For the family
Matching pajamas are the classic family Christmas photo. For a dressier one, one palette in different pieces: red, green and cream, or jewel tones.
Christmas Photoshoot No studio. No backdrop to buy.
Upload a family photo and the AI turns it into a Christmas photoshoot, by the tree, at the fireplace or out in the snow, in matching outfits. Every face stays the same.
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“Dress us in red, green and cream knits and put us in front of the Christmas tree”
Three ways
What is a Christmas photoshoot?
A Christmas photoshoot is the holiday portrait of the year: the family by the tree, at the fireplace or out in the snow, dressed in matching colors, for the card and the Christmas post.
There are three ways to get one. Book a photographer’s Christmas mini session, set up your own at home, or take any family photo you already have and let the AI change the backdrop and the outfits. The third takes a minute and keeps every face as it is.
- 1.
Book a studio
A set, a photographer and a booked day for everyone.
- 2.
Shoot it at home
Your tree, a window and a phone on a timer.
- 3.
Start from a photo
Any family photo, a new backdrop in one sentence.
Ideas
Christmas photoshoot ideas: eight full looks
Each look is a backdrop and matching outfits together, like the sets a photographer books. All eight started from the same family photo; press the button under a look to use its sentence on yours.
EditedOriginal“Turn this into a Christmas photoshoot by the fireplace: dress everyone in Christmas velvet and knits in burgundy, emerald green and black, and place them in front of a brick fireplace with a lit fire, red stockings on the mantel and a pine garland with lights. Keep everyone's faces and poses”
Fireside in velvet
Burgundy, emerald and black velvet in front of a lit brick fireplace with stockings. The most requested studio set, at home.
EditedOriginal“Turn this into an outdoor Christmas photoshoot: dress everyone in winter coats, plaid scarves and knit hats, and place them in a snowy pine forest with snow falling softly in warm late afternoon light. Keep everyone's faces and poses”
Snowy forest
Winter coats, plaid scarves and knit hats among snowy pines, with snow falling. No cold hands, no wet boots.
EditedOriginal“Turn this into a Christmas photoshoot at a Christmas tree farm: dress everyone in red and black buffalo plaid flannel shirts, quilted vests and beanies, and place them among rows of fresh pine trees with a wooden cart holding a cut tree and light snow on the ground. Keep everyone's faces and poses”
Christmas tree farm
Buffalo plaid, quilted vests and beanies between rows of pines, with the cut tree on a cart.
EditedOriginal“Turn this into a studio Christmas photoshoot: dress everyone in cream, ivory and gold, with cable knit sweaters, an ivory dress and a camel coat, and place them under an arch of pine garland covered in golden lights with white snow on the floor. Keep everyone's faces and poses”
Golden arch
Cream, ivory and gold under a garland arch of golden lights, the studio backdrop in every mini session ad.
EditedOriginal“Turn this into a Christmas photoshoot in Santa's workshop: dress everyone in red and green Christmas sweaters and place them in a cozy wooden workshop full of wrapped presents, wooden toys, red and green shelves and warm lights. Keep everyone's faces and poses”
Santa’s workshop
Red and green Christmas sweaters among wrapped presents and wooden toys. Fun for a big group.
EditedOriginal“Turn this into a Christmas lights photoshoot: dress everyone in long wool coats and scarves in camel, grey and red, and place them outdoors at night on a snowy town street under a canopy of warm Christmas string lights. Keep everyone's faces and poses”
Christmas lights at night
Long wool coats under a canopy of string lights on a snowy street, the evening walk version.
EditedOriginal“Turn this into a studio Christmas photoshoot: dress everyone in black, white and red holiday outfits, a red velvet dress, black sweaters and a white shirt, and place them in front of a deep red studio backdrop with a decorated Christmas tree, wrapped presents and gold ornaments on the floor. Keep everyone's faces and poses”
Red studio backdrop
Black, white and red with one velvet dress against a deep red backdrop, gifts and a tree at the side. Bold and clean for the card.
EditedOriginal“Turn this into a Christmas photoshoot in a nutcracker toy shop: dress everyone in Christmas plaid and velvet in red and green, and place them in a vintage toy shop with tall wooden nutcrackers, toy soldiers, a rocking horse, shelves of wrapped presents and warm lights. Keep everyone's faces and poses”
Nutcracker toy shop
Plaid and velvet in red and green among tall nutcrackers, toy soldiers and a rocking horse.
Outfits
What to wear for a Christmas photoshoot
Pick one palette and give everyone a shade of it. Leave out sweatpants, big logos, sunglasses and smartwatches. Tap an outfit to put it in the editor.
For couples
For couple Christmas photos, match colors, not outfits: one in red, one in green or cream. Coats and scarves suit a doorway or a street at night.
For women
A red or green dress is the Christmas classic, and velvet or satin catches the tree lights. A cream knit dress gives a softer look.
For men
A sweater over a collared shirt looks dressed without trying. Plaid flannel suits outdoors, a dark suit with a red tie suits a party.
For dogs
A Santa hat or a plaid bandana is enough. Keep it loose and take the photo before the dog shakes it off.
For friends
Party clothes, not matching ones: sequins, velvet and a dark suit around a candlelit table.
At home
Christmas photoshoot ideas at home
Six Christmas photoshoot setups that need nothing but your living room. Every picture here started as an ordinary snapshot and took one sentence to edit.
Christmas morning
Pajamas, coffee mugs and torn wrapping paper on the rug. Stage it any day by opening empty boxes under the tree.
Tree light silhouette
Turn every lamp off and leave only the tree lit. Two people face to face in front of it become dark outlines.
Fairy light glow
Hold a string of lights right in front of the lens and focus on the face. The lights melt into soft gold circles.
Decorating the tree
Two people in Christmas sweaters hanging ornaments, shot from the side. Let them talk and take the photo between sentences.
The Christmas box
Sit in and around a big cardboard box wrapped in lights and garland, the trend that fills December feeds.
The dog through a wreath
Hold a wreath close to the lens and shoot the dog through it, a pet trend that comes back every December. Tap Dog to add one to any dog photo.
At home
How to do a Christmas photoshoot at home
Most Christmas photos are taken at home on a phone. Four steps get a good one.
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Clear the frame
Move laundry, cables and the vacuum out of sight, or plan to remove them after.
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Light the faces
Stand near a window or a lamp and turn the ceiling light off, so the tree lights glow instead of looking flat.
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Set a timer
Rest the phone on a stack of books at chest height, set the 10 second timer and take a burst.
- 04
Finish it here
Upload the best one and ask for what is missing: brighter lights, snow outside, a cleaner floor.
Already took it?
Fix the Christmas photo you took at home
A Christmas photoshoot at home never comes out clean. Tap a number to see that spot before and after: one sentence removed the clutter, brightened the tree and added snow at the window.
Phone photoEdited- 1
The basket of clothes in the corner is gone, and the floor under it is clean carpet.
- 2
Torn paper and open boxes under the tree became neatly wrapped presents.
- 3
The tangle of extension cables and the vacuum by the wall are removed.
- 4
The dull tree now glows with warm lights, without a ceiling light washing it out.
- 5
The black window shows snow falling outside.
- 6
Warmer light on all four, with every face, smile and pose kept.
Christmas photoshoot questions
Outdoors, take it in the hour before sunset; in mid December the sun sets around 4:15 pm in Boston or Seattle and 5:30 pm in Miami. Indoors, shoot at dusk, when there is still light at the window and the tree lights already glow.
Prop the phone on books, set the 10 second timer and use burst. Tap a face to focus, then slide the exposure down a little so the tree lights keep their color. Portrait mode blurs the lights behind you into soft circles.
Stand one or two steps in front of the tree, not against it, so it softens behind you. Turn the ceiling light off and light the faces from a window or a lamp at the side.
Add warm lights, red and green or cream and gold clothes, and one strong prop like a wreath or stockings. Or upload the photo here and tap a backdrop: the tree, the fireplace or the snow goes in behind you.
One where everyone looks at the camera, the faces are large enough to read on a small card and the background is calm. Landscape photos suit landscape cards; crop before you order.
Photographers and malls set their own prices for Christmas mini sessions and Santa photos, so check the ones near you. Here, every new account gets 5 free edits, then packs start at $4.99 for 30 edits.
A stocking with the baby’s name, a tiny Santa hat, a "first Christmas" ornament or the baby lying on a blanket near the tree. Keep cords and glass ornaments out of reach and use cool LED lights near the baby.
Make your Christmas photoshoot now
One family photo, any backdrop, matching outfits. 5 free edits when you sign up.
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