Smoke Photography

10/11/14 - 11/01/14

While visiting Wendi, she proposed that we photograph smoke in her studio. She had seen an article on it and it contained some interesting images. We set up some burning incense on a stool and Wendi set up the lighting. We played with using things like funnels to direct the smoke and started firing away. Afterwards, we went through our images and looked for shapes and objects in the smoke. Wendi likened it to looking for shapes in the clouds as we did as kids. When we found something we liked, we used Photoshop to remove any extraneous smoke and to add a little color. It ws a lot of fun and was a good exercise in learning to see creatively.

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Steve Winker