Richard Wood
Adding atmosphere to portraits
For years I've been using smoke and steam.... sometimes heavy..... but often in extremely subtle ways almost to the point where you cannot see it. I find it brings elements of my compositions especially together. It also helps to tie everything together in a sense of realness. Smoke and steam can also be used to create literally just that.... smoke and steam for those more dramatic images. I've created a tutorial here that shows you how I overlay these effects.