Abstract Smoke

[scotteisenphotography]

Well I've always wanted to shoot some smoke. Had some extra time tonight and finally got to it. What do you think?

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/4140047218_70f976a698.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/4140046578_fed701a5e2.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/4140047652_391d116509.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/4140047780_215df29c0d.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2552/4139288255_c8b9b54981.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/4140048602_fd5eee1cd4.jpg

[Lee Nelson]

Oh so very nice.....
Sensual and lovely form.....

[scotteisenphotography]

Oh so very nice.....
Sensual and lovely form.....

Thank you! I agree with the sensualness (wow that's a word!) of the images!

[AmandaMarie]

Care to share how you did this?

[scotteisenphotography]

I had a very "ghetto" studio setup for this one. I'm away from "home" so all i had was a 580EXII flash, pocketwizards, and a reflector. I needed a snoot for the flash so I made one from a cereal box. I setup incense on top of a stool, let them burn. The black backdrop is actually a black shirt I found and ducttaped to the wall. I set it up so that no light from the flash or reflector would spill on the backdrop. I got a proper exposure and just shot away. I experimented with different numbers of sticks, different colors in photoshop, and so on...

[AmandaMarie]

How did you angle your flash?

[scotteisenphotography]

How did you angle your flash?

At the smoke? to the left of it, shooting directly across

[AmandaMarie]

gotchya! really cool. thanks! =)

[scotteisenphotography]

gotchya! really cool. thanks! =)

yeah no problem. The most important part is the snoot.

[AmandaMarie]

Do you think a barndoor would do the same? I'm new to snoots.

[scotteisenphotography]

Do you think a barndoor would do the same? I'm new to snoots.

I don't know really. It may or may not. Can only try. Snoots are very simple..i made it out of a cereal box! it's that simple!

[obnoxiousmom]

Really awesome shots

[Godlikepower]

Excellent photos!

[scotteisenphotography]

Thanks guys.

[dvalfano]

Do you think a barndoor would do the same? I'm new to snoots.

The barndoor will work great. Also if you can add space between the smoke and the backdrop, you will save alot of time in cleaning up the photo. Also you can add a small desk lamp to light up the smoke so your camer can focus on it. Good luck...

[scotteisenphotography]

The barndoor will work great. Also if you can add space between the smoke and the backdrop, you will save alot of time in cleaning up the photo. Also you can add a small desk lamp to light up the smoke so your camer can focus on it. Good luck...

What do you mean clean up the backdrop? I did no such thing? Am I missing something?

[dvalfano]

What do you mean clean up the backdrop? I did no such thing? Am I missing something?


NO NO NO.. when I did my first smoke pictures, my setup was a little to close to the backdrop. I picked up some dust and stuff from the backdrop and had to do a little post work on it. You pictures look VERY CLEAN.. I was just giving a helpful hint to another member.

Great work.

[scotteisenphotography]

NO NO NO.. when I did my first smoke pictures, my setup was a little to close to the backdrop. I picked up some dust and stuff from the backdrop and had to do a little post work on it. You pictures look VERY CLEAN.. I was just giving a helpful hint to another member.

Great work.

Ah okay! Thanks!

[J-BO]

awesome shots, i have been meaning to try this myself!!! so did you say that you add the colors in photoshop?

there are some good videos about this on youtube.com here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2d281_HoEQ

[scotteisenphotography]

awesome shots, i have been meaning to try this myself!!! so did you say that you add the colors in photoshop?

there are some good videos about this on youtube.com here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2d281_HoEQ

Thanks. Yeah I did the colours in photoshop.

[kelvinservigon]

very nice!! :D