So how the heck are y'all doing it?
I tried like crazy to get the smoke(mist) that comes out of my nebulizer in today's picture. (I Am: Resilient) It just would never show up. It is light colored..but it comes out in droves, man you'd think the camera would pick it up.
I tried low light, washed light, a low shutter speed, a high shutter speed. Psh. Nothin.
I like the pic I got so it's ok. But for future reference...any advice?
Here is a tutorial : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2d281_HoEQ. I don't have an external flash, so I just used 2 lamps. I hope you can make it work, because smoke photography is really fun!
You can also take a 60 watt incandescent light bulb (CFLs do not work) break the glass, but leave the filament in tact, then turn on the light. ISO200, F6.3 @ 1/1000 second seemed to work pretty well. http://365project.org/sudweeks/365/2009-04-08
Just be careful since you're dealing with fire, broken glass and high voltage.
Smoke photography needs a lot of focused light--possible but a lot harder w/o an off camera flash. For starters, stick incense works best, you need a black background (you reverse it to white in post), small f/stop, low iso, and pretty fast shutter speed. For me, iso 200, f/11, ss 1/200th was a good starting point. If you have a super bright flashlight, I think it could work, but it's important to focus the light on the stream of smoke and at the same time prevent spillage onto the background and into the camera (done by blocking the light with a makeshift snoot or barndoors -- taped cardboard or an empty roll of toilet paper works well.
Here is a link with some amazing examples, and good information.
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http://365project.org/sudweeks/365/2009-04-08
Just be careful since you're dealing with fire, broken glass and high voltage.
Smoke photography needs a lot of focused light--possible but a lot harder w/o an off camera flash. For starters, stick incense works best, you need a black background (you reverse it to white in post), small f/stop, low iso, and pretty fast shutter speed. For me, iso 200, f/11, ss 1/200th was a good starting point. If you have a super bright flashlight, I think it could work, but it's important to focus the light on the stream of smoke and at the same time prevent spillage onto the background and into the camera (done by blocking the light with a makeshift snoot or barndoors -- taped cardboard or an empty roll of toilet paper works well.
Here is a link with some amazing examples, and good information.
Good luck!
http://sensitivelight.com/smoke2/?image=1