Christmas Portraits

It all started with the above photo.

I was taking fall portraits and was thinking ahead to

winter shoots.

I asked my client, 13 year old Amber, if she would

pose for me in a furry hood so I could practice.

I had her mother hold up a white piece of

fabric behind Amber to make it look

sorta snowy:

We shot these in 80-degrees in

my sister's front yard!

We dug out hats and scarves...

We had a "winter" BLAST!

I added backgrounds in Photoshop Elements 8.

In layers, add the background, then use

the eraser to remove the background from

your subject. 

I borrowed the neighbor's baby

and had MORE fun.

Gabrielle is pretty in pink.

You can find lots of these free backgrounds

online.

The idea

Snowballed!

I made my sister pose...

And, her husband Joe pose.

Hey, why not do a Christmas card photo?

Of course, I had to Santa up my niece Megan.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Since Megan and I both love

Pink:

Then we added props...my

brother-in-law's childhood sled.

The creativity of using a white background

and adding textures, snowflakes, and props is

ENDLESS!

My own daughter Lindsay posed for me

in my favorite red coat.

I bought that for 19 bucks when I was in college

a LONG time ago.

I collected tons of hats, scarves and mittens for just pennies

from various thrift stores.  I also look for wonderful

coats, furry collars, and vests...all for just a few dollars.

Now when I do a photo shoot, I ask the client

to pick a hat from the bin and pose in front of

a white background.

They end up being my clients' favorite.

I hope this sparks your imagination

for photos this holiday season!

You can use my FREE bokeh

backgrounds by

CLICKING HERE

and

HERE

Check out other great photo ideas at:

Jaymi's Blog

and

Paper Heart Camera

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