How To Work With Rebecca Lily Presets

5 / 23 / 17

Today, I want to share my favorite presets for editing photos. Since the beginning of my journey in the photography world, I´ve tried and tested hundreds of presets and actions. And over the years Rebecca Lily Presets have become very dear to me.

It´s important for me to say, that I don´t view presets and actions as a replacement for basic photo editing but more as a help to give my photos that artistic flavor I´m looking for. I don´t believe in using presets as a quick-fix. They are a tool for laying a creative foundation + direction in my work – and for that they are essential.

Also, Presets makes photo editing so much more FUN. You get to be playful and experiment. You get a whole new set of tools to play with and a chance to create a unique look for your photos.

The thing with presets is that you often need to make small adjustments to make it look beautiful, simply because every photo you take is unique when it comes to exposure, light, shadows, tones and colors and therefore, presets will work differently on each photo.

In the video tutorial below I show you two examples of how I edit photos using Rebecca Lily presets. As you can see, it´s super easy and gives you so many options.

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See more of my photos edited with Rebecca Lily Presets here; Artist Feature Christina Greve

If you would like to learn more about editing photos in Lightroom I have included 32 video tutorials in my Food & Lifestyle Photography workshop – more info here>>

Much Love,

A Bouquet Of Love

5 / 18 / 17

I immediately feel in love this fluffy, country style bouquet of gorgeous flowers I got for Mother´s day. My kids know me well! I knew right there and then, that I wanted to photograph it! Today, I finally had time to sneak over to the studio and capture a few photos. So here you are, one bouquet – six different photos.

How To Insert Line Breaks On Instagram

5 / 18 / 17

Somehow along the way, writing longer captions about self-empowerment on Instagram has become part of my style. When I wake up in the morning, before I get up and do anything else, I lay in my bed and tune in on my heart. I investigate what words, feelings and visions are knocking to get out into the world.

When I´ve formed a soulful message in my mind, I get up, grab some coffee, and post the text on Instagram along with a photo of mine. It´s become a very dear routine in my life.

But since my captions sometimes are are long, I´ve felt the need to make line breaks several times in my text. Long text without space between can be pretty overwhelming to read, right.

I´ve tried many things with my iPhone to create line breaks, but nothing really did the job for me until today, so I decided to share what I´ve found out – in case you are wondering too.

Luckily, it´s super easy, when you know how 🙂

How to add a line break in a photo caption

Maybe, you’ve noticed that there is no Return key for you to insert a line break when typing on Instagram? Luckily, the Return key is available to you, it is just hidden where you can´t see it.

In order to reveal the Return key, you will first have to tap on the 123 key (see photo below) in the lower left corner of the keyboard. Doing so will bring up the number keys as well as other options, but more importantly, it will bring up the Return key.

Here´s how I create a line break:

I write my first lines of text. Then I press the 123 key to make the Return key appear.
I press the Return key to skip a line.
Then I add a dot . and press the Return key one more time.

You can try and see if it will work for you without the dot, for some it works, just not on my phone. So test it and se what works.

How to add a line break in your Instagram bio

Strangely enough, the tip I mention above doesn’t work for your Instagram bio text. If you wish to insert a line break in your Instagram profile bio go into the Notes app on your phone and write down your bio as you want it to be. Then just copy and paste it on Instagram.