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Fake daylight

These photos were all taken at night, or late evening, with no ambient light. I wanted to practice faking the daylight. These are the results. I'm now working on a short tutorial on how to achieve similar effect.

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Day 496
Gobo. Take three.
Made new gobo today. Much, much bigger. It's fun, and helps to learn how the light works. I'll be working on the "Faking the dayligh...
Day 499
Minimalism
Testing more techniques. I think I have enough to produce some decent article about it. I'm having so much fun taking those minimal photos....
Day 474
Drunken designer
You'll soon be able to see what comes out of me mixing beer and design. Beware. #apple #office #night #macbook #wood #monday #alcohol...
Day 471
Good morning
Actually, this was taken around 9pm with no ambient light available. I'm practicing imitating daylight. I'm getting better results with e...
Day 475
Creative block
I really start to like this overhead perspective, the fake ambient light and the wooden background. Great way to make the streak photos...
Day 484
My favourite holiday
Fat thursday - that's the actual name of a holiday in Poland. It's the day we all stuff ourselves with doughnuts and other sweets...
Day 498
Mystery bag
I got my first photography job today. I need to take creative photos of what's in the bag. I'm not going to tell what's in it yet. I've ne...
Day 502
One more
I've been using the Youngnuo LED lamp for the whole fake daylight series. Then, I started to work on the tutorial and realized that noone wil...
Day 1,244
Minimalism
Testing different setup with a seamless backdrop made from a big piece of cloth. With f/1.8 the texture is blurred so it looks like a plain...
Day 500
Another scene
This is the final image for the tutorial I'm working on. It should be ready next week. #saturday #camera #evening #mess #desk #studio #c...
Day 495
Gobo. Take two.
Tried to fake the morning light squeezing through the blinds. I now know that I made the gobo too small. But I've got a lot of cardboa...
Day 477
Reading your feedback
Ok, as you all probably noticed, today we rolled out new version of tookapic. We've been working on it for last two or three mon...
Day 494
Gobo. Take one.
I spent half the evening playing with gobo I made from a piece of cardboard. It took me more than an hour to figure out where to place...