Portraits with the PMI SmokeNINJA PRO Haze Kit
You’ve seen me use haze before and you’ve seen me photograph Lara before, but you’ve never seen me shoot Lara with haze … until now.
About a year ago, I bought and experimented with the original PMI SmokeNINJA. It wasn’t a real haze machine, but I could make it work. Recently PMI got in touch with me. They said they loved my video about the original SmokeNINJA and that they were developing something new that they thought I would love: an improved SmokeNINJA PRO that also comes in a Haze Kit. They wanted to send me one, and didn’t even want me to review it. They just wanted me to make a video in which I explain how photographers can use haze. And I dit just that:
And in case you want to take a better look at some of the pictures, here you go:
You know I like to travel light and keep things simple in order to work freely and connect with my subject. But that sometimes restricts me in what I can do compared to a bigger production. And I’m always on the lookout for products that give me big production options in a portable package. This SmokeNINJA PRO Haze Kit, definitely qualifies and can replace my big, heavy, AC-powered hazer in many situations.
To finish the shoot and demonstrate how focused light turns into strong beams through haze, I set up my old beamer as a backlight and used a tiny LCD-panel as the main light.
PMI may not be the cheapest player on the market when it comes to portable smoke machines, but they are not that more expensive as the really cheap ones. You get what you pay for. The whole experience, the construction quality and safety features are just the best I’ve seen in these kind of devices.
Thank you PMI for getting to work with user feedback and letting me do my thing. Also a big thanks to Lara for being patient, pretty and professional. And to my girlfriend, thank you for finding a great location, shooting some behind-the-scenes video and putting up with my crazy ideas.
Talking about crazy ideas, this machine can also make bubbles filled with smoke, definitely something to try out soon ;-)