How to Build a Chill Box and Make Smoke Lay on Water (A Lighting Breakdown)

How to Build a Chill Box and Make Smoke Lay on Water (A Lighting Breakdown)

Every so often a technique crosses my feed and I immediately think: I’ve been solving this the wrong way for years. That’s exactly what happened when I sat down with this tutorial from JP Morgan over at The Slanted Lens. The goal of the shoot sounds almost theatrical - a model standing on a fiberglass rock floating in a pool, smoke curling across the water’s surface, a massive painted backdrop behind her.