fhyder
Reged: 19/04/2002
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Hello
As part of a catalogue shoot I shot pictures of some pairs of shinny ladies shoes. These have prominent hotspots courtesy of the studio flash. Can anyone suggest a way to shoot such items but avoid the hotspots (other than post production in Photoshop)? Thank you.
Farrukh
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beejaybee
Marvin
Reged: 18/07/2007
Posts: 6282
Loc: Really Here In Name Only
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As part of a catalogue shoot I shot pictures of some pairs of shinny ladies shoes.
Get the "shinny ladies" to wear a long skirt, or trousers!
Seriously though - try dabbing the shiny bits with Blutak to take the reflection down a bit. If you must use flash.
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Fen
BAD WOLF
Reged: 12/03/2002
Posts: 25718
Loc: London'ish
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Rub them with banana skin, it makes the shine less prominent.
But make sure you have permission first.
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tonycro
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Reged: 27/09/2004
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Loc: UK, Northamptonshire
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Rub them with banana skin, it makes the shine less prominent.
But make sure you have permission first.
bananna skin  really 
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deddard
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Reged: 11/03/2008
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Polarizing filter?
As long as the shine isn't from metal it should work reasonably well.
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Terrywoodenpic
A whiff of silicon...
Reged: 21/01/2006
Posts: 915
Loc: Saddleworth UK
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Professionals use Dulling spray for uncontrollable highlights. Prior to that we used Putty. as it is based on linseed oil, it will not damage many things.
I did Catalogue work for a number of years and every thing wearable was just gathered up and dumped after the shoot.
Only the high ticket items were sold on. They certainly never checked for damage on anything, as most things had been pinned, pegged, sewn, celotaped, blue tacked or otherwise interfered with.
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