How to Photographing smoke rings?
1/250 or <, in front of a bark BG and back lit of course.
Cigar, cigarette,… anything but vapour.
…and don't forget the opened window!
Light is free… capturing it is not!
As your flashgun will be pointing towards the camera so that you can back-light the smoke rings, you will probably find lens-flare to be a problem.
Although the shot below is not your smoke rings, to get the shadow-clarity here the flashgun was fitted with a DIY black-coloured cardboard snoot wrapped around the flash head - the snoot being about 3" / 75mm long. The flash was mounted about 2m / 7ft above floor level - a tripod on a table!
Hope this helps
Phil from the great land Downunder
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GWS wrote: Man, so this could be tough. If the person is moving and if I had a second flash source, that would have to be in position already. So 2 lights is 100% needed? Also, are there any safe alternatives for smoke? Thanks again!!
Hay matey - do not make it too complicated !!!
This project is YOUR idea and YOU are in charge of the posing & lighting & photo shooting
YOU need to take the time to set the scene with one flash gun, suitably located - YOU get the subject seated comfortably and then you start to experiment with camera angles
Then light the cig and do some actual photo shooting - fill the 36 exposures !! - and then evacuate the room and open all the windows
Phil
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