St. Patrick's Day Digital Backdrops

What is in this collection

The party sets include an organic balloon arch in emerald, kelly green, white and gold with shamrock foil balloons and small pots of gold coins, and a painted wooden rainbow arch with a pot of gold coins and felt shamrocks on a cream seamless, made with children in mind. For a more grown-up look there is a living wall of moss, shamrock and clover in a light oak frame on a charcoal set. The Irish scenes include a bottle-green leather banquette in a mahogany pub snug with brass lamps, a whitewashed thatched cottage with a red half door between dry stone walls, and a mossy stone archway in a misty green glen.

St. Patrick's Day photo booth and photography backgrounds

For a pub night, office party or parade-day booth, the emerald and gold balloon arch is the easiest choice: front light, a white floor and a theme that reads clearly even in small 2 x 6 strips. The pub snug suits seated group photos at bars and restaurants. Photographers looking for St. Patrick's Day photography backgrounds for Irish heritage portraits can use the thatched cottage, with its red half door and dry stone walls, or the stone arch in the misty glen, which also works as a moody spring portrait background all year. No scene has text, so add Happy St. Patrick's Day, or the Irish Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh, in your template.

Tips for using these scenes

• Match the mood of the light. The balloon arch, rainbow and moss wall have neutral studio light that sits well with a booth flash. The pub snug is lit warmly from above by brass lamps, and the misty glen is soft and cool, so give subjects soft, slightly cool light with no hard shadows there.
• Seat groups in the snug. The pub banquette is built for four to six people seated, and the thatched cottage and balloon arch fit four to six standing. The rainbow arch, moss wall and glen are sized for one to three.
• Use the rainbow for kids' minis. Children can sit or stand in front of the wooden rainbow and pot of gold. Square keeps the arch whole for posts, and portrait suits single prints.

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