{"id":4598,"date":"2015-05-05T11:32:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T10:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2015-05-05T11:33:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T10:33:40","slug":"smoke-machine-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4598","title":{"rendered":"Smoke Machine Background"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the draw backs of working in any studio is the\u00a0finite nature of the backgrounds you can work with during a shoot. Of course if you’re handy at a bit of DIY you can build your own sets and create some amazing backgrounds but that takes time and besides, carpentry isn’t one of my strongest skills\u00a0as you’ll see when I made my current studio background.<\/p>\n

So what can you do to quickly change the background? Well I have a bunch of different fabrics which work really well but as you’ll see in this video, nothing beats the smoke machine for effect and downright fun!<\/p>\n

[youtube]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LvLjiahVBrs[\/youtube]<\/p>\n

That shoot was part of a series I shot with a Fortune Teller theme and the smoke machine was perfect for the background, as the smoke builds up, the effect changes from a slight haze to thick fog.<\/p>\n

\"Kerry-Smoke-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The smoke is a whitish\/blueish colour so to get the full effect of the smoke you’ll need a dark background and ideally a light to illuminate the smoke from either the side or back.<\/p>\n

\"Kerry-Smoke-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Adding a splash of colour to the fog is as easy as popping a coloured gel on the flash that illuminating the fog. In this case I added a red gel to the flash on the right and increased the saturation of the natural blue colour of the fog in Photoshop.<\/p>\n

Too much smoke can ruin the shot by reducing contrast, especially if you light it from the front. For that reason I keep any smoke shots until the end of the shoot.<\/p>\n

\"Kerry-Smoke-3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally it’s worth checking that the smoke “juice” is water based to avoid leaving a residue all over your studio and is non toxic… pretty obviously. The smoke builds up pretty quickly so also keep a check on the model and anyone else in the studio. At the first sign of problems get some fresh air.<\/p>\n

Model:<\/strong> Kerry Allingham<\/a>
\nMake-Up:<\/strong> Anna Matos<\/a><\/p>\n

Gear used in this video<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canon 5D Mark III\u00a0www.adorama.com\/ICA5DM3.html?KBID=67338<\/a><\/p>\n

Canon 50mm f\/1.8 II\u00a0www.adorama.com\/CA5018AFU.html?KBID=67338<\/a><\/p>\n

Flashpoint Light Stand www.adorama.com\/FPLS9.html?KBID=67338<\/a><\/p>\n

Black Rapid RS-7 Strap www.adorama.com\/BRRS7.html?KBID=67338<\/a><\/p>\n

Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Creative Collection\u00a0www.adorama.com\/FPLFSL360K2.html?KBID=67338<\/a><\/p>\n

Sekonic L-308S Flashmate www.adorama.com\/SKL308S.html?KBID=67338<\/a><\/p>\n

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One of the draw backs of working in any studio is the\u00a0finite nature of the backgrounds you can work with during a shoot. Of course if you’re handy at a bit of DIY you can build your own sets and create some amazing backgrounds but that takes time and besides, carpentry isn’t one of my … Continue reading Smoke Machine Background<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[76,23,145,36,34,37,24,144,63,3,102],"class_list":["post-4598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-adorama","tag-featured","tag-lighting","tag-photography","tag-photoshop","tag-portrait","tag-spotlight","tag-studio","tag-texture","tag-video","tag-vintage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4598"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4606,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598\/revisions\/4606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}