Whether it be a Fujifilm QuickSnap or Kodak Power Flash, we love the unmistakable look that disposable cameras produce.
It’s no question that disposable camera photos give a feeling of nostalgia and authenticity that digital images can lack — and whether you’re wanting to get this look while cutting down costs, or reducing your carbon footprint, luckily you can use disposable camera presets on your digital images!
There are a ton of options out there, but we’ve narrowed it down to some of the best disposable camera presets for Lightroom.
If you’re curious about what gives disposable camera photos their signature look, check out our quick breakdown further below.
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Disposable Film Lightroom Presets
Add the nostalgic vibe of disposable cameras to your photos using the Disposable Film Lightroom Presets. This 5 preset pack for desktop and mobile is designed to vividly capture the fade and slight underexposure of disposable film. These presets work best with bold colors, making them perfect for dynamic urban settings, vibrant natural landscapes or vivid portraits.
Warm Matte Disposable Film Presets
Add a cozy, warm matte finish to your photos with these Warm Matte Disposable Film presets for Lightroom desktop and mobile. These presets are designed to enhance photos with warm lighting, items, or scenery. Each preset adds subtle grain and subtly fades the shadows, perfect for giving your photos a gentle disposable, timeless feel.
The Flash Disposable Film Bundle
The Flash Disposable Film Bundle tackles all your flash photography! This collection comes with 25 Lightroom presets for desktop and mobile, designed to elevate flash photos under different lighting conditions. Whether you’re capturing warm hues of a sunset or cool blues of indoor settings, these presets adjust color temperature to bring out the best of your flash photos.
Sun Kissed Disposable Film Mobile Presets
Perfect the warmth of your sunny days with the Sun Kissed Disposable Film preset pack. The collection offers 15 mobile-only Lightroom presets, perfect for on-the-go editing. Each preset brings a warm fade and grain reminiscent of old Kodak Power Flash disposable cameras. They’re perfect set for enhancing sunny photos, beach scenes, and warm-toned portraits.
Disposable Camera Portrait Preset
Perfect your portrait photos with these Disposable Camera Portrait Preset, made for Lightroom desktop and mobile. This single preset offers a vintage, faded film look ideal for portraits in natural light and flash. It’s designed to work across various lighting and color settings, needing minimal adjustments for a seamless workflow and classic aesthetic.
Instant Camera Lightroom Presets
This set of Instant Camera Lightroom presets is designed for desktop and mobile. The 10 presets enhance a variety of photo settings, from purple skies and flash-lit rooms to golden light. Each preset combines photos with specific color overtones like blue, gold, or purple, coupled with just the right amount of grain and fade to recreate the distinctive disposable look.
The Disposable Film Bundle
Bring the charm of film to your photos with The Disposable Film Bundle. This set of 25 Lightroom presets for desktop and mobile is crafted to emulate disposable film with a light touch. The presets create a matte, faded look to your photos, enhancing them with pastel and airy tones. Perfect for photographers seeking a soft, understated look.
Disposable Camera Photo Effect (Photoshop)
If you’re looking for Photoshop actions, this one’s for you! This set of Photoshop actions recreates the vibrant look of disposable film. It emphasizes rich saturation, detailed grain, and texture using object layers for easy customization and editing. Ideal for anyone looking for add that film aesthetic to any digital photo.
Cool Disposable Camera Lightroom Presets
Looking for some cool-toned disposable charm? Check out this pack of 5 presets, made for Lightroom desktop and mobile! Get the disposable look through increased contrast and cool blues, ideal for overcast days or flash-filled moments. Channel that classic look, capture nostalgia in the moment, and give your photos that vintage refresh!
Warm Disposable Camera Lightroom Presets
Bathe your photos in some warmth with this disposable film preset pack. While most presets focus on darker, flash-lit atmospheres, this collection thrives in light and warmth. Perfect for those golden summer moments — whether candid shots of friends, serene landscapes, or anywhere the sun shines in front of your camera.
For more golden presets like this, check out our round-up of golden hour presets for Lightroom.
Disposable Film Lightroom Presets
Looking for the true disposable film effect? This 10-preset pack for Lightroom desktop and mobile gets you just that! In one click, create a distinct grainy texture, complemented by balanced warmth and faded shadows. Designed to recreate that unmistakable disposable charm, these presets are ideal for enhancing warmer hues and flash-lit portraits and selfies. Add some character and depth to every frame you capture.
The Ultimate Vintage Preset Pack
Venture into the past with the Ultimate Vintage Preset Pack for Lightroom! This pack comes with 7 carefully designed presets for desktop and mobile, and combines a vintage film aesthetic with today’s dynamic digital touch. Whether you’re editing portraits, landscapes, or bustling street scenes, infuse each shot with the unique grain, warmth, and charm — reminiscent of the vintage disposable camera photos.
Disposable Camera Gold Presets
Looking to get that radiant glow in your photos? Check out this 10-preset pack for Lightroom desktop and mobile. Each preset is uniquely designed with varying gold tones, pronounced shadows and a gentle glow. Add in the signature grain and you have a selection of choices to perfect the warm disposable camera style. Tailor each of your photos to its golden best with these presets!
Film Mobile Preset Bundle
Get some disposable nostalgia on the go with this 25 preset bundle for Lightroom mobile. The edits come with warm undertones coupled with a soft fade and grain texture. It’s a perfect combo of film aesthetic and mobile convenience, getting the signature look of disposable cameras.
Disposable GALOR6E Mobile Presets
Want a cohesive aesthetic disposable camera look for the feed? The “Disposable Galor6e” preset pack will be your best friend! Specifically designed for photos taken with your phone’s flash, this single preset brings a cool color palette to your photos, along with grain textures and faded shadows. Best suited for portraits in dim settings, check out this mobile preset pack for that perfect disposable vibe!
Disposable Pro Lightroom Presets
Designed to bring a spectrum of color grades that mirror disposable camera film, these presets skip the typical the rough grain texture, preserving every intricate detail of your digital photos. If you’re looking for the film look without loss of detail, then these presets are for you!
Disposable Film Presets
The color grading in this single mobile preset gets it all right, but also holds back on the grain to retain the sharpness that your mobile images provide. All in all, this pack is a fair midpoint between respecting the quality of digital images, while still serving up the nostalgic look and colors of disposable!
Vintage Film & Disposable Presets
This Vintage Film preset pack comes with 3 presets offering stellar retro styles — including, of course, disposable! Designed for desktop and mobile, this collection blends old film charm with your photos using a mix of color grades, with subtle desaturation and faded shadows with green tints.
90s Flash Disposable Presets
Want to channel that unmistakable disposable flash vibe? Try this curated collection of Lightroom presets for desktop and mobile. These edits elevate your flash photos by balancing contrast, refining saturation levels, and adding a cool ambiance with a nuanced green tint to the shadows. Your flash photos will be transformed back to that era of disposable film with a simple click on one of these presets!
Faded Disposable Film Camera Presets
Get a nostalgic blend of vibrancy with tasteful fades with this collection of disposable camera presets! These edits create a lovely balance of colors and shadows that gently fade into a muted gray — along with a delicate glow. From sunlit selfies to overcast urban scenes or flash-lit portraits, these presets will get you a timeless disposable touch!
Moody Flash Disposable Film Camera Presets
Add some dark and moody vibes to your portraits and selfies with this disposable collection of 25 presets for Lightroom desktop and mobile. These presets are designed to add a dark and enigmatic vibe to your photos at night. The combination of increased whites, contrast, and green tint in the shadows recreate the perfect effortless disposable camera look! Try them out with your portraits, selfies and more.
Kodak Flash Disposable Camera Presets
While most disposable camera presets focus on cool tones with green tints, this Kodak Flash pack and its several desktop and mobile presets aim to bring warmth to your photos. Get the Kodak look with your digital digital photos, while transforming them into 90s style memories!
Green Tint Disposable Camera Presets
Add a bright, warm, and faded disposable camera aesthetic to your photos with these 16 Lightroom presets for desktop and mobile. The color balance in these edits includes a subtle green tint — which gives a distinguished disposable film look.
Vintage Fuji QuickSnap Lightroom Preset
Get the perfect disposable edit with this preset pack inspired by the unmistakeable Fuji QuickSnap! Transform your digital captures into instant film classics with its grain and nostalgic balance of cool and warm — getting skin tones just right.
Warm Nighttime Flash / Dark Disposable Camera Effect Preset
Looking for some late night disposable magic? These mobile presets are for the night owls — best combined with flash-lit moments. It flawlessly brings together warm and vintage undertones, making it perfect for those summer nights out or evenings indoors. One tap of the presets and your mobile photos are transformed with retro warmth, contrast, and grain!
Versatile Disposable Camera Presets
Having trouble with presets not being versatile enough? This disposable preset pack will solve just that for your editing flow on desktop and mobile. From the brilliance of broad daylight to intimate indoor settings and vivid nightscapes, these presets will bring the perfect disposable charm — no matter what you’re capturing!
Vintage Retro Disposable Camera Preset
Bring that old school charm to your modern photos with this retro Lightroom preset pack. Boasting 12 carefully designed presets, experience edits of a signature warmth infused with a subtle green tint — reminiscent of classic Fuji film stocks. Whether you’re capturing sun-kissed vacay moments or enjoying a lazy sunny afternoon, this collection will add a hint of timeless elegance to your photos.
Bonus: Memories Retro Camera Effects for Photoshop
If you want to dive outside the Lightroom realm, check out this easy-to-use disposable Photoshop template! Instantly transform your photos to get the disposable look, from grain textures, to light leaks and filmic tones. It’s made to be a breeze — simply insert your photo into the Smart Object and save!
Free Disposable Camera Presets
On the fence about which disposable camera preset to start with? Dip your toes into vintage edits with these few free disposable presets before opting for the premium options. It’s all about finding the perfect fit!
Free Disposable Camera Presets & LUTs Bundle
Free Gold Disposable Film Preset
Life On Film Free Preset Pack
Quick Recap: The Disposable Camera Effect
If you’re still having a hard time deciding on which preset to go with, here’s a breakdown on the simple elements that give disposable camera photos their signature look!
Grain That Mimics Disposable Camera Film
Disposable cameras are meant to be all-purpose. Because of this, they’re usually built with lenses with wide focal lengths and high apertures to ensure that your image is in focus in a variety of settings. This often hinders low light performance, and brings out grain in the built-in high ISO film — that we all recognize as a key characteristic of the disposable camera effect.
Low Light Fading
Disposable cameras are notoriously tricky in low light conditions, often producing faded blacks with green tints. While this might sounds like a drawback, it’s actually a signature look that folks seeking out the disposable aesthetic try to replicate.
High Contrast With Flash
Disposable cameras have poor low light performance, so the built-in flash is there to save the day. When you use the flash on a close subject, it delivers stark contrast with brighter highlights and deeper shadows — thanks to the abundance of light and the camera’s high shutter speed. A good disposable preset will replicate this element.
Soft Focus
With disposable cameras’ single-use nature and low cost build, their plastic lenses attribute to their signature soft glow — creating a real nostalgic and dreamy look. Presets that emulate this look are a great pick!
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