Colorful smoke for photo sessions

Often, during a photo shoot, there is a need to create an atmosphere of mystery or simply create a special background, which corresponds to the artistic intention of the photographer. In such cases, colored smoke is used. Particularly interesting is the color smoke during a photo shoot at night with headlights. Photosession with smoke allows you to get unique shots, bright and colorful.

How to make smoke for a photo shoot?

There are a lot of ways to make smoke for photo shoots. All of them are divided into industrial and homemade.

Colored smoke of industrial production:

  1. The most common way to make smoke for a photo shoot is to use a smoke bomb. They are quite accessible. One of the advantages of this method is mobility. The disadvantages are the inability to control the work process - you can not turn it on or off, stop or continue the process.
  2. Pencils and paintball guns are often used.
  3. Smoke car. The indisputable advantage of this method is the ability to easily control the process of formation of smoke in the quantitative and temporal dimensions. The disadvantages include the need for an electrical network, which does not always correspond to the location and conditions of the photo session.
  4. For small studios, a tool such as a spray-can of "smoke-fog" is suitable. The amount of smoke is limited. Advantages - mobility, the ability to use in any conditions.

Homemade options for obtaining colored smoke:

  1. Homemade means for the formation of smoke. Such a checker is made on the basis of ammonium nitrate or potassium (depending on the recipe), sugar, soda and dye. As a colorant is henna, manganese, food colorings. This method is not safe for health.
  2. Homemade smoke machine. This device works on dry ice. Certain skills are needed to create the device and put it into operation.

The optimal way to get colored smoke for photo shoots at cost and efficiency are paintball checkers. Such products have data on shelf life, marking, factory production conditions.