12 Awesome Photo Ideas to Inspire Your Holiday Cards

Thanks to the Internet, the world is seeing so many more creative photographs, photo series, and micro-blogs devoted to one type of photo. And with the holidays rolling right around, it’s time to figure out whether or not a photo card is the way to go this year. Before you find yourself leaning against a tree with your significant other while the sun sets, take a look at these 12 awesome, beautiful, and downright weird photo ideas. While some of these may be hard to replicate, we’re sure they’ll provide you with ample inspiration for your own creative photo shoot!

Pet Owner Mash-Ups

First up, Petheadz! This series puts pet heads on their owners. Genius. We’d love to see the opposite mash-up as well. (by Zach Driftwood)

Dancers Among Us

This beautiful photo series captures dancers in the midst of everyday life. This one features a dancer crossing the street with his mother. (by Jordan Matter)

Switcheroo

Wait, what?! Couples simply switch outfits in this head-turning series. Some pairings are more obvious like the top one, but some are pretty subtle and illustrate how similarly some couples dress. (by Hana Pesut)

Splash

Recreate a dunk tank and make your series of splash photos. The dude in the middle is the best! (by David Wile)

Desk Safari

This micro-blog is AMAZING! It started as one guy capturing his coworkers as wild animals. Now, you can submit your own photos — stay tuned for our own desk safari submission in the next week. (by Mike Whiteside)

Photoshop Your Kids into Ridiculous Situations

Got mad Photoshop skills? Channel them into weirdness by photoshopping your kids into totally strange scenes. (by Emil Nystrom)

Wengenn in Wonderland

Featured recently on the BritList, artist Queenie Liao decided to make her baby’s naptime way more productive. Instead of a simple bed or crib scene, she creates soft landscapes on the floor using fabric, stuffed animals, and other soft odds and ends to create his background setting. So cool. (by Queenie Liao)

Temporary Trees

These photos were created with a slow exposure and are designed to recreate trees with unnatural objects. (by Mkgk & Raw Color for MU)

Album Covers

We’ve seen album cover mash-up photos before, but this one is particularly awesome. The kid posing as Art Garfunkel is totally killing it. (by Hamada Hideaki)

Kristin and Kayla

Part of last year’s photo series roundup, this series captures two sisters doing a whole bunch of “don’t try this at home” stunts. It’s fun to scroll through the series and see how they’ve grown up. (by Jason Lee)

Sidewalk Chalk Landscape

How awesome is this? You can create an entire scene using sidewalk chalk, then simply lie on the ground in the appropriate pose! (by One Eye Click)

Animated GIF of Everyone

Doesn’t this remind of you of the Black or White video? Created by the team at Photojojo, this would make a great digital holiday card for a big family or office! (by Margo at Photojojo)

One Brown Hand

Or go totally creepy and create a series of photos without your face even in them. Probably not the best idea for a holiday card but we couldn’t help but include it in this post. This series, created by myself and Brit + Co. photographer Chris Andre, started as a silly manifestation of my Creative Director job title, but now has an entire life (and Tumblr blog) of its own.