Canada Day Digital Backdrops

What is in this collection

The party sets are a large maple leaf made of deep red roses and carnations on white shiplap, above a white bench, and an organic red and white balloon garland with maple-leaf foil balloons on a pale birch plank wall, with crossed canoe paddles and a striped-cushion bench. The cottage-country scenes include two red Muskoka chairs on smooth granite at the edge of a calm lake, a log cabin porch with a plaid-cushioned bench and pails of daisies, and a cream bell tent with plaid blankets and lanterns in a pine clearing at golden hour. For bigger gatherings there is a white backyard pergola hung with red and white pennant bunting and globe lights.

Canada Day photo booth and photography backgrounds

For a Canada Day photo booth, the rose maple leaf and the balloon garland with maple-leaf balloons are the clearest choices: the theme reads at a glance, even in a small 2 x 6 strip frame. For community events and barbecues, use the pergola with bunting, which fits the biggest groups. Photographers planning July 1st mini sessions will find that the Muskoka chairs, the cabin porch and the campsite give a relaxed cottage feel, and they keep working as summer and family backgrounds after the holiday. No scene has text, so add Happy Canada Day or Bonne fête du Canada in your template, in one language or both.

Tips for using these scenes

• Match the summer light. The outdoor scenes have warm sun, from the left on the cabin porch and from the right at the lakeshore, pergola and campsite. Light your subjects from the same side with a touch of warmth. The rose maple leaf has neutral studio light, so it is the easiest to match with a booth flash.
• Use the pergola for a barbecue crowd. The pergola takes seven or more, for barbecues and street parties. The balloon garland, cabin porch and campsite fit four to six, and the Muskoka chairs and rose maple leaf are sized for one to three.
• Sit people in the Muskoka chairs. The Muskoka chairs, cabin bench, bench under the maple leaf and the campsite all work for seated poses. Photograph guests on a low, reclined garden chair to match the Muskoka chairs, and darken the rock or boards a little beneath them.

Every scene is free to try as a watermarked 1280px file; free digital backdrops explains what the free download is and is not.