In this article we will talk to you about how to make your own photo zone. There are two options - accelerated and fast and carefully thought out and long. Depending on what time you have and you need to make a start on which path you will take. In this article I will reveal the little tricks and best ideas that I use in my practice. You will understand the important role the photo zone plays in filming.
The photo zone is a cool thing. A photo zone can decorate your entire composition, the plot of the frame. Depending on what you want to achieve, you select accessories and colors. You also need to understand whether you adhere to minimalism or whether you like chic and a lot of details. In this article I will tell you how to make a photo zone at home.
How to make a photo zone with your own hands at home. Frame
Pipe and fastening system.
This version of the base for a banner or textile fastening is known to many. Its main advantage is the ease of assembly, the ability to replace pipes and connecting elements, due to which it is possible to create bases of different sizes. The main thing here is dexterity and intelligence. It will be easy to disassemble it later and send it for storage or transport it to another place.
From wooden beams
It is not so easy to assemble from a wooden beam, since you will need additional tools, such as a screwdriver, to build such a structure. But there are a number of positive aspects. You can attach whatever you want to it. You can use fabrics, branches, and various decorative elements on a rope.
Iron frame
If you know a welder, you can ask him to build a frame from iron pipes. But it will be more difficult to fold it after the celebration. It's heavier.
Photo zone frame made of plywood board.
You can use construction tools to cut out any shape, paint it, and decorate it with additional elements. The option is quite cheap. To install the finished shield, wooden supports made of timber or metal are used.
PVC photo zone frame
The basis for the photo zone can be made from PVC sheets or foam board. To obtain the effect of a smoothly and evenly stretched canvas and with a significant background size, structures made of wooden beams are used. In this case, two main options for the frame are possible: in the form of a frame, and in the form of a box.
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1. Walk through all the rooms of your house or apartment. Surely you already have interesting places, colored wallpapers. I like dark wallpaper. Thanks to dark wallpaper, the silhouette of the person himself, his skin, stands out.
2. If you don’t have lighting devices - flashes, soft boxes, then you need to find a place by the window. If the walls next to the windows are not your favorite, then you still need to clear these areas for shooting to take advantage of the daylight from the window.
3. Having chosen a place, think about the idea. You need to understand what you want to photograph.
4. First, choose your wardrobe, and then match these colors and shades with the color scheme of your photo zone. I have articles on choosing colors and shades if this step causes you difficulties.
5. Having selected all the shades, start looking for accessories for your photo zone. I recommend either looking at Avito or Aliexpress. There you can choose anything for yourself in any color and wallet size.
6. Even if there are many accessories in the photo zone, the main subject of shooting is still you or some other person. Don't let the details distract from the subject itself.
7. If you don’t mind the wall by the window, then you can paint it a single color. Choose the appropriate shade and tint it.
8. If possible, make a photo zone from real flowers.
9. If you don’t have enough light from the window, and you don’t have a flash either, then use flashlights and table lamps. They can even illuminate the wall from behind.
10. Rifle through chests and old bags in the garage, pantry, or balcony. Or go to your grandmother in the village. And you will visit your grandmother, and maybe you will dig up something extravagant in her chests. For example, I could always find something interesting in my grandmother’s attic. Spinning wheels, old cast iron irons, scarves and all sorts of utensils were stored there. In the chests one could find both ancient shoes, dresses, hats, etc.
How to decorate a room for a child's first birthday?
Surprise Ball
The decoration of the room for a children's birthday can be supplemented with a surprise balloon. This is a large ball suspended from the ceiling, which contains confetti, sweets, streamers, small toys, rose petals, small balls, magical predictions and everything that your imagination suggests. You can make such a ball yourself, or you can purchase it from children’s party decoration specialists. At the end of the party, he bursts, and the prepared surprises are poured out on the guests.
Accordion balls
Accordion balls are large products made of ribbed paper. They easily unfold and turn into a ball with folds on the surface. Using several of these colored balloons, you will beautifully decorate the room for your child’s 1st birthday.
If you place an LED in such balls, it will softly illuminate them from the inside.
Honeycomb balloons to decorate a room for a one-year-old’s birthday
Honeycomb balls are similar to accordion balls, but their surface is made up of many honeycombs, reminiscent of bees. They are made from the thinnest paper, which makes them look very delicate.
Paper tassels for room decor
You can use paper tassels to decorate walls, chairs, the edge of a festive table, the edges of curtains, or create a whole composition from them. A tree decorated with such tassels looks original.
I hope we were able to answer the question: “ How to decorate a room for the first birthday of a 1 year old girl and boy? " If you have anything to add, write in the comments.
How to make a photo zone with your own hands for a birthday
Birthday is a holiday. It should be filled with joy, magical moments, admiration and positivity. Therefore, I advise you to choose brighter colors for the photo zone. Pick two colors that you like and go with them.
1. Decorate the photo zone with photo frames
You probably have photo frames, those that are on the shelf and those that you have already put in the closet on the far shelf. Frames can be hung on ropes. And tie all the ropes to one large branch, or to another thick rope stretched along the wall. It is better to paint the frames one color. This is how you will feel harmony and a sense of taste and style. Different shapes, but the same color
2. Decorate the photo zone with fruits.
I'm not for a full range of fruits. Pick one fruit or vegetable and buy a lot of it. It will be a very impressive photo zone.
Bright fabric
Find a bright fabric and use a different color spray paint to write something on it.
4 Wings
Take a white cloth or large sheet of paper. Draw big wings on it. Everyone will come up and take pictures with wings.
Branch
Find a thick branch on the street and make a photo zone out of it with your own hands.
Paint it white. You can hang anything on it. Hang the branch on the wall. Or put this branch in a bucket of stones. You will get a tree. You can make 2 of these trees.
Lights
Buy a garland at the store. Preferably a large one or several. It is desirable that it be in the form of a curtain. All of it on the wall.
7. Buy brick-shaped wallpaper.
Stick it on the wall. You don't have to add anything else. You can also buy wallpaper with a board pattern.
Screen
If there is a screen in the house, then it can be used as a basis for decoration.
For boy
For girl
Excellent photo zone for a one year old.
Natural flowers
Branches and lights are a great solution.
How to make a letter for a photo zone?
A letter for a photo zone can be made from ordinary cardboard, plastic cups, a can of spray paint and glue. The letters are voluminous. the base can be either painted or covered with glitter or any decorative elements that you can find at home or in a store. Using the same technology you can make numbers for an anniversary.
Decorating a photo zone for a 1 year old: what to pay attention to.
When planning a photo zone, first of all, you need to decide on the theme of the design, as well as the color palette: there is an opinion that if you are decorating a children’s party, then everything should be “multi-colored and bright.” Yes, in some ways this opinion will be correct, but trends are changing and more and more often people are focusing on more “pastel” tones, or opting for two or three bright and colorful shades, or maybe even prefer more “strict” tones , in particular, this applies to the design of a photo zone for a one-year-old boy.
Tip: Pay attention to such stylish colors as: mint, pastel pink, lilac, blue. In combination with white and silver, you get a simply amazing combination.
Winter photo zone outdoors
The main thing is that there is no bitter winter frost outside. You can break the camera and appear in the photographs with a red nose, like Santa Claus. May you not be Santa Claus on New Year's Eve.
You can be a Snow Maiden with rosy cheeks. So we monitor the weather and choose a day without blizzards, blizzards and bitter frost. Although some of you will say the opposite. Photos in the cold turn out magical and fabulous if there is also sun outside. In general, it could turn out to be a fairy tale. Try this and that.
Use everything you see on the street. It could be a snow-covered Christmas tree, a bright red fence, a snowman that children made, rowan trees, lanterns, benches. All this can be used for a winter photo zone outside. Take a bright blanket with you. Wear a bright skirt and red lipstick if you're a girl. If you are a guy, then a bright jacket or tie, a fur coat, and felt boots will suit you.
How to make a photo zone for a wedding with your own hands
If you are planning a classic wedding, then the following accessories are suitable for such a wedding:
- metal arch for the garden, decorated with flowers and fabrics;
-metal arch for the garden, decorated with fabrics in light shades of beige, lights, branches;
-chests, suitcases, suitcases, boxes;
-wooden boards with photographs of the bride and groom;
- haystacks;
-books;
-wall with bindweed;
- large flowers made of paper of the same color;
- whatever you or your spouse are passionate about can become an element of decor.
The lights at night are mesmerizing.
Frames and flowers are a great solution.
An indoor frame is also a great option.
You can either order a coated board or make it yourself.
We buy ribbons or cut up the fabric that is no longer needed.
For example, if you do ballet, you can use pointe shoes, a tutu, etc. If your spouse is a motorcyclist, take a helmet, gloves, and the motorcycle itself for decoration.
If you are a gardener, then bring pots of flowers, etc. Fantasy has no boundaries and limits. If you like to skateboard, then ask your friends and make a wall of skateboards. Remember, the classics are flowers, candles, light fabrics, twigs. If you are bolder, then whatever comes to mind, based on what you are interested in.
Balloons are an original idea for any holiday. They can be used both in birthday decorations and as a wedding decor element.
Garden boxes for a photo zone are ideal if you decorate them a little.
If there is someone in your family who loves making things from wood, then you are lucky. The tree looks very textured and noble.
Cuttings, logs - all this is perfect for decorating a photo zone.
There are many ideas on how to make a photo zone with your own hands.
Ideas for decorating photo zones for the holidays
The photo zone is decorated with everything that “comes to mind”; the following will do:
- fresh and artificial flowers;
- tantamaresques, banner inscriptions, banners;
- ribbons, bows, lace;
- garlands made of paper, fabric, bells;
- slate boards;
- collages from napkins, forest gifts;
- air balloons;
- picture frames of various shapes and sizes;
- textile draperies;
- huge letters and numbers;
- photo collages;
- models of famous buildings and structures;
- artificially aged furniture;
- wooden “village” attributes;
- foam columns, screens, stucco moldings.
A suitable place to take a photo would be a “hut” made from branches woven together from nearby growing trees, a carved or made of vine arch decorated with wreaths of dandelions, a fragment of photo wallpaper with an image of the sea and palm trees made of plastic bottles in the foreground. If there are tall or hanging flowers in flowerpots, trees in tubs, they are also used.
It looks interesting to decorate a photo zone with candles - one large one with many small ones for one year, a hundred candles of different or the same size - to celebrate a centenary anniversary.
Banners, tantamaresques on structures
Tantamaresque is a special stand with a plot design and slits for the face, and sometimes for arms and legs. Often the design is a figure of a person, an animal, or a machine with corresponding holes. This item has been used for photography since ancient times. This is usually how humorous, simply interesting photos are created. The product is made of plywood, painted by hand and becomes one of the main “highlights” of the event. You can also order the structure at the nearest “copy center”, using your own picture or drawing from the Internet.
A banner is a structure fixed to a frame, which is a canvas. Most often, a photo against the background of such a product resembles a postcard. The dimensions of the object are from 150 by 150 cm to 300 by 600 cm. Photo banners are decorated with pictures, ornaments, inscriptions, the plot is made both completely childish and more “businesslike”, stylized “antique”, or with a hint of near-erotic content, if this adult holiday.
Flower stand
Flowers for decoration are used both freshly cut and artificial. To keep living plants fresh all day, their stems are inserted into a base impregnated with special compounds. Arches, panels, and plasterboard structures resembling a swing are usually decorated in this way.
Artificial flowers look like huge buds, often exceeding human height, or smaller ones, but in significant quantities. The background will be a simple white (yellow, red, purple, etc.) wall, the flowers should contrast sharply with it, or be at least three to four shades darker (for dark walls - lighter). Life-size products made from isolon (polyethylene foam) - a smooth, light, durable rolled material - look good. They are mounted on thick legs made of plastic tubes and special wire frames. Foamiran is no less often used. Paper flowers are usually small in size, and their service life is short, as is the cost of the materials used.
Small single flowers are strung on a thread, placed vertically or horizontally on the walls.
Ribbons
On the street, trees, parts of buildings, cars, and wooden or cardboard decorations are decorated with ribbons. A panel is made from satin colored ribbons, completely filled with bows, tassels, and braids. Pieces of colored ribbon tied on a string will make an excellent garland. The simplest option is a ribbon gathered like an accordion and strung on a thread.
If there is a regular steel or wooden frame, many colored ribbons are tied to its top crossbar. It looks especially beautiful outdoors, as the ribbons flutter beautifully in the wind. Elegant tie-backs, paper roses, sunflowers, cornflowers, and other suitable flowers are also used here.
Various garlands
A garland made of any material, placed in the right place, is generally a win-win option. They are usually made from flowers (live, purchased, homemade), multi-colored flags strung on a thread, thread pompoms, pieces of fabric, colored handkerchiefs, corrugated paper or foam balls, inscriptions and letters, photographs, drawings. Volumetric paper butterflies, hearts, stars, made up of two or three intersecting fragments, look very good. LED garlands, decorated with decorative homemade lampshades, will allow you to illuminate your photo corner in an original way at night. For a retro holiday, purchase a light garland with vintage lamps.
Chalk/slate board
Photos against the background of a slate or chalk board also come out very original. Drawings are made with special crayons, including colored ones. The main advantage is that it is easy to completely change the design many times during the evening, simply by erasing the image with a damp cloth and applying a new one. Here, each guest can leave a personal congratulation, which will later be immortalized in a photo.
Options for “chalk plots”:
- trees, flowers;
- landscapes, still lifes;
- inscriptions, congratulations;
- arches, hearts;
- multicolor abstractions.
Boards are often made of two or three, multi-leaf ones - with their help they organize a full-fledged photo corner. Additional decor for this place includes life-size flowers, vintage lanterns, garlands, stickers, soft toys.
Panel of napkins
A panel of colored napkins is one of the cheapest decor options. It is easy to make flowers, bows, and various corrugated figures from this material. Most often, the decoration is made from flower napkins folded several times and glued in the middle, with which the photo stand is completely filled. At the same time, such decorations as the “birthday boy’s throne”, height figures and letters made of foam plastic are used.
To make a rose from napkins, you will have to take at least four folded pieces and cut out circles from them. The element is stapled to a plywood base. Plastic, foam, the upper petals rise, the structure fluffs up. When making another flower, a core in the form of a button or bead is placed in the center. To cover the entire background, you will need more than a hundred of these flowers. Sometimes flowers, numbers, inscriptions, and plot paintings are made from crumpled pieces of colored napkins glued to the base along the contour.
Balloons
Balloons are made large and small, almost round, elongated, curly, so it’s easy to create any, most intricate composition from them. The entire ceiling is filled with identical colored helium balloons, and they are also used to decorate the entrance to the room. Three-dimensional inflatable flowers made from tube-shaped balloons placed against a contrasting background will also create a beautiful backdrop for photographs. An arch made of colored balls interspersed with flowers is one of the most popular photo corner decor options. Also, plot compositions with hares, caterpillars, and dinosaurs are created from different shaped balls. Foil stars, hearts, letters of the Russian or English alphabet are also added here.
Such a zone is made multi-colored or monochrome.
Themed fence
Typically a wooden plank fence or high fence is used. A fragment of the structure is created both at home and in the open air. It is painted in different colors, painted with a rainbow, fairy-tale characters, and decorated with attributes appropriate to the occasion. For a pirate party, they hang a flag with a skull and crossbones, decorations in the form of palm trees, a lifebuoy, a silhouette of a ship and cuttlefish. The “historical” event is decorated with lace fans, a retro bicycle, and a gramophone. Here a corner of the village is created - clay pots, pitchforks, a live cockerel.
Garlands on strings
It’s easy to hang almost anything on thread garlands - flags, corrugated lanterns, stars, pompons, honeycomb balls, etc. Often, numbers and words, the inscription “Happy Birthday” are attached to strings that are attached horizontally or in the form of streamers running across the entire room !” and its full date. If the celebration takes place in winter, it would be appropriate to decorate part of the room with snowflakes, “snow-covered” cones, paper tassels, hand-painted bow-shaped pasta, etc.
Cardboard plates
Almost flat colored cardboard plates will also make interesting decor. These are masks of animals and various characters with slits for the eyes and mouth, glued hair made of thread, paper, fabric. These round objects make excellent photo frames, hand-painted mini-panels, figurines of fish, birds, and butterflies. If desired, using them, adding cardboard cups, you can easily “build” a princess castle, a starship, a balloon silhouette, as well as many “emoticons” with different facial expressions.
Photo props on sticks
Textile, plastic or paper mustaches, glasses, noses, and eyebrows are used as prop decorations. Such elements relate more to accessories than to the actual design of the photo corner. Depending on the theme of the celebration, the organizers will have to search the Internet, print it on thick cardboard, attach antennae and lips, glasses and butterflies, wings and noses, wigs and beards, masks and Hawaiian beads, bunny ears and crowns to a stick. For variety, all kinds of inscriptions with congratulations, birth date, etc. are glued onto the sticks. Various attributes such as flowers, fruits, pistols, pipes, cigars, horses, suns attached to sticks are also suitable for creating plot compositions.
Some online stores offer props based on famous cartoons - “Masha and the Bear”, “Fixies”, “Paw Patrol”, etc.
Materials for the photo zone
We have already listed a lot of things. But there are a couple more ideas. Photo zones can be made in a certain style. Choose all the accessories in the same style and you will have a great photo zone.
Styles: rustic, Provence, loft, Paris.
The most common ones are branches, balls, ribbons, flowers. Things that are not often chosen include household garbage, glass, metal, a lot of baskets, music instruments.
The most important attribute of decorating a photo zone for 1 year old.
You probably guessed that this is “number one,” but you didn’t know that there could be so many options. For example, holiday supply stores often have a very large selection, but if you want to add uniqueness to your photographs, you should contact a photo studio or a special craft workshop to produce your own branded version in a single copy.
The most popular types of numbers
- The foil balloon number is the simplest and most popular option. The main advantage is a very attractive appearance and a large assortment of colors.
Crafted numbers made of plastic or wood are also one of the most popular options. They look stylish and will suit almost any photo zone design style, and numbers with special lamps will add a special charm to a photo shoot in the “Loft” style.
Craft figures made from artificial flowers - The unique and inimitable design of these figures will be completely individual, and the color palette can also be very diverse. This option can be ordered in a special hand-made workshop or rented on popular platforms with advertisements, fortunately the prices there are reasonable.
A ready-made “mannequin” of numbers in your own decor is the most difficult, but interesting option, there are no rules and you can bring even the craziest idea to life
