Sunday, June 27, 2010
Smoke Photography
I always had this desire to try out 'Smoke Photography' and I also had a clear idea inside my head on how the photo should come out. The smoke photography in my mind had an old man with a white beard smoking a cigarette as black & white composition. I got lucky when I went to my wife's office to shoot some pictures. Here was an old man working on something and when he took a break, he took it the way I had envisaged it. A couple of clicks and only this one came close to my 'vision'. I will sure keep trying till I get the right image, though.
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Have you tried smoke photographs at night and made some pp to get awesome shapes and effects?!
ReplyDeleteLight up a coloured candle
Have some reflectors on the sides (could be mirrors or a some willing assistant with another camera that just gives a flash when you say 'NOW')
Let the helper blow the candle and you take a snap which frames the portion just above the wick and has smoke (Dont forget to tell the helper click his / her camera to get the flash that would help your camera take a good picture)
You cannot control the shape of smoke obviously, but with some PP done, it would look awesome.
Note: I dont have a SLR. Suggestions are based on Point and Shoot experience :)