Up in Smoke
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The Mission
– Shoot and edit a smoke-filled portrait
Time
– Two hours
Skill level
– Advanced
Kit needed
– Speedlight
– Incense stick
– Tripod
– Black backdrop
– Wireless flash trigger
– Photoshop
There are three parts to this fun smoky portrait project. The first two stages involve shooting the smoke and portrait. Capturing the portrait is very simple, we just need to photograph a person side-on in profile against a clean, light, backdrop.
In fact, you might already have a photograph on your hard drive that would be perfect for this project (if you just want to test out your Photoshop skills, you can use the portrait we’ve already supplied).
As for the smoke images, if you like, you can skip
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