Witness my first foray into photographing smoke!
I did this in the attic (aka the man room) using a simple lamp, an incense stick (which I loathed the smell off) and a kit lens.
A basic guide
To do this, all is needed along with the above is a some black paper or card a few feet behind the stick for the background. By simply lighting the stick and focusing on the tip of the stick whilst you blow out the flame, you can get some very sharp photographs. The easiest way to do this is by using a tripod with manual focus selected on your lens, with the lamp uplighting the smoke from one side but not enough to notice any light on the background. Of course, a fast shutter speed is needed so an ISO of around 400 will be required. Shooting in RAW is also very advantageous as the exposure can be amended at a later stage.
The above photograph is a collage of different shots taken in July. It was quite successful for a first attempt, especially considering this photographers lack of patience when sitting in a hot loft in the dark!
Thats something I’ll have to try more of in the near future. Although, that all depends on this photographers lack of patience when sitting in a cold loft in the dark!
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