Smoke photogrphy for c&c

[reznap]

Nice work. Did you use a single flash, camera left?

 

[Bram]

i would love to see your setup good sir.

 

[giulio1993]

Yes, a single flash off camera, I'll post some photos of the setup soon (I keep them in the other pc)

 

[inaka]

Great shots and I'd love to see some setup pics too.
Well done!

 

[KmH]

In an Internet search engine enter: "How do I take pictures of smoke"

how do i take pictrures of smoke - Bing=

Photographing smoke | Pixiq

Sensitive Light: Coloured Smoke

http://www.flickr.com/groups/artsmoke/pool/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/fleetingbeauty-smoke/

 

[JumpingJay15]

oooo I really like the first one, These look really good.

 

[giulio1993]

Here's my setup:
Flash: off camera, 15cm next to the incese. The best power for MINE (nissin di622) was between 1/2 and 1/8.
Lens: 50mm f/1.8 with an aperture between f/8 and f/10
ISO:100 (we want less noise as possible)
I used no reflector although many tutorials raccomend it, i find that it only lightened the background and reduced the contrast (try if it's the case)

But the most important thing is this:

A very expensive part of your equipement

 

[KmH]

I use 2, and sometimes 3 snooted speedlights.

I like to have one right under the incense stick pointing straight up, #2 high camera right, angled down at about 45° and turned slightly more towards the camera than parallel to the black background, and if I use a 3rd light it is opposite the high light but lower and pointed level and parallel to the background.