Oktoberfest Digital Backdrops

What is in this collection

The collection covers the beer hall, the tent and the beer garden. A long pine table set with stoneware steins, pretzels and red geraniums sits under blue and white diamond bunting and hop vines in a panelled Bavarian beer hall. A festival tent has an empty wooden bandstand under billowing blue and white drapes and a ring of lantern lights, and a beer garden has green tables and benches under yellowing chestnut trees with bulb lights at sunset. For a photo booth there is a hop and sunflower arch in front of a blue and white diamond backdrop, with oak barrels at the sides. Quieter scenes include a whitewashed Alpine chalet with geranium window boxes and a cosy pine-panelled Stube with a green tiled stove and checked cushions.

Oktoberfest photo booth backgrounds for parties and work events

The hop arch on the blue and white diamond backdrop is the quickest set to recognise in a print, and its bright, even front light works well with a simple booth flash. For a team photo, the beer hall gives everyone a place to stand with the long table behind them. The steins are plain, with no brewery names or logos, so the scenes suit company events, and you can add your own name or date in the template. Guests in dirndls and lederhosen look at home on the chalet bench or in the Stube. Oktoberfest falls at the start of autumn, so the fall collection has more seasonal scenes, and corporate backdrops covers other work events.

Tips for using these scenes

• Match the warm beer hall light. The hall, tent, beer garden and Stube all have warm light: from the left in the hall, from above in the tent and from the right in the garden and Stube. The hop arch and the chalet are neutral and even, which is easiest for quick booth shots.
• Fit the scene to the party. The beer hall takes seven or more people standing in front of the table. The tent, beer garden and hop arch take four to six. The chalet and the Stube are made for couples and single portraits.
• Use landscape for the bunting. The blue and white bunting and drapes run across the top of the hall and tent, so landscape keeps them in view. Use portrait for the chalet door and square for social posts from the hop arch.

Running the booth at a company Oktoberfest? Digital backdrops for event photographers covers setting up a backdrop station and a workflow for a busy night.