‘Tis the season to be sparkly! Whether it’s glowing lights on a tree, flickering candles in a holder, glittery outfits, or the magic of snow or sparklers on New Year’s Eve, this time of year often has both sparkle in photos and on the page! Here’s some of the photo op’s and methods of working with digital sparkle!
Maybe all you need is minimal sparkle to be striking?
Both soft and sharp photography works this time of year to focus on details and convey the ambience. You might want to add extra magic with bokeh? (The blurred light effect shown on the tree above). You can do this either in-camera while you are setting up the shot by using a shallow depth of field (either with a low f-stop value or if your phone has a ‘portrait mode’ that can help achieve the same effect), or you can add bokeh after the fact with a photoshop tool or overlay from the store.
Digital glitter elements and papers can be so convincing in terms of seeming real, it kind of blows my mind. (And I am grateful it is so much less messy than the real thing).
And if you haven’t already noticed, scroll back through this post and check out how much a dark background and the added extra contrast gives maximal shine and shows off the sparkle and all the colours!
Finally, don’t forget how much sparkle joy and smiles bring to the page.
Happy sparkly season!
Karen says
I LOVE all the sparkles! What a fun post! :)
Monica says
Yay for sparkly season! What a fun collection of pages Justine!