Christmas Scenes

Subjects to seek out this month: Shots for next years' Christmas cards
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While I can’t swear to still feeling as energetically festive as a few weeks ago, Christmas is certainly fresh in my mind and I do have a little more time on my hands, all in all this seems the perfect time to create images ready to use next year for Christmas cards. Year after year the hustle and bustle of November and December make thinking of DIY festive scenes just one job too many, so if I act now I can get nearly a whole year ahead of schedule.

With a spare hour while the decorations are nearby or while on a new year's walk to blow the cobwebs away keep in mind capturing scenes with a hint of winter magic. Be sure to make use of negative space in your composition and allow room for text to be added as needed.

Will you take a single image or be aiming to compile a set of several scenes? Thinking about pulling a collection of images together gives more to think about but is very rewarding. Ideally you would be looking for matching pictures in terms of colour palette, brightness and contrast but showing complementary differing scenes.

If you would like to design the card yourself but are less sure how to do so in your editing software drop me a line for some advice, I have made videos for Photoshop and Affinity covering a range of topics that may help you including how to add text and other effects.

Did you know?
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The name January derives from ‘Ianua’, the Latin word for door, said to have been chosen because the month throws open the door to the brand new year.