Photographing smoking stick

Photographing smoking stick is challenge. I tried a simple method and would like to share with you. I used DSLR with kit lens (18-55 mm). I did not use any materials for background. The background was complete dark night. There was space about 50 meters where camera’s inbuilt flash cannot reach.

Photographing smoking stick

The wind was not strong. Therefore, I could be able to control the smoke by manual blow. I took about 15 shots and satisfy by the above result. The camera settings were as follows:

• Aperture: f/4.5
• Shutter speed:  1/60
• ISO: 200
• Focal length: 36mm
• Flash: On

You could try for Photographing smoking stick and get better results. If you try at studio or better setup, you could get better result. Appearance of burning fire (red color) would be an additional result, and it would make image as live.