5 Tips to Achieve Winter Aesthetic in Winter Photography

Welcome to the enchanting world of winter photography, where the frosty season unveils countless opportunities to capture breathtaking and visually captivating moments.

In this article, we will guide you through 5 tips to add winter aesthetics to your winter photos, which are easy to achieve with a winter photo app like YouCam Perfect. Get ready to transform your social media feed with awe-inspiring images and celebrate the snowy season.

What is Winter Aesthetics

Winter aesthetics in photos refer to capturing and enhancing the visual appeal of winter scenes, emphasizing the unique beauty associated with the season. It involves creating images that convey the peaceful, cozy, and often enchanted atmosphere of winter. Oftentimes, winter photos contain color shades like:

• Yellow: Infuse a cozy and warm ambiance inspired by lights
• White: Drawn from the typical element of winter - snow
• Red: Related to a festive and vibrant Christmas ambiance
• Green: Inspired by Christmas trees and decorations

5 Tips for Creating Winter Aesthetic in Winter Photography

After knowing the color theory for winter aesthetic photography, read on to see how a winter photo app can offer to create your own winter aesthetics easily.

• Tip 1: Apply Winter Filters to Photos
• Tip 2: Add Snow Effects to Photos
• Tip 3: Aesthetic Winter Backgrounds
• Tip 4: Winter and Holiday Photo Frames
• Tip 5: Customizable Snowy Templates

1. Apply Winter Filters to Photos

You can add a touch of magic and nostalgia, making your winter photos more festive and wintery. Contrasting red or green from winter accessories or holiday decorations, the Holiday filter pack can add visual interest and create a captivating ambiance in your winter shots.

Apply Cool-Tone Filters

Winter is often associated with cool colors such as blues, grays, and whites. The Holiday 02 filter can help you achieve the look, and further evoke a sense of coldness and tranquility, contributing to the overall winter aesthetic with the immersive frosty sense.

Apply Warm-Tone Filters

While cool tones dominate, incorporating warm accents like soft yellows or subtle reds can add warmth and balance to the photo, creating a harmonious visual experience.

These warm accents in the Holiday 06 filter can be presented through winter accessories, holiday decorations, or even natural elements like sunlight filtering through the snow-covered branches.

You can also try out the Cozy & Warm filter pack in the app, incorporating warm accents can add depth and balance to photos. By adding a touch of warmth, the filters evoke the feeling of being wrapped in a warm blanket on a cold winter day.

Apply Black and White Filters

Emphasizing the contrast between light and dark elements in winter photos can enhance the sense of depth and visual interest. You can try applying B&W filters or use the black-and-white photo effect in the Mono filter pack to make your winter shots more captivating and memorable.

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Apply Subdued-Tone Winter Filters

Muted and subdued tones are often associated with the aesthetics of winter. The subtle hues of muted blues, greys, and whites in the Winter Aesthetic filter pack create a dreamy and nostalgic atmosphere.

YouCam Perfect equips pre-made winter aesthetic filters in the Effect features, these soft and understated colors within the filter pack help elevate your winter scenes with a sense of calmness and introspection.

Apply Fantasy Winter Filters

Applying purple shade filters to photos is an effective way to achieve winter aesthetics. You can try out the Holiday 03 filter on your snowy winter photography for a fantastic visual appearance. The cool and calming tones of purple can enhance the wintry atmosphere in images, adding a touch of enchantment and mystery.

How to Apply Winter Filters to Photos

• Tap Photo Edit and upload a photo

• Navigate to Effects
• Select the Winter category for aesthetic filter packs
• Select the Portrait category for B&W filter packs
• Save and share your photo of winter aesthetics

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2. Add Snow Effects to Photos

Make your winter scenes even more enchanting by adding realistic falling snow effects. Whether you're capturing a snowy landscape or a festive moment, these effects add a touch of magic to your photographs.

Adding a few twinkling flakes will instantly transform your wintertime photos into even more aesthetically appealing shots that are perfect for sharing with loved ones or posting on social media.

These snow filters offer an additional level of impressiveness as they can be customized. Whether you desire a gentle dusting of light flurries or a more intense snowfall to enhance your images, you can achieve the desired effect by using the Accumulation feature, which allows you to control the amount of snow in your photos.

❄️Read more: How to add falling snow effects to photos

3. Aesthetic Winter Backgrounds

Using a winter photo app like YouCam Perfect allows users to switch the winter photo background for an aesthetic winter vibe without the need for physical props or actual winter scenery.

The app has 30+ winter backgrounds with frosty winter views or festive Christmas materials, the feature can auto-detect photo subjects and separate them from their original photo backgrounds. Plus, its Stock feature also supports tons of winter backgrounds provided by Shutterstock without pre-saving winter backgrounds online.

❄️Read more: How to add winter backgrounds to photos

Add Winter Backgrounds

*The Stock feature is currently available for iOS only

4. Winter and Holiday Photo Frames

Frame your winter photos with festive holiday picture frames! The photo frames in YouCam Perfect enable users to easily add a festive and wintery feel to their winter photography, creating eye-catching and vibrant winter shots to engage with others on social media.

Besides, you can customize your winter photos within the app by adding cute Christmas stickers that connect to the frame you already applied.

How to Add Winter Frames to Photos

• Tap Photo Edit and upload your winter shot
• Locate Frames and tap on the Store icon
• Tap Holiday for Christmas photo frames
• Locate Stickers and tap on the Store icon
• Select the sticker packs you prefer to decorate your frames
• Save and share your aesthetic winter photography

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5. Customizable Snowy Templates

Explore customizable templates in YouCam Perfect that allow you to add unique snow elements and instant festive looks to your photos. The winter photo app currently provides 25+ collage styles and 20+ customizable templates in the Season and Holiday category, enabling you to tailor your winter photography to your creative vision for showing your winter aesthetics.

The collage styles in the app let users upload 1 to 6 photos at a time. If you're not yet satisfied and want to add more photos, press the "add" mark to add more pictures with winter vibes, or use the in-app holiday stickers and exhibit your winter aesthetics by creating your digital winter scrapbook.

How to Customize Winter Templates with Your Photos

• Tap Collage and upload 1~6 of your winter photos
• Press the Store icon and find Holiday for Christmas styles; find Season for winter styles

or you can use pre-made winter aesthetic templates:

• Open the home page and find the Store button
• Locate Template and find Season for winter templates; find Holidays for Christmas templates

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