Transforming Beach Photos into European Christmas Scenes with AI

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Winter is the biggest dilemma for travel bloggers who focus on seasonal content. The Instagram trend is for travel content that shows Christmas, Europe (snowy streets, winter chalets), Christmas markets, and other similar things. In reality, however, my current location is Bali, where it’s warm, tropical, and has beaches. Traveling to Europe solely for content is not an option.

With travel content, there is an element of escape, inspiration to travel, and your audience wants to escape to a different environment by seeing photos of places. We all know that Christmas has a very specific seasonal look: snowy, enchanting architecture, warm light, and an overall feeling of coziness and festivity.

Indonesia has plenty of beauty to offer, but it does not have a Christmas aesthetic like what you would see in Europe. A few malls may have Christmas decorations, but nothing unique or special. Showing beach content in December goes against what your audience is looking for, based on the seasonal feel.

There is also a lot of competition from other travel bloggers, especially those located in Europe and who can afford to travel to Europe to create winter Christmas content. In addition to this geographic and financial disadvantage, if the content does not relate to Christmas or the seasonal mood, engagement will likely be lower.

Brand partnerships are also affected. Tourism boards and hospitality brands want Christmas-themed content for December campaigns. If I can't deliver winter Christmas aesthetics, they'll find other bloggers who can. Lost opportunities mean lost income.

VISBOOM: Bridging the Geographic Gap

Visboom is an innovative solution for all your photo editing needs that has taken away a lot of the hassle of photo editing when you're not near the place where the photo was taken. Using artificial intelligence technology, Visboom allows you to edit your photos in the comfort of home.

The editing process is very easy, for the most part you will take a picture at the beach with a well-staged photo that includes a well-lit background with good contrast and professional poses. You can then upload those pictures to Visboom and create Christmas pictures from nice backgrounds in Europe.

The level of realism of the edited picture is quite good! Unlike using a green screen to get your picture into another environment, Visboom uses the same light as the original beach photo to adjust shadowing and lighting to fit the new scene so that it looks very natural. The color grading is done with a very close match to what you would see in the scene as well as the size and perspective of the new scene will match with that of your original beach photo, so your followers will think you are actually on vacation in Europe.

Visboom has an amazing library of backgrounds for you to choose from, including pictures of iconic locations like the Champs-Élysées in Paris with a Christmas light1 display, an illustration of the Strasbourg Cathedral with a Christmas Market, and old Bavarian villages that have snow-covered roofs, among many others. Visboom has turned the vacation pictures into something that can be created by pressing a few buttons on your computer!

Impact on Content Strategy

Flexibility and Strategy: My content calendar is designed to be flexible and strategic - I am not constrained by travel budgets or locations anymore! I can now create holiday-themed, Christmas content from Europe in the mornings and tropical beach content from Bali in the afternoons!

Engagement Rates: Engagement rates in December are still high. I am providing my audience with the seasonal holiday-themed content they are expecting! Because I am creating content related to trending topics, the algorithm is working in my favor, so I will not see a drop-off between my active accounts and the distribution of my content.

Increased Brand Partnership Opportunities: With the aforementioned ability to create content relating to travel destinations (as opposed to just local destinations), there are always opportunities for partnership with travel-related brands, especially European travel boards!

Concerns About Authenticity? I am a very open person; I provide my followers with an insight into my life and my work (with the adding of behind-the-scenes content). Most importantly, my followers value my creativity and innovation through my Content Marketing strategy and are more willing to trust me because of this transparency.

New Possibilities for Travel Bloggers

Visboom opens previously unimaginable possibilities. Travel bloggers in tropical countries are no longer disadvantaged during winter seasons. Geography is no longer a barrier to seasonal content. Budget constraints don't limit content opportunities.

AI isn't about faking experiences. It's about creative storytelling and maximizing resources. I still travel extensively and create authentic content. But for gaps that aren't feasible, budget, time, visa restrictions, AI provides reasonable and effective solutions.