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
Get the "shinny ladies" to wear a long skirt, or trousers!As part of a catalogue shoot I shot pictures of some pairs of shinny ladies shoes.
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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Rub them with banana skin, it makes the shine less prominent.
But make sure you have permission first.
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bananna skinRub them with banana skin, it makes the shine less prominent.
But make sure you have permission first.
really
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Polarizing filter?
As long as the shine isn't from metal it should work reasonably well.
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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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