bee-gun

The bee gun creates a lot of smoke over a period of time as long as you keep topping it up with carbon tabs and incense – the set will smell lovely! But beware, the gun gets very hot indeed! So in an interior give some thought  beforehand as to where you are going to put it down.
Bee smokers rust like crazy so better invest in a stainless steel one. You can use kindling but best of all are impregnated carbon pellets with a saucer shaped dip to hold the incense (if you go down the sacred road).

With smoke on the set you have to photograph towards the light source to get the effect.

instant smoke

Suppliers to the film industry stock all you need or else Apiarist (beekeeping) suppliers,  surprise, surprise. These latter are more ubiquitous than you might think.
A cheaper and instant alternative is the spray smoke canister. Called ‘Smoky‘ and available from Condor Foto in Milan. They have a perfectly horrible website,  but they are, despite appearances, quite efficient:
Condor Foto

bee-gun in action on set (in this case an Etruscan tomb)

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