Cinematic Portraits with the LensGo Smoke B portable fog machine

Creating atmosphere in a portrait shoot with just a handheld smoke machine and an LED light.
Smoke, fog and haze can be a great way to enhance the mood in a portrait shoot. I've been using big smoke machines and hazers for many years but more often than not they are too big and bulky to work on location (and they require plug-in power). So I'm really happy to see a lot of manufacturers come up with a small portable smoke machine. Pergear asked me to test out their Smoke B Portable Fog machine, so I tried it on an intimate portrait shoot with a good friend.
For this shoot, I shot mainly with the Fujifilm GFX50R and the Mitakon 65mm F1.4. I also shot some pictures with my Vintage Minolta 58mm and 85mm lenses.
Links:
- Test with a similar device, PMI Smoke Ninja: • Test Portrait Shoot wi...
- Smoke B on Pergear: www.pergear.com/products/lens...
Chapter marks:
0:00 intro
1:18 overview & review
4:40 garage shoot
9:13 tiny house shoot

[@ricardogroenke5411]

I enjoyed the process and the images I think the fit the aesthetics, the place and the overall mood. The muted tones, the soft-like focus and the intimacy that comes acorss feels just right. I love moody images so this is perfect for me. Thanks for the detailed explanation :)

[@dmgfilmproductionandphotog1567]

how many minutes waiting time to get the fog start to come out?

[@studiojege287]

Nice portraits!

[@JWS1968]

I love this device. It's portable and cheap. We all know you can get a better machine if you have deep enough pockets. But the headline hear is the price and the partibility. OK there are a couple of kinks that will most probably get ironed out on the upgrade, but will that then mean a price increase? If it does than I'm happy to stick with this one. Battery life? Was it an issue. Is so what is the solution, Buy 2. They're cheap enough.

[@headsup4325]

How did you guys deal with the smell? the fog coming from this machine smells like burnt carbon monoxide.