Episode 7: Smoke Photography

[@bickydas7455]

Awesome sirrr❤❤❤😍😍😍😍

[@LiveThatAdventure]

Glad you liked it!!! 😀

[@bickydas7455]

@@LiveThatAdventure 😊😊😊😊👍yup

[@Beast0Bass]

Great presentation & very informative. Nice work.

[@elisabethm.lafontaine4835]

Excellent!

[@superskelly4470]

Love smoke shots.. Great tips!

[@Exercises10]

Amazing! Also, thanks for the tips on editing that is most helpful.

[@markharris5771]

A very comprehensive instructive video, really like how you always did the: "What not to do" first.

[@TheShutterSchool]

I always find that if I can figure out the things that dont work, The things that do fall into place much easier! :)

[@adambailey1170]

Shutter School! Awesome tutorial. I'll be putting to the test. Thanks!

[@TheShutterSchool]

I would love to see your results!

[@vabriga1]

Great tutorial Dustin.

[@maureendaly1286]

Thank you for such an easy and informative video. Way easier doing this editing your way in LR using the gradient or adjustment brush than doing it in Photoshop!

[@alanaddison3382]

I will be helping my granddaughter with a project for her school photography course and you video will help us get a better result thanks.

[@TheShutterSchool]

That is awesome Alan! I would love to see how it comes out!

[@alanaddison3382]

Hi we have now taken some smoke photographs, can we send you one or two to show how it came out,we ended up using flash and or a single light, how do I send them thanks Alan

[@TheShutterSchool]

I would love to see it! You can share them here facebook.com/DustinThompsonPhotography/

[@pantelisgramv]

you made it look very simple. great lesson for a beginner like me!

[@TheShutterSchool]

Thank you Pantelis! I am glad you liked it! It just takes a bit of practice and experimenting. I would love to see your results!

[@fredmarconi305]

Very good presentation, thank you for sharing.

[@TheShutterSchool]

+Fred Marconi Thank you Fred! Im glad you enjoyed it! Id love to see what you get!

[@TamerRagheb]

Thank you Dustin.. great video.. :)

[@nachiketa02]

Epic video... Thanks

[@TheShutterSchool]

Nachiket Kodilkar Thank you so much! Im glad you enjoyed it! Id love to see what you come up with.

[@karrthiksubra2122]

awesome.. just what i was looking for..

[@TheShutterSchool]

Im glad you enjoyed it! Let me know how it works out for you!

[@karrthiksubra2122]

+TheShutterSchool it worked out well. Although I had to improvise on the light. My flash wasn't giving the desired output. I replaced with led torchlight. It worked fine 😊

[@noobtube1210]

5:46 my favorite audio clip of this video. I can just play that over and over.

[@TheShutterSchool]

I love throwing in a Lil something funny here and there :)

[@57Carlibra]

how did you make your slider bars blue? I like that

[@theojansen6567]

Thank you for this great tutorial!

[@TheShutterSchool]

thank you Theo! I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@darrenpowell8332]

Thanks for the tutorial, i now know how to change the smoke colour

[@TheShutterSchool]

You are very welcome Darren! The color changing does add a cool aspect to these shots!

[@DarrenD777]

Hi, I appreciate the tutorial - it contains some of the best info on the subject I've seen so far. However, you could further improve your smoke shots by making the background *completely black*. There are many ways to do this - here's a couple using PS - go to: Image>Adjustments>Levels, and clicking on the black (not white or grey) dropper and then clicking on your background...OR by moving the first left (black) slide adjuster to the right - thus making the dark parts darker. Keep going - you're doing some cool stuff! BTW - the music (starting at about 8:12) is a bit annoying (that's my personal opinion though) but if you could mix it a bit quieter so we can hear more of your instruction (your voice) and less of the music that would help me understand what you are saying - but it's not a bad mix (I used to do sound and recording) trust me - I've watched other vids that I had to *stop* because they had mixed the music so loud I couldn't understand the instruction - thus rendering the instruction vid worthless. You may notice that most of the professional tutorials on youtube don't have any music during instruction - only during the "pre-roll" content at the beginning of their vid. That way if I want to listen to my own music in the background (iTunes, or similar) I can. All in all I'd say you're doing a good job! Please keep posting and I'll keep watching. God Bless. :-D

[@TheShutterSchool]

Hey Darren, Thanks for watching. I think that my monitor may be in need of calibration. It looked pretty black on my screen, thanks for the heads up. I just added the music during the editing because there was a lot of "dead air" and I thought is seemed a little lacking. I will keep it all in consideration in future videos. Thanks again! :)

[@DarrenD777]

Well, the lack of black could be caused by the image compression in the digital video (like JPEG compression - aka "Quality" in Saving a PS file in JPEG format) and that causes things to appear different than they are in real life.

[@TheShutterSchool]

That could be! Im more of a picture guy. The videos are still pretty new to me.

[@shubhamgupta6872]

hi Dustin, i wanted to know if this is possible without the external flash

[@davecasey6469]

Nice vid and tips. How did you change the slider color to blue in Lightroom?

[@TheShutterSchool]

Hello Dave! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video! My slides have always been blue. I am using lr4 in this video. Maybe they changed it in newer versions.

[@arezoojalali2362]

pretty cool. thx

[@keredhenry9471]

That's cool

[@TheShutterSchool]

+Kered Henry I am glad you enjoyed the video!

[@CensoredSmh]

what editing software did u use

[@TheShutterSchool]

Ap Mxbbing Most of the edits were done in Lightroom. The more complex edits like the Harris effect and the composite were done in Photoshop.

[@acousticjack342]

Nice#techjack

[@boop_my_snoot5273]

can you do the paint the smoke in the adobe photoshop lightroom 6?

[@TheShutterSchool]

+RCT3 and more It can definitely be done with photoshop. Light room is just a little more user friendly in my opinion, but photoshop can accomplish pretty much anything if you know the tricks to get it done.

[@boop_my_snoot5273]

so the photoshop lightroom 6 can do what you did with the brush color?

[@TheShutterSchool]

Yes it can definitely be done. You would be using an adjustment layer to color your smoke. Here is my Layer mask video kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnq3n5ZrbNudpNU

[@boop_my_snoot5273]

thank you

[@TheShutterSchool]

Sure thing I hope that helped!

[@onxyfoto8806]

Love the Video. Thanks. I have a question. At 9:14 you talked about color inversion. I am using light room 5 and can not figure out how to do this with the software that I have. Any chance you can give me a hand?

[@dustinthompson3726]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! on lr5 it should be done pretty much the same way. on the right side find the tone curve. Just move the end points to the opposite of where they are and you should be all set!

[@onxyfoto8806]

I tried but it only curves the line. it does not actually go all the way down like you did.

[@dustinthompson3726]

you have to grab the line on the very end. otherwise it will just bend the curve

[@onxyfoto8806]

I tried. Thanks for the help though. If possible I can mail you a video of what I am doing and see if you can help.

[@dustinthompson3726]

Yea I'd be happy to check it out! my email is [e-mail]

[@San0612Ston]

Thank you

[@DarrenD777]

Oh yeah I forgot to say - Cool logo - nice style.

[@TheShutterSchool]

[@gonemadfar]

cool

[@ankitagarwal4863]

can i capture the Smoke withoout flash gun ...???

[@TheShutterSchool]

I may have to try it with a quick burst from a flashlight. The only problem is that since the smoke is moving there will be a bit of blur

[@ankitagarwal4863]

hmmm right, i to tried ... thanx

[@brandookie79]

how can it be done without flash, light room, or photoshop. I don't have any of that stuff period. if there is a way, I can show you pics I took with an led light. it was my 1st attempt and smoke

[@TheShutterSchool]

+brandon thomas That could be tricky! I think you will at least need a flash. You can get a used one pretty cheap like this one www.ebay.com/itm/Vivitar-283-Flash-Used-Works-Box-/201558437784?hash=item2eedd1af98:g:IF4AAOSwAvJXCS3N . Editing just gives it a little flair but isn't needed. You can change the color by trying different white balances. best of luck!

[@brandookie79]

+TheShutterSchool thank you so much for the response and quick one at that. lol I am an amateur photographer and self taught for about 2 years now. only shoot in raw and manual mode. I do not own or use any editing software. only things that's usually done is crop, contrast, highlight. I took some pics at night with some friends using smoke. Nothing fancy was used other than an led light ring and high fstop. I'd appreciate if you could view those pics on my instagram (brandookie79) and let me know what could be done to improve my smoke pics. it was my 1st try a couple weeks ago. love your vids and thanks for helping all of us.

[@brandookie79]

+TheShutterSchool thanks for the link. I'll check it out. what type of editing software would you recommend if I decide to get into that?

[@brandookie79]

+TheShutterSchool the link of the flash you sent me, will that work with my camera? I have a Canon else rebel t5i and a t3i. super cheap for that flash

[@TheShutterSchool]

brandon thomas I checked out your work. Really great stuff man! You are well on your way! I would probably start out with lightroom and then pick up photoshoop a little later on. I use both. I believe that the flash will work on your camera. It will definitely work if you use it like i did when it was in the tube and i was triggering it by hand.

[@xkratosxxxx7426]

awesome, now I can't start trying this with my vape

[@TheShutterSchool]

That would be pretty interesting. Id love to see what you get!

[@xkratosxxxx7426]

+TheShutterSchool well the only problem well not a problem but I don't smoke, and bought a vape to do smoke photography haha I keep choking on the vape smoke lmao so I have rigged a bicycle pump to do the inhaling for me, I believe I added ur fb page so when I get em processed and done I'll share, but it's all thanks to you for sharing ur video!!

[@TheShutterSchool]

Might be better off with cones or a freshly blown out candle :)

[@xkratosxxxx7426]

+TheShutterSchool got cones and sticks as back ups lol but pretty ocd about it all haha don't like giving up

[@TheShutterSchool]

I hope that all of your perseverance pays off!

[@Lady_in_Waiting]

I am so frustrated, I cannot get any smoke to show, I've changed settings, etc, not working. I really wanted to get this.

[@TheShutterSchool]

Artsy Irish Chic sometimes it's a matter of which incense sick you are using. Have you tried the cones?

[@Lady_in_Waiting]

Yes I tried both and a candle then blew it out, I see the smoke I just cant record it. It comes out with nothing there. Im stumped!

[@TheShutterSchool]

Artsy Irish Chic what are your camera settings?

[@Lady_in_Waiting]

Also, my camera doesn't want to focus it keeps changing when the light goes out, then it wont' work at all. I dont know how to lock it like you did. It's a canon 1300D =rebel 6 I believe.

[@Lady_in_Waiting]

I figured out the manual switch lol.. Im new to this digital camera, so trying to learn the tricks. :-) I tried 100 iso, f8 and 1 sec with hand held flash like you did. Im still working on it......thanks for your help btw, your pics are AMAZING!

[@azdigbee]

All that edit stuff looks crazy complicated........ way beyond the comprehension of us senior citizen photographers who are completely lost in the digital world ! 😥

[@CharlesCUnal]

5*****

[@azdigbee]

All that edit stuff is impossible to learn ! 😖

[@menschin9854]

Xcuse me but these sound-effects are just annoying. It doesnt add anything to the video, it just makes me cringe..