Smoke bomb photography: how to shoot explosive fashion shots

smoke bomb photography
(Image credit: Alistair Campbell)

This is something I’ve wanted to try for a while. A few years ago, I was doing the lighting on a feature film where we used a smoke machine almost every day – and it was brilliant. Although it was only capable of chucking out standard white smoke, it elevated the look of the image to an incredible extent.

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Alistair Campbell

Alistair is the Features Editor of Digital Camera magazine, and has worked as a professional photographer and video producer.