Country & Western Digital Backgrounds

What is in this collection

Old West scenes include a saloon bar with a wagon wheel chandelier, a desert ranch gate at sunset with saguaro cactus and red mesas, a covered wagon and campfire on the prairie, a leather saddle on a split-rail fence, a western boot wall with a leather armchair and carved hacienda doors with red roses and iron lanterns. Barn scenes include a barn dance stage with bandana bunting, a rustic barn with open doors onto a golden field, a timber triangle arch in a whitewashed barn, a sunflower wall in a hacienda barn, white barn doors with wheat sheaves and a little red barn farm. Country outdoor scenes include hay bale seating by a split-rail fence, an apple orchard in blossom, a farm gate with pink and blue hydrangeas and a cactus terrace with Talavera pots. For a western party night there is also a disco cowgirl wall with mirror balls and pink boots.

Western digital backdrops for parties and portraits

As western digital backdrops for a party, the saloon bar, the barn dance stage and the covered wagon set the scene for a hoedown, a rodeo night or a cowboy birthday. For cowboy portraits and western minis, the leather saddle on the fence and the boot wall with an armchair give a studio look, and work for Father's Day too.

The country scenes follow the seasons. The apple orchard and the spring barn suit spring, the rustic barn and the hay bales suit autumn, and the white barn doors with wheat suit Thanksgiving. A few come from holiday collections and show flags: the red barn has small American flags for the 4th of July, and the log cabin porch has a Canadian flag. For flat timber surfaces to use in print templates, see wood backgrounds.

Tips for using these scenes

• Put the line dancers on the barn stage. The barn dance stage, the hay bale seating and the red barn with bunting hold seven or more. The saloon, ranch gate, wagon and most barns fit four to six. The saddle, boot wall and hacienda doors suit one to three.
• Light for golden hour. Most western scenes have warm, low sun or lantern light. The ranch gate is lit from the right and the covered wagon from the left, so light your subject from the same side and warm the white balance.
• Open up the hat brims. Cowboy hats shade the eyes. Use a fill light or a reflector when you shoot, so faces stay bright against the warm wood and sunset tones.

For a barn dance booth, see photo booth backgrounds on loading a scene into your booth app.