Just in time for Halloween, a sweet tutorial about making the best out of horror lighting. Two important things you should take away from it: (1) working with smoke will always be a pain and (2) even though you have permission to shoot in your neighbor’s yard doesn’t mean you got permission. That first point is helpful, the second is crucial. Learn from this tutorial and remember to scout your location, exhaustively. And if you’re going to use a smoke machine, know that it’s always best to work from uphill down and to keep the machine as far as possible!

Happy Halloween!