Portrait photography tip: Use a wind machine

Thursday 19 May 2022, 16:32 by Elja Trum | 3,281 views | 0 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Want to add a bit more dynamism to your photo? Try using a wind machine. Many studios have one, but you can of course also use a normal fan or even wave a piece of cardboard to create wind in your photo.

Yvette - f/10, 1/160s, 100 ISO @ 110mm
You are best off having a third person operate the fan. For the best effect, you need to move the fan slightly from side to side and up and down. This creates changing air currents, making the effect of the wind much stronger.

If you let the wind blow from a fixed position, you get the same look in every photo and hair often clumps together, which looks less attractive.

You can often vary the strength of a wind machine as well. This is also a smart way to create more variation.

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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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