i recently did a photo shoot with these smoke grenades made by Enola Gaye to take
these stylized portraits
this was my first time shooting with smoke so I had no idea what I was doing
so I bought six of these online just in case if I screwed up the first three
times if you want to get some of these for yourself
go ahead and check the description below we went through three of these smoke
grenades until we were able to get the desired effect
and then afterwards we were able to get some fantastic shots
so today I'm going to share with you some tips on how to use the smoke
grenades
so you guys can get some fantastic photos and you won't be struggling like
I did with my first smoke photo shoot first don't work on a windy day
the smoke is really light and it can travel quickly if there's a slight
breeze
you should be ok however if there's no when
that's perfect
next find a good location you will want to work in the shade or during the
golden hour because that will give you the most vivid colors if you shoot in
the Sun or backlit that's going to watch out the smoke and make the colors less
vivid and therefore it won't look as nice one camera also find a spot with a
few people you don't want to draw attention to yourself and have a large
crowd around you
over time the smoke will accumulate into a cloud
if you hold the grenade in one spot your model will slowly disappear behind a
cloud that means you can't take any more pictures and then she'll start dying in
that cloud of smoke
so it's best to have an assistant with you so they can distribute the smoke
around here
so here's an example on how to use the smoke grenade
so here's my model and here's my assistant with their smoker name
so they're going to stand right off to the side just right off frame and
they're going to stand behind the model and waive the smoke grenade up and down
and now they can occasionally come forward in front of the models still off
to the side away the smoke grenade up and down
so this way to smoke will not accumulate all in one spot and while they're doing
this you will be taking pictures
another thing your assistant can do is circle the model real quickly with the
smoke grenade run out of frame and then you can take some pictures and one last
thing is you can get the smoke grenade to your model and they can kind of just
hold it up and toilet around the body just play the smoke and that should also
give you some cool pictures too
so the goal is to keep the smoke moving and not just a team late all in one spot
this is real smoke so if it gets in their eyes or if they fail it it will be
an air tent so be mindful of that also set it's colored smoke
make sure that they're wearing something that they don't mind getting dirty or
they don't mind throwing away because it might slightly discolored their clothes
it does get a little warm but not too hot so you don't really need a pot
holder or club you can basically just hold these in your hand
these smoke grenades are really easy to use you just remove the cap and then
they require no matches which is awesome
it works just like a traditional grenade so there's a ring that's attached to it
you pull the ring to ignited and it emit smoke for 90 seconds and that's plenty
of time to take plenty of pictures I found that I was able to take about
maybe 30 to 50 pictures for grenade
so you have plenty of time and get your money's worth the smoke grenades come in
a variety of colors not just purple
they have red orange green blue white there's so many colors as i said earlier
there are extremely vivid if you work in the shade and the colors can be further
enhanced in adobe lightroom if you do decide to do a smoke photo shoot
you can pick up some of these smoke grenades in the description below if you
take some pictures tag me on instagram at bread and spark and i would love to
see them
if I like them I'm a feature them on my account if you want to see exactly how i
edit one of these photos in adobe lightroom click on the video card right
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