Mastin Labs Film Emulation Presets
US-built film emulation presets that have become a default pick among UK wedding photographers. Stock-by-stock packs (Portra, Fuji 400H, Ilford HP5) rather than a single look.
- Pack
- Multiple packs (Portra, Fuji, Ilford, Kodachrome)
- Specialty
- Film emulation — wedding & portrait
- Based
- United States (used widely in the UK)
- Price
- Varies by pack — single packs and bundles
- Compatible
- Lightroom Classic, Lightroom Mobile, Photoshop Camera Raw, Capture One
Who
Mastin Labs is a US-based preset shop run by Kirk and Hannah Mastin. The packs are intentionally narrow: each one emulates a specific film stock, in both pushed and pulled variants, rather than offering a single “moody wedding” preset.
We’ve included it here because Mastin Labs is one of the most-used preset systems among working UK wedding photographers, despite being US-built. If you spend any time in UK wedding photographer Facebook groups or on Instagram, you’ll see the look constantly.
What’s in the range
The packs are sold either individually or as bundles, organised by film stock:
- Portra Pushed / Original — the warm, creamy skin-tone look most associated with the brand, based on Kodak Portra 400.
- Fuji 400H — the cooler, greener emulation, popular for outdoor and natural-light work.
- Ilford HP5 — the monochrome workhorse pack.
- Kodachrome — saturated, contrasty, retro look.
Compatible with Lightroom Classic, Lightroom Mobile, ACR and Capture One.
Who it’s for
UK wedding photographers who want a film-emulation starting point that’s been refined over many years and has a long enough track record that you can find help, samples and tutorials from other working photographers. Less suited if your work is heavily-stylised editorial — the Mastin look is naturalistic by design.
What we don’t know yet
Preview based on the creator’s public site and our impression of the UK wedding scene. We haven’t done a side-by-side test on our own RAWs. Hands-on review with a comparison against a UK creator pack (e.g. Kevin Mullins’s Film Edition) is planned.