Tips to play with smoke

Smoke is often used as a visual element in film and television works. Smoke can reproduce some specific environmental features, increase the hazy mood of the picture, and also express the elusive psychology of characters, making the movie more meaningful.

Some photographers prefer to use natural smoke effects in the environment, choosing a specific time and place to shoot; Some photographers use special substances and tools to create an artificial smoke effect.

This issue brings us into the world of smoke to talk about how to use smoke to create a sense of atmosphere.

The first step is to find an open, dark place, avoid light clutter and pay attention to smoke alarms.

Place a Lishuai HS-Q150L directly behind the character. Thanks to the 1600 million color combinations of the light, you can easily get the color you need. Here, adjust it to blue.

The smoke cake is the prop for making smoke this time. After lighting the smoke cake, place it in front of the character, so that the protagonist is in the middle of the light and smoke, which will produce a certain Tyndall effect and make the picture more layered and atmospheric.

Use Lishuai HS-Q150 at the top. The lightness of the light itself makes it easy to set up as a top light.

The control box is located below, which makes it very convenient to adjust the lighting parameters. This time, it is adjusted to warm yellow, which is used to create contrast color, enhancing the three-dimensional sense of characters.

The lights used this time are all added with accessories like soft diffuser and egg crate to make the light more soft and prevent light from overflowing.