To remember the holiday for a long time, you must capture it on camera. The pictures will turn out more colorful if you organize a special space with holiday paraphernalia and good lighting. The New Year's photo zone can be located either in a private home or office, or in a professional photo studio.
Choosing a color for the New Year's photo zone: what you need to know about it
In order to take beautiful pictures, you can turn to a photographer for help. But if you wish, you can organize a personal photo session yourself. To do this, you need to think about the choice of colors for the future photo zone.
According to the Chinese calendar, the representative of 2022 is the Black Water Tiger. Since this animal prefers colors of natural shades, they can be taken as the basis for the design.
Natural colors:
- Sand
- Pastel shades
- Green
- Snow-white
- Black
- Vanilla, peach
- Pistachio
- Blue
To decorate the area, it is better to take two primary colors and several additional ones. To choose primary colors, you need to think about the future theme of your space.
Design options:
New Year banner. Canvas on a wooden frame with New Year's themed images. This could be a winter forest, fairy tale characters, voluminous inscriptions. It all depends on your imagination.
Cozy room with fireplace. A fireplace is an attribute that is associated with the New Year holidays. You can hang socks for gifts on the fireplace and put colored candies there in the form of twisted sticks.
Loft area. A very interesting type of decoration. To create them, you can use any available materials. New Year's trees made from wooden slats and LED garlands are very popular.
New Year's tree with gifts. Where would we be without a Christmas tree? This is the main element of the holiday. Children and adults are looking forward to the time when they can dress up the green beauty. This can be emphasized when creating a photo zone.
When choosing a color, it is recommended to take bed shades as a basis. They suit any style. And dilute them with the classic New Year's color scheme. These colors include:
- Bright blue
- Red
- Gold and silver
- Green
- Blue
Birthday
You can celebrate your birthday in a certain style, and depending on the chosen style, decorate the photo zone. Options for decorating a photo zone for a holiday:
- In pirate style. Hang paper flags with skulls, nets, the inscription: “Happy Birthday,” pirate flags, a treasure map, arrange chests with coins, sabers, bottles of rum.
- Pionersky. Hang a bugle, a USSR flag, and a poster on the wall: “Pioneer! Drink - have a bite!”, various pioneer posters.
- Alice in Wonderland. Attach playing cards of different sizes to the wall, round clocks of different sizes with a Roman dial (you can draw them), arrange bouquets of white and red roses.
- Make a stand with white balls, using any other color to highlight the age number.
- In retro style. You can play on the theme of poker, dudes, a bar, gangster Chicago of the 30s, gambling, film adaptations of the novels “The Great Gatsby” or “12 Chairs”.
- Make holes on the banner for picture or window frames.
How lighting affects the quality of photographs
Lighting directly affects the quality of pictures. To get good quality photos, you need to set the light correctly. Thanks to this, you can avoid the appearance of glare and shadows.
You also need to think about the placement of items in advance. Place them in prepared places. You can use any equipment: an old grandmother’s chest, a candlestick, inflatable balls, New Year’s red hats. Make sure everyone is in the frame. So that shadows do not fall on the faces of people and objects. In this case, the photos taken will delight you.
For additional lighting and creating coziness, you can use:
Decorative candles
LED garlands in the form of a curtain
LED garlands melting icicles
LED figures in the form of Christmas reindeer
How to prepare the props?
Newlyweds and guests like to come up with original scenes for photographs. They are helped in this by props selected in accordance with the decor of the photo zone.
The fashion for it is also changing. A few years ago, three-dimensional letters were popular, but now slate letters are popular. The guest will be able to write whatever they want on them with chalk.
You should set up a small table near the photo zone, and on it place boxes with props, crayons, white gloves to prevent getting your hands dirty, flower arrangements, vases with apples, and much more.
In the boxes, put accessories useful during a photo shoot: funny glasses, mustaches and lips, hats, scarves, eye patches, masks and jewelry. You can leave beautiful umbrellas, photo frames, guitars and other musical instruments.
New Year's photo zone ideas for children
Children are looking forward to the New Year the most. This is a special holiday for them. Children believe in miracles and Santa Claus. Therefore, it is better to approach the design of a photo zone for children with creativity. Go back to childhood for a minute and immerse yourself in the holiday atmosphere.
Design options for a children's photo zone:
Garlands made of cotton wool and foil
The simplest option for arranging a children's space to create beautiful photos. To do this you need cotton wool, foil and a good mood. You need to make balls of different sizes from cotton wool. Place them on a wool thread using a glue gun. And secure each thread individually to the ceiling using tape. Do similar actions with foil. Just cut out circles or snowflakes from foil first.
Visiting a fairy tale
Every child has their own favorite fairy tale. You can design a photo zone based on a fairy tale. To do this, you need to make a stand. Attach a pre-prepared canvas to a wooden frame. It can depict a plot from a fairy tale with the main characters. And make slits for the face. The children will be delighted. These are not only beautiful photos, but also an opportunity to have fun.
Balloons and LED curtain
You can decorate the space with balloons and glowing garlands. Attach the garland in the form of a grid or curtain to the wall. Place the balls on the sides or in the center.
When designing an area for photography, be guided by the child’s wishes. In this case, there will be many memorable photographs. Make sure that all surrounding objects are safe for the child.
DIY children's photo zone for New Year 2021
You can install it in children's entertainment facilities, schools or at home. To make such a photo zone for the New Year with your own hands, just show a little creativity and keep in mind that children love magic and fairy tales.
Simple solutions for creating photo space at home
In order to create a cozy photo zone at home, it is not necessary to spend a large amount of money. It can be made from scrap materials.
Types of materials:
- Wood (wooden slats)
- Textile
- Cardboard
- Wrapping paper
You can make an unusual Christmas tree from wooden slats. We attach the slats to the wall parallel to each other. Decorate with garland and New Year's toys.
We can make a similar composition from packaging paper. First cut out round products from paper and fix them on the wall in the form of a New Year's tree.
The fabric is perfect for decorating the background.
Fabric design options
Multi-colored cascades:
Cut the fabric into ribbons. You can take several colors of fabric that will be combined with each other. Attach to a free wall and decorate with inflatable balloons in the form of numbers. In the new year these are the numbers 2022.
Decoration with New Year's themed blankets:
Place New Year-themed blankets on the chairs. Place beautifully wrapped gifts nearby.
Decorating the background with a plain sheet:
Cardboard is the leader in materials for photo shoot design. Fireplaces and New Year's clocks are made from cardboard boxes. A fireplace is associated with warmth and homeliness. And the clock symbolizes the passing year and the meeting of the new year.
How to make an area with a fireplace and a clock
- Decide on size
- Pick up five cardboard boxes. Four small ones and one rectangular one.
- Secure them together using a glue gun. The base for the fireplace can be foam plastic or a sheet of cardboard.
- Fake bricks will add texture to the fireplace. Cut out the bricks and glue them to the base of the fireplace.
- After drying, paint in two layers.
- Decorate.
Important: TV boxes are the perfect size
Deciding which photo zone belongs to
Living room
Let's say a photo zone demonstrating the furnishings of the living room should include a cozy small sofa, as well as a couple of armchairs covered with checkered or knitted blankets. Nearby there may be a fireplace decorated with spruce garlands and matching themed figurines. You can install a Christmas tree nearby, decorating it in a certain color style, for example red-golden-white. There can be a tea table near the sofa, on which a tray with beautiful New Year's mugs or pastries will look great. You can place a rocking chair next to the fireplace and lay a fur rug on the floor.
Kitchen or dining room
The photo zone of a cozy kitchen or dining room may include a dining table with the required number of chairs. And also a bright, eye-catching table setting with beautiful dishes, tall candlesticks, a New Year's runner in the center of the table and a composition consisting of candles and fir branches.
Cabinet
No less interesting will be a stage composition showing a small work table, at which a person will, as it were, pack gifts for his loved ones. Here you definitely need to leave rolls of beautiful wrapping paper, and also take care of the presence of other necessary items - scissors, tape, gift ribbon, cute tags for congratulatory inscriptions.
You can place aromatic items on a tray:
- Cinnamon sticks;
- Dried orange slices;
- Coffee beans;
- Dried cloves.
Bedroom
Photos taken in a makeshift bedroom will also look gorgeous. Logically, there should be a bed with a themed blanket and lots of decorative pillows. You can place a tray with a beautiful New Year's composition on it. The head of the bed can be complemented with fir and electric garlands. And put compositions of fir branches and decorative figures on the bedside tables.
Ideas for creating budget decorative items with your own hands (video)
New Year's photos in the fresh air
Setting up a place for photography is possible not only at home, but also on the street. There are many options.
Design options:
Winter forest . Photos against the backdrop of a winter forest look fabulous. To do this, you can go out of town on the eve of the holiday and take the necessary equipment with you. For example, cozy knitted sweaters and matching hats. Mugs and thermos with Scandinavian patterns.
Light illuminations . Another way to organize a photo zone in an open space. Decorate trees with LED garlands. They must be sealed (not afraid of moisture). If you purchase garlands that can change their color using a remote control, this will be an additional highlight.
Conduct a photo session near cafes, restaurants and shopping centers. This option can be used if it is impossible to travel outside the city. In shopping centers, the design is based on a single concept. You can take a photo under the tree, next to the balloon structures.
To create outdoor decorations, it is recommended to use polystyrene foam. This material is very durable. From foam plastic you can cut out: a snowman, winter snowflakes, Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden.
