Video: Add drama to your photos with colour and smoke
Wednesday 6 May 2026, 19:19 by Elja Trum | 1,039 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
In this video, Gavin Hoey shows how you can add extra drama to your photo by using colour and smoke. Instead of flash with colour gels, Gavin uses LED lighting.
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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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