40th Birthday Digital Backdrops

What is in this collection

Evening elegance sets include a glossy black grand piano in a black and gold striped salon, a black and gold cake table in front of fluted panels, a black console overflowing with dark moody florals, a half-moon arch of teal, plum and gold balloons in front of teal velvet drapes, an emerald and gold balloon garland in a panelled study, an emerald velvet sofa against a fluted brass wall and a cream art deco fan mural with potted palms. For tasting parties there is a candlelit stone wine cellar and a copper still distillery tasting room. Retro sets include a mid-century walnut sideboard with olive and mustard balloons, a 70s curved sofa lounge in burnt orange and a retro bowling alley with pastel lanes. Outdoors there are manor terrace steps with lanterns at dusk and a Palm Beach-style terrace with a green striped awning.

40th birthday photo booth backgrounds by mood

Choose by the feel of the party. A smart evening fits the piano salon, the jewel-tone balloon arch and the moody florals; a whisky or wine night fits the distillery and the cellar; a 70s or mid-century theme fits the burnt orange lounge, the walnut sideboard and the bowling alley, with more in retro. As 40th birthday photo booth backgrounds, the four to six person sets give friends room to stand together, and the emerald sofa and deco mural make calm 40th birthday photography backgrounds for a single portrait. For black and gold parties, see black and gold birthday; the manor terrace and piano are shared with 50th birthday.

Tips for using these scenes

• Use the terrace steps for the whole party. The manor terrace steps fit seven or more; the piano salon, cake table, balloon arch, wine cellar, distillery, sideboard, 70s lounge, bowling alley and Palm Beach terrace fit four to six; the moody florals, the panelled study, the emerald sofa and the deco mural suit one to three.
• Key from the right for the piano salon. The piano and the panelled study are lit from the right; the cake table, the moody florals, the distillery and the emerald sofa from the left. Most 40th scenes are warm, so warm your subject's white balance slightly.
• Watch dark outfits on dark sets. The piano salon, the cake table and the moody florals have black walls or furniture, so black clothes can merge into them. Give black outfits a thin hair light from behind, or lift the shadows along the cut-out edge.

Dark, moody sets suit a low-key portrait; digital backgrounds for photography explains choosing a scene by its light.