Yesterday I posted my Christmas card picture and explained that my guinea pigs cannot be together because they fight. Today I will share more of the pictures I took and show the making of my Christmas card.
The set up:
I had my camera on a tripod so I could prevent as little movement as possible so the frame would line up. I used a roll of fabric snow set up on the dinner table with a box behind to create the background. The dinning room does not have the best lighting, but I do not own any photography lights and it would not have made much of a difference anywhere else in the house.
The clothing and props:
We had to get the cards made in order to be printed in time to mail, so I did not have time to make a more elaborate or interesting scene. I took two snowmen off my bookshelf and arranged the two sleds with stuffed Christmas guinea pigs next to them. The wicker sleds I got when I was a kid, and the stuffed guinea pigs were gifts last Christmas.
The hat is a Yankee Candle jar candle topper accessory, so it has no strap. It is the smaller hat in this picture:
The holiday cape and bandana came from Petsmart, and are Life’s Fur-tas-tic! brand. The bandana ended up being too small to fit, so it was not used.
Each guinea pig wore the one hat and dress individual and I took a few different pictures hoping to get something useful.
Cola’s individual pictures:
Fizz’s individual pictures:
Then after picking out the best pictures, photoshop’s magic put them together (and removed red eye):
