exposure, temp, & tint as desired, the first thing you’ll want to do is scroll down to the Split-Toning tab, and add some warmth to both your Highlights and Shadows.
Below, you can see which settings I chose. The image on the left is the original image, and the image on the right is the one I’m adjusting. You can easily see the impact of the split-toning and how much it warmed up my image.
2. Second, you’ll want to adjust luminance in the HSL Tab. Focus on the luminance of yellow and orange until you get the tones just right. I typically decrease the luminance of orange and increase the luminance of yellow, as you can see in the screenshot below. Unfortunately, there isn’t one magic number for each color, so you’ll need to play around with these sliders until you get it just right for your image!
3. Lastly, after adjusting your split-toning and your luminance, you’ll want to go back and re-visit your temp, tint, & exposure. Shifting each of these settings slightly will help you put the final touches on your skin tones and insure you are maintaining your white-balance. Some people tend to like their images warmer than others, so adjusting temp & tint will help you find your own particular “style.”
And that’s it! Below you can see the final “Before” and “After” of my image just from using these 3 simple tricks in Lightroom! 
Happy editing, my friend!
PS. If you’ve tried these tips, and you’re still struggling to get the look you want… I get it. I’ve been there! It’s taken me years and editing thousands and thousands of photos (+ watching endless Youtube videos) to feel like I can easily get the style I’m looking for with any particular image. For that reason, I’ve saved my go-to settings for editing warm, golden photos like this in a set of 5 Lightroom Presets called the Vermilion Collection, which is available for purchase now! They will help you easily get consistent beautiful images in seconds with minimal adjustments needed, all while streamlining your workflow and saving you so much time! Shop the Presets here.
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![They say, “Mommin’ Ain’t Easy.”
They’re right.
Especially in the early years of motherhood, when you’re somewhere in your late 20s or early 30s, and have multiple little kids/babies, likely all under the age of 8 years old. At some point in the last decade of your life, everything you knew changed, DRASTICALLY. Your house is now littered with brightly colored junk, your laundry piles look more like mountains, and you find yourself totally exhausted, in every way. You know it will get easier. You do.
But right now, it’s hard.
Right now? You’re physically EXHAUSTED. You probably feel like a jack of all trades, but master of none. You are juggling the baby’s nap schedule, preschool drop-off, doctor appointments, and after school activities. You are juggling the kids, the house, your marriage, whatever friendships you have managed to hold onto, and maybe a job too. You are dealing with runny noses, the terrible two’s, and another stomach bug. You are dealing with sudden inexplicable sleep regressions, constant dinnertime battles, and endless bedtime requests. You are dealing with “MOMMM, he hit me!!” and poop-splosions, and a runaway toddler, sometimes all in the exact same moment!
Your days are filled with monotony, and that too, is somehow exhausting. You feel like you’re doing everything on repeat – the laundry, making another meal that no one will eat, emptying the dishwasher, or begging someone to PLEASE go get their shoes on so you can get out the door on time. No matter how many times you do something, it always seems to be waiting for you again – the bottle parts that need rinsing, the clothes that need to be folded, and the kid who needs to be chased down to get their pants on, every single time.
And even once the kids are finally in bed, there are emails to answer, toys to put away, and lunches to make. You have lofty goals and endless to-do lists that never get touched, because by the time you finish wiping down the counters, you can’t imagine doing even one more thing.
Right now? You’re mentally OVERLOADED. You have so many decisions to make...
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They’re right.
Especially in the early years of motherhood, when you’re somewhere in your late 20s or early 30s, and have multiple little kids/babies, likely all under the age of 8 years old. At some point in the last decade of your life, everything you knew changed, DRASTICALLY. Your house is now littered with brightly colored junk, your laundry piles look more like mountains, and you find yourself totally exhausted, in every way. You know it will get easier. You do.
But right now, it’s hard.
Right now? You’re physically EXHAUSTED. You probably feel like a jack of all trades, but master of none. You are juggling the baby’s nap schedule, preschool drop-off, doctor appointments, and after school activities. You are juggling the kids, the house, your marriage, whatever friendships you have managed to hold onto, and maybe a job too. You are dealing with runny noses, the terrible two’s, and another stomach bug. You are dealing with sudden inexplicable sleep regressions, constant dinnertime battles, and endless bedtime requests. You are dealing with “MOMMM, he hit me!!” and poop-splosions, and a runaway toddler, sometimes all in the exact same moment!
Your days are filled with monotony, and that too, is somehow exhausting. You feel like you’re doing everything on repeat – the laundry, making another meal that no one will eat, emptying the dishwasher, or begging someone to PLEASE go get their shoes on so you can get out the door on time. No matter how many times you do something, it always seems to be waiting for you again – the bottle parts that need rinsing, the clothes that need to be folded, and the kid who needs to be chased down to get their pants on, every single time.
And even once the kids are finally in bed, there are emails to answer, toys to put away, and lunches to make. You have lofty goals and endless to-do lists that never get touched, because by the time you finish wiping down the counters, you can’t imagine doing even one more thing.
Right now? You’re mentally OVERLOADED. You have so many decisions to make...
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