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© Copyright 2005, Dave Barstow Photography

"Back-Burn"


dabar

A negative image of an original smoke photo.

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© Copyright 2005, Dave Barstow Photography

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Another image in the smoke. This one brought to mind the expression

"oh My Aching Back, it feels like it's on fire." In any case I think

it's an interesting smoke pattern, even the subtle gradation of the

background colors. Please let me know what you think.

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For the majority of the photos the lighting was esentially the same. The smoke was from one or more incense cones, and was lit from below. The "stack" from bottom up was as follows:

 

1. Alien Bees 800 ws strobe with barn-doors, pointing up.

 

2. An 11" by 14" piece of cardboard with a 7" hole in the center. This acts as a light-shield and support for the remaining items.

 

3. Colored gel pieces or strips between two sheets of clear acrylic. The gels are aligned over the opening in the cardboard.

 

4. A Pyrex bowl 8" diameter by 4" hight inverted over the gels. The bottom of the bowl is flat and about 7" in diameter. This provides a support for the burning incense and does not obstruct the light.

 

5. I place an opaque object about 7" wide by 5" high in front of the bowl to block all light except that reflected/scattered by the smoke.

 

6. This entire "stack" is located about 8' from a flat-black background. The camera is around 3' from the subject.

 

I use the strobe at full power so as to obtain the best DOF.

 

I hope this clarifies any questions you may have as to how I do these shots.

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How do you get that smock to have colour? Also, do you have a smoke machine or somthing?

The colours are great, the only thing a don't like is that text, maybe make it lightish gray in Arial???

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Great job, I have been wanting to do some similar stuff with food coloring in water. i know some body here was doing that a while back. Bravo
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