Technical challenge: Smoke.
Apr 11, 2017 06:26:19 #
It has been a while since doing this but it is a good project for the boring winter time.
Use and incense stick and make a couple barn doors for the flash.
We used a bar stool and stuck the stick in an aluminum pie tin in some clay or silly putty.
Set the flash on one side and a modeling light on the other. The flash and modeling have to be positioned as not to have light enter the lens.
I used an x shape at about 45 degrees. Position the camera about 5 feet from where the x lines cross and put the incense stick there.
I have a black back drop for portrait work. It has to be far enough behind the incense as not to let spill on it.
We did this in a darkened room at night. You can pre focus or try auto focus, most shots will miss.
You will end up taking hundreds of images to get it right.
Oh yea the flash was triggered with a tethered cord and the flash was mounted on a light stand pointed 45 degrees the other way towards the center of the x.
You can move your hands around in the air to create the ripples.
Type smoke photos set up in google search and you will find some samples.
The good thing about these images you can flip rotate and invert them.
Good luck Ron
Use and incense stick and make a couple barn doors for the flash.
We used a bar stool and stuck the stick in an aluminum pie tin in some clay or silly putty.
Set the flash on one side and a modeling light on the other. The flash and modeling have to be positioned as not to have light enter the lens.
I used an x shape at about 45 degrees. Position the camera about 5 feet from where the x lines cross and put the incense stick there.
I have a black back drop for portrait work. It has to be far enough behind the incense as not to let spill on it.
We did this in a darkened room at night. You can pre focus or try auto focus, most shots will miss.
You will end up taking hundreds of images to get it right.
Oh yea the flash was triggered with a tethered cord and the flash was mounted on a light stand pointed 45 degrees the other way towards the center of the x.
You can move your hands around in the air to create the ripples.
Type smoke photos set up in google search and you will find some samples.
The good thing about these images you can flip rotate and invert them.
Good luck Ron
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Apr 11, 2017 06:58:26 #
Ronald540 wrote:
It has been a while since doing this but it is a g... (show quote)
These are great shots Ronald. This is on my list of shots to try and you have helped move me to try this over the weekend coming up. There was a little different color on a couple shots ? Send more. Thanks
Tom
Apr 11, 2017 07:00:50 #
Apr 11, 2017 07:03:06 #
Nice, the pictures are interesting. Must of been fun to shoot. For sure I'll try this on a rainy day. Thanks.
Apr 11, 2017 08:49:07 #
tshift wrote:
These are great shots Ronald. This is on my list of shots to try and you have helped move me to try this over the weekend coming up. There was a little different color on a couple shots ? Send more. Thanks
Tom
Tom
Tom the color comes from using google Nik color effects using a grad color several times.
You need Photoshop and of course google Nik Collection,
https://www.google.com/nikcollection/
It is very hard to achieve focus so there will be a lot of missed shots.
The flash has to fire as the modeling light is only for focus.
The room has to be dark, the smoke is the only thing that needs to be lit.
It comes out pretty much without color.
Cheers
Ron
Apr 11, 2017 17:33:41 #
These are REALLY cool! Worth the effort.
Ronald540 wrote:
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Apr 12, 2017 05:55:52 #
Apr 12, 2017 07:36:58 #
Or if you are lazy like me, just use a single IKEA desk lamp directly overhead ;)
Apr 12, 2017 09:16:46 #
Apr 13, 2017 06:51:35 #
kymarto wrote:
Or if you are lazy like me, just use a single IKEA desk lamp directly overhead ;)
Nice looks like it worked.
Cheers
Apr 13, 2017 06:59:21 #
Thank to All.
If you have a black background you can invert the image and get a different look.
The numbering is just my index files.
Cheers
If you have a black background you can invert the image and get a different look.
The numbering is just my index files.
Cheers
Apr 13, 2017 09:21:17 #
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