Smoke photography 15 examples smoke photography art

Smoke Photography (also known as smoke art)

This morning while browsing through Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2008 awards, I was in awe of a smoke photograph that immediately took my eye. The image (shown below) won a highly commended in the creative vision section.

The smoke photograph below titled Monroe was photographed by Parc Cruz. It was shot with a Canon 350D camera + Canon 100 mm lens.

smoke photography

It wasn’t long before I was searching for other photographers who use smoke to explore their creative sides. Listed below are 15 stunning smoke photographs that will literally take your breath away. At the end of the examples, you’ll find a useful YouTube video for those looking for information on how to photograph smoke, or how to create smoke art, as it’s also known.

15 Inspirational examples of smoke photography / smoke art

  1. Photographer – M. Alberich MathewsUn a Été Rejeté
  2. Photographer – Sharlene ShappartEggcellent timing
  3. Photographer – Beat KuengDarklord (Smoke "Art")
  4. Photographer – Suyog Gaidhani Smoke | Runner
  5. Photographer – FejoArt of Smoke
  6. Photographer – Sharlene Shappart Smoke and Mirrors
  7. Photographer – David PearsonSmoke Photos
  8. Photographer – Eric HoSmoke Trail Art, Singapore
  9. Photographer – April Skyxsmoke photography example
  10. Photographer – carnagex2000 Smoke Trails
  11. Photographer – magicnikon
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  12. Photographer – Irene Mullerexample of smoke photography
  13. Photographer – Mehmet Ozgur example of smoke art
  14. Photographer – CowGummytulip
  15. Photographer – Per Zangenbergsmoke art example


Tutorial – How to photograph smoke / How to create smoke art

In the video tutorial below, Terry Watson shows his technique for doing Smoke Photography.

What I like about the video above, is that Terry explains the post production steps he does using Photoshop, to create his smoke art. I found this particularly useful.

Posted in Inspirational Photography by Tanya Puntti at February 16th, 2009.

3 Responses to “Smoke photography 15 examples smoke photography art”

  1. annamir™ says:
    March 14, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    Wow! This is very useful blog =)

  2. smoke photography says:
    July 28, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    Amazing collection of photographs. I really like the smoke effect in images. It looks very neat and smooth. I wish I could do something like that by myself, great work-keep it up!

  3. Jim says:
    November 24, 2009 at 8:14 am

    Awesome! Can anyone tell me how terry altered the black colours in his video to get an unaltered foreground but a totally black background. I have paintshop pro, is this function avaliable in paintshop?
    Thanks

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