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23Apr/1115

Fake Smoke with Flashlight and String – Photography Tutorial

In this video photography tutorial you'll learn how to create a long exposure photograph of fake smoke coming off of objects using a flashlight or LED attached to a string.

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  1. Cool! Thanks.

  2. Coo. man, thank you.

  3. Thanks a lot.

    I’m waiting for your new creative.

  4. nicely done and well-explained!

  5. fantastic. Thanks a lot.

  6. mal wieder ein guter artikel…mir gefällt dein schreibstil!!! Weiter so!

  7. thanks, amazin – once again your creativity is fantastic, and thanks for being so free to share how you create your photos!

  8. That’s really cool! Who would have thought you could actually use string to create smoke in a photograph…

  9. Important question: Is your book only in the e-book format or are there other versions (pdf, for example) available? I am on a Macintosh and cannot read ebook formats on this machine I think.

  10. Hey Zak, it is in PDF format. You should be able to read this on macs, pcs, and even mobile devices.

  11. No mention of what kind of lens you are using..?
    Does it matter..?

  12. hi great tut, and well explain but a still have some doubts; how do you colorize the smoke, in photoshop? but how?
    thx’s and keep doing your great job!!!
    bye

  13. What are your doubts? You can color the smoke by creating a new layer on top of the smoke layer, and then grabbing the gradient tool, making a gradient on the new layer, and then set the blending mode to Hue or Color on the layer.

  14. Great! Thank you for the nice tutorial!

  15. Cool idea! Thanks for the tutorial! With this technique I managed to take this “shot”! :-)
    http://www.lichtspur.ch/view.php?pic=Cowboy_50201_f


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