Kelsealoha Above Water
Our Review
Kelsealoha Above Water Preset Pack — outdoor color grading from someone who lives outdoors
The gist: Eleven Lightroom presets built by a full-time ocean and adventure photographer, giving your travel and outdoor shots a warm, vibrant look without hours of manual editing.
- 11 presets, real range: the pack spans brighter/warmer to desaturated/vibrant looks, tuned across different blues, greens, and skin tones for everything from mountain trails to tropical beaches.
- Edit anywhere: works in Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, and Lightroom Mobile, so you can color-grade a shoot from your phone in an airport lounge, not just back home on a desktop.
- Made by a working travel photographer: creator Kelsey Williamson (“Kelsey Aloha”) is a cinematic ocean/lifestyle photographer based in French Polynesia who works worldwide — these are the actual presets she uses as a base for her own land photography.
- Honest starting point, not a gimmick: Williamson is upfront that the presets are a base for further tweaks, not one-click magic — expect to nudge exposure/white balance per photo, same as any real editing workflow.
On her own site, Williamson describes the pack as the “11 personal presets I use the most as a base while editing my land photos” — a direct look at the workflow of a photographer who shoots adventure and ocean content full-time.
Best for: travelers and outdoor photographers who want a vibrant, consistent look across mountain-to-beach content, editable from a phone. Skip it if: you want true one-click edits with zero adjustments — this pack expects some manual fine-tuning. Runs ~$34 — check the current price before buying.
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