Bright and Airy is a sought after style in images but not always something easy to achieve. Here is a tutorial and a video to show you how I edit my photos step by step to make them look bright and airy.

So what are the secretes to getting a bright and airy photo?

• the most obvious one - lots of natural light

• a neutral colored or white background in your image

• proper white balance

• editing techniques

Since this post is specifically about editing, we will do another blog post soon about the other steps but today we will just cover the Lightroom Classic process.

I started out with my raw images looking like this

My next step was applying my “Bright and Airy” preset. (Link: https://rathphotoresources.com/bright-and-airy-lightroom-preset/ )

Next, I bumped up the exposure a little bit more, added a bit of magenta, and adjusted her skin tones in the HSL panel by sliding the “Orange” sliders for saturation and luminance until I felt they looked right.

I then used the graduated filter tool in Lightroom to add in some extra light. I also used the adjustment brush to paint in a little more brightness into her eyes.

My last and final step was to use the clone/healing tool in Lightroom to heal her chapped face.

Watch the full process here: