A crafty Christmas Card photo shoot

So, the holidays are upon us. I just got done doing a shoot of a little 3 1/2 year old. I used an Idea I did a couple of years ago and I think this turned out pretty good.

My Idea was to make it look kind of arts and crafts like. Think Martha Stewart. So I cut out a bunch of paper snowflakes, then purchased some from the hobby store and strung them up from a background stand using clear thread.

Here is the recipe if you are curious.

3 lights (used are pro fotos with 2 packs)
1 octabox, 1 barn-door, i bare with reflector that comes with strobe.

This is a 5×7 vertical folded card. I’ll print on pearl.

If you are interested in getting some cards done they are $125 for a pack of 25.

Front:

Inside with fold line.

And the Recipe.

What snow looks like with background stand and background light. Trick is to silhouette the snowflakes and then keep them far enough away from subject so main light does not blow them out. They are made from white construction paper.

Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas everyone.

Chuckie