p.1 #1 · I would like to do some smoke photography and have some questions on the lighting setup i need
I'm just an amateur and am looking to play around with some smoke photography... This is the tutorial I plan to follow with a few of my own changes of course:
I currently do not have any sort of flash for my 40d. I don't have a lot of money to spend on a setup, especially considering I'm just doing this for fun. Would one of the following kits be everything I need to get going as far as light? Would these kits plug into my camera and work that way or do i need something to master them? I assume that these are cheap, entry level style lights but the reviews seem to suggest they're decent... Any thoughts from you guys?
p.1 #2 · I would like to do some smoke photography and have some questions on the lighting setup i need
You're better off with hotshoe-based flashes like YN-560s than those crappy JTL strobes and the like.
Get 2 YN-560s (about $70 each) and a set of Cactus v5 triggers. Then buy a set of colored gels for use on hotshoe flashes. You can make snoots or gobos out of cardboard. Also, buy a couple of manfrotto nano stands or something similar and a couple of flash umbrella brackets. Finish it off with a few sets of eneloop or Duracell pre-charged AA batteries and a good charger. You can find more info on the gear on sites like strobist.
I've done smoke photography with small flashes and with studio strobes (Dyna-lite) and the results are the same. You just have to keep the small flashes closer to the smoke.
