PRE|SETS
A lobby photographs badly by default. Lamps blow out, marble throws a glare, and everything behind the front row of seating drops to black. Each preset here is one fix for one part of that: white balance warmed toward the lamps, the specular rolled off the shade or the stone, and the toe lifted so the back of the room stays in the picture.
The itinerary runs the way a guest does. Arrival starts at the hall and the atrium, takes in the reception marble and the concierge desk, and stops at the bell desk and the elevator doors, where mixed light and polished metal need the most care. The Lounge is the seating: upholstery kept in its weave, velvet kept soft, a corner lamp with the shade held and the corners darkened to keep the eye in.
Surfaces and Evening finish the stay. Brass Kickplate gives the metal its own weight in the orange band while the rest of the room stays quiet. Marble Floor and Stone Vein ease the clarity so the stone reads smooth and the cream stays cream. Chandelier Glow, Lobby Evening and Lobby Bar are the room after dark.
Apply one, then walk the frame from front to back. Nothing at the back should close off.
