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<blockquote data-quote="crewchief227" data-source="post: 371030" data-attributes="member: 33158"><p>Ok so I have this idea for a composition that involves a pair of chuck taylors, an makeshift ashtray with lit cigarette and some other stuff.&nbsp; Obviously it is a still life and I was thinking b&amp;w low key, you know that moody look, so it's not a pic of someone smoking.&nbsp; But I need advice on shooting cig smoke, do you try and hit the smoke dead on, or side?&nbsp; I am sure you want a faster shutter speed then what I would normally do the shoot with (1/60) as I would have to freeze the smoke, maybe 1/125 is fast enough while still allowing me to shoot at lower lighting power?&nbsp; I just wanted to see if anyone here has some experience shooting cigarette smoke, and what were your results?&nbsp; I know recently their was this one photographer who shot smoke, but it was for a series and he took like 8,000 shots and only had 30 keepers.&nbsp; I'm not looking for that much insanity, just needs to get the idea of the composition for a portfolio I want to start of the seedier side of life.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="crewchief227, post: 371030, member: 33158"] Ok so I have this idea for a composition that involves a pair of chuck taylors, an makeshift ashtray with lit cigarette and some other stuff. Obviously it is a still life and I was thinking b&w low key, you know that moody look, so it's not a pic of someone smoking. But I need advice on shooting cig smoke, do you try and hit the smoke dead on, or side? I am sure you want a faster shutter speed then what I would normally do the shoot with (1/60) as I would have to freeze the smoke, maybe 1/125 is fast enough while still allowing me to shoot at lower lighting power? I just wanted to see if anyone here has some experience shooting cigarette smoke, and what were your results? I know recently their was this one photographer who shot smoke, but it was for a series and he took like 8,000 shots and only had 30 keepers. I'm not looking for that much insanity, just needs to get the idea of the composition for a portfolio I want to start of the seedier side of life. [/QUOTE]

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