Father's Day Digital Backdrops

What is in this collection

Classic portrait sets include a cognac leather club armchair against a deep navy wall, a dark walnut panelled study with a green leather wingback, emerald panelling with a tan armchair and an emerald and gold balloon garland, and an officers' club lounge with an oxblood chesterfield. Hobby scenes include a carpenter's workbench in front of a pegboard of tools, a misty river jetty with fishing rods and a tackle box, a putting green with a red pin flag at sunset, a rowing boathouse with racing shells and oars, and a boxing ring under a single spotlight. For family days there is a red brick barbecue patio under string lights. Western fans get a saloon bar with a wagon wheel lamp and a wall of cowboy boots behind a studded armchair, and there is a copper still tasting room too.

Father's Day mini sessions and photo booths

Father's Day falls on the third Sunday in June in the US, Canada and the UK, and on the first Sunday in September in Australia and New Zealand, so the summer scenes (the barbecue patio, golf green and fishing jetty) suit June, while the panelled rooms suit any season. For mini sessions, the workshop and the jetty tell a story about what dad loves, and the navy studio armchair and the walnut study give a timeless portrait that also suits grandfathers. For a booth at a family barbecue or a workplace event, the brick grill patio fits small groups. Photographers looking for more Father's Day photography backgrounds can browse portrait and sports scenes, or start with how to use digital backdrops.

Tips for using these scenes

• Check the light. Most of these scenes are warm, but the fishing jetty is cool and misty, so give subjects soft, slightly cool light there. The armchair sets are lit from one side like a window, so match that side.
• Plan for dad and one or two children. Most scenes are for one to three, which suits dad with one or two children. The barbecue patio, boathouse, officers' club, saloon and tasting room fit four to six, for three generations together.
• Put dad in the armchair. The armchairs, chesterfield and jetty stool give dad a seated pose with children standing beside him. Shoot him on a chair of the same height so his knees line up with the cushions. Landscape suits framed gifts; portrait suits cards.

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