Creating holiday cards has become an annual tradition for me now. This scene was created with my girlfriends niece, nephew, there dog, sled, axe, and house. All shot indoors in there home.
Backplate was created using 8 stock images. Foreground & falling snow was all hand drawn in photoshop.
Lighting:
Main light - Canon 430EX in a 40" shoot-though Umbrella - camera left.
Moon light - Canon 430EX bare with CTB gel - camera right.
Fill light - white sheet on floor.
Lantern light - Canon 430EX inside lantern with rust gel to simulate candle light.
Flash's triggered by Yongnuo wireless triggers.
Camera info:
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-70 2.8
Awesome.