Every year, we take aim at executing a creative, electronic holiday card.
This year was a particular challenge, because our hearts were set on creating a cinemagram created from a composite image. We bought a gingerbread house, decorated it, and shot it in the snow. Then we recreated the lighting and shot ourselves doing much more movement.
Then when it came to assembling a composite image, we learned that Photoshop didn’t treat our background like a green screen enough.
So we executed plan B, which you’ll find below (last image). We kept it simpler, used a candle and the lights on the trees outside our condo as the only movement.
After we made that card, I lost a lot of sleep wondering if I could make the above card work enough to at least share it. You’ll notice it’s not “perfect”, but it’s fun. Talulah and I are obviously moving, but Tina is blinking and Zoe’s head is moving slightly.
All in all, it was a great learning experience for generating successful cinemagrams that we plan on creating much more of in 2014.
Click on any of the images to enlarge, namely the cinemagrams.
Let us know what you think!