Digital SLR Photography

high spirits!Choose the best image, add somecontrastto make jars glow even more,clone out any annoying dust and ashparticles and enjoy your spooky image!Exposure:1/125sec atf/8 (ISO 200)44 Digital slr PhotographyNove mber2016PH TOsKIl ls1CompositionCollectallthepropsyou’regoingtouseandcreateasimplecompositionwithjarsandbottlesasthecentralelements.Tryto keepthescenesimple,butaddsomedetailstocreateanatmosphere(suchasalittlepumpkin,autumnleavesorathreadofartificialspiderweb).Putyourpaperfiguresinthejarsandfixthemwithdouble-sidedtapeiftheywon’tstandontheirown.2setupthe lightingLightingfrombehindmakesthesmokeglowandcreatesasilhouetteofthepapercutouts.Asidefromthat,youcanuseanytypeoflightingyoulike.Inmycaseit’saflashguninastripsoftboxfrombehindandslightlytotherightwithareflectorontheleft,fillingintheshadows.I’vealsousedcardasaflagtostopsomeofthelightfromhittingthebackgroundtomakeitdarker.3settingsIfyou’reusingflashguns,setthemonalowpower(about1/8th)toallowyoutousearelativelywideaperturetoblurthebackground.Selectyourflashsyncspeed(usuallybetween1/160secto1/250sec)andadjusttheISOtogetawell-exposedimage.Ifyou’reusingnaturallight,alongershutterspeedwillgivethesmokeablurryfinish,whereasafastershutterspeedwillretaintextureinthesmoke.4let’s shootIgniteanincensestickortwo,puttheminajartoletthesmokecondenseatthebottomandplugthecork.Fillthejarsonebyoneandtakeasequenceofshotsasthesmokeswirlsandcurls.Youcanalsoaddsomeswirlsofsmokeoutsideofthejars,lowdownsoitdriftsupwards,oropenthelidofajartocapturethesmokeescaping.Remembertoplacetheincensestickdownonafire-proofsurface.