Five tones built for the soul of the American Southwest — warm, moody, and cinematic. Made for storytellers who edit by feeling, not formula.
Each preset is a deliberate world unto itself — designed for love stories, brand campaigns, and intimate portraits where mood matters more than perfection. Drag the slider to see what each one does.
Cinematic and shadowy
like the desert at dusk.
A moody black & white with warm undertones. Built for the quiet moments — the glances, the held breath, the kiss beneath a veil. Where shadow becomes the subject.
Your signature glow.
Golden hour, bottled.
Warm golden hues with deep contrast. The preset that turns ordinary light into something you'd see in a film still — burned-in shadows, sun-touched skin, deserts that look like memory.
Minimal, rich in browns,
full of texture.
High contrast with muted, earthy tones. For when you want the photograph to feel like adobe under a low afternoon sky — quiet, deliberate, sculpted by the sun.
Sun-faded desert florals
and soft light.
Romantic warmth with soft vibrancy and glow. The whisper of the collection — the preset that adds a touch of magic without ever shouting. For editorial portraits, garden ceremonies, and the in-between moments.
Like a lost photograph
from a 1970s adobe dream.
A vintage, moody sepia with nostalgic warmth. The cinematic closer — built for the after-hours, the slow songs, the photos that feel like they were always meant to be on film.
Sombra, Sol Dorado, Tierra Oscura, Blush Mesa, and Sepia de la Noche — each built from the ground up over hundreds of hours in the New Mexico light.
Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, and Lightroom Mobile — all included. Edit on the laptop, finish on the phone, share from anywhere.
Watch Frankie's full editing process. How the presets are applied, where to push and pull, and the small adjustments that turn a preset into a finished frame.
A quick-reference PDF for getting the presets into Lightroom on every device — no tech headaches, no support tickets, just open and edit.
I'm a wedding and editorial photographer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, documenting love stories across the American Southwest and beyond.
Fuego del Oeste was born from the tones I kept chasing in my own work — the warmth of late golden hour, the softness of old film, the dust and romance of the desert, the kind of color that makes an image feel lived-in, cinematic, and full of soul.
These presets weren't built to make your work look like mine.
They were created to help you find more of you in the edit — to move faster, trust your eye, and bring a sense of warmth, depth, and poetry into the stories you're already telling.
They are the tools I reach for in my own workflow, refined over years of photographing weddings, editorials, travel, and quiet in-between moments across the West.
For the photographer who wants their work to feel intentional.
Warm, minimal, romantic.
Like cinema, bottled.
— Frankie
The inaugural collection. Five presets, mobile + desktop, a full video tutorial, and a quick-install guide. Lifetime access — including future updates to the collection.
Acquire the Collection $148Yes — every preset comes in both desktop (.xmp) and mobile (.dng) formats. The mobile version works with the free Lightroom Mobile app on iPhone and Android. The install guide walks you through getting them on every device.
Both — but RAW is strongly preferred. The presets were built and tested on RAW files, where they perform their best and give you the most flexibility to fine-tune. They can be applied to JPEGs, but JPEG files have less editing latitude and are harder to push without breaking, so the results will be less consistent. For the full Fuego del Oeste experience, shoot and edit in RAW.
Primarily Canon and Fujifilm — my main rigs. They've also been tested extensively on Sony and Nikon files through my team, so the presets have been refined across multiple systems. They'll work with any camera that produces a standard RAW file. Different sensors render color slightly differently, so expect to make small white balance tweaks for your specific gear.
Yes. One payment, lifetime access — including any future refinements or updates to the Fuego del Oeste collection. No subscription, no recurring charges.
Because presets are digital and instantly delivered, all sales are final. That said — if you're having technical trouble installing or using them, reach out and I'll help you get up and running. The presets are made to be used, not shelved.
Bosque is in development now — a softer, more editorial counterpart to Fuego del Oeste. Follow @frankiegomezpresets on Instagram for the launch.
