In photography, working with a fog machine can add an interesting element to your photos but it is not always an easy task to do. If it’s warm outside, the smoke will rise and dissipate quickly. Instead, you can build something called a chill box that will give you more control on releasing the smoke.

Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens shares this helpful tutorial on building a chill box.

To create a chill box, drill two holes large enough to accept a standard dryer vent into both ends of an ice chest. Once the vents are installed, four wooden blocks should be dropped into the chest which are used to prop up a metal grill. Place dry ice onto the grill, close the lid, and the fog machine is connected to the chest via a round duct onto one of the dryer vents. The fog machine forces the smoke through the duct over the dry ice in the chest once it is turned.

Watch Morgan’s tutorial here:

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