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BY SPENCER COX | 31 COMMENTS
LAST UPDATED ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 • Post-Processing
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This is one of the more unusual videos I’ve made so far, but I might just be
happier with it than any other I’ve done. My goal was pretty simple: to take a Photography Life
realistic “landscape” photo on my kitchen table.
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I almost never do studio photography, or even much photography indoors at all.
So this was definitely outside of my wheelhouse, even though it still has the
landscape element to it:

I Took This Photo on a Tabletop

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jim thompson
November 30, 2022 8:45 pm

thumbs up………

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Milan Sopata
February 18, 2020 1:00 pm

I’ve created the account to write – Thumbs up! :-) Seriously, your work is so inspirative. I’m
reading and watching all articles

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alan green
February 5, 2020 6:46 am

Thumbs up!

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John Hinton
February 4, 2020 3:03 pm

Thumbs up for sure

Wondering what your total time to completion was?

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Allan Hewitt
February 4, 2020 10:12 am

….Excellent work Spencer

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Rosanna
February 4, 2020 7:36 am

Absolutely enjoyed this and yes, thumbs up too. My favorite part was the idea of poking
holes in black posterboard for the night sky. Thank you for sharing your creativity.

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David Hallberg
February 4, 2020 7:06 am

Well done Spencer. I actually liked the reflection in the unedited version. It seemed to be a
shine off of some ice. The final version does deserve a thumbs up, but so does the unedited
version. Very creative and enjoyable to view.

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Paolo
February 4, 2020 3:36 am

Great work. I like your tutorials very much. Very instructive; using a real camera ;)

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Thomas Schytt
February 4, 2020 3:30 am

Thumps up. Super cool.

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Linda A Perdue
February 3, 2020 5:47 pm

Wow, love how you took the time to build your set and show us how you modified it along the
way to make it look more real – I think you did succeed! The thought process of doing a night
photo was great.

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Spencer Cox Author

Reply to Linda A Perdue February 3, 2020 8:27 pm

Thank you, Linda! Yeah, I realized near the beginning that no matter what I did, there
would always be something that “didn’t quite look right”… capturing a dark, nighttime
photo doesn’t completely eliminate that problem, but I do think it makes it easier to get
the illusion of reality.

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