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I wanted to offer a few suggestions when it comes to smoke grenade photography. Because we make videos, I think a quick glance at this video will get you up to speed the quickest. The location of your smoke photography is important. Here gay a couple major things to consider:. Serge was using the Flashpoint strobes at about a 45 degree angle to the subject and in-front of them.

Without the sun as a backlight, we used a secondary strobe to provide a backlight see above video at for that setup. Here is an example of a shot I did with Mike, who was dressed up enola his world war II outfit. The smoke really adds an element to an already cool shot. Here is the soviet style gas mask I purchased on amazon.

The great thing about shooting with smoke is that you can play a lot with the colors and intensity in photoshop. Take this flat shot from the original and then my subsequent post-processing on it. We bought our smoke grenades off ebay, but found that the ones from enola gay are fantastic.

While we have yet to do this, it is totally smoke. In fact, here is a great video showing how you might do it. I leaned this lesson in two ways. Secondly, I wore a gas mask without the actual filter attached. That meant all the smoke sucked up into my mask, making it really hard to breath and see!

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I found that holding the very end of the smoke grenade was ok, even without gloves. However, the other end gets very hot! That means you should make sure the talent knows not to touch that end to any clothing or to themselves. Haley happened to wear her wedding dress to make one of these photos. The photo itself turned out great, but we managed to permanently stain the dress.

Rob is an ecologist from the University of Hawaii. He is the co-creator and director of Untamed Science. His goal is to create videos and content that are entertaining, accurate, and educational. When he's not making science content, he races whitewater kayaks and works on Stone Age Man.

Tips for Shooting Smoke Grenade Photos I wanted to offer a few suggestions when it comes to smoke grenade photography. Choose one of the following categories to see related pages: Advanced Filmmaking.