How Do I Avoid Reflection On Satin When Shooting With Flash?

Question: How Do I Avoid Reflection On Satin When Shooting With Flash!?

I'm trying to shoot some satin clothing items but am struggling!. I'm using a flash gun as there's not enough natural/non-flash light available to work with!. I'm either ending up with a very underexposed images or an image with lots of reflection/burn out on the satin (or both!)!. Any help appreciated!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Bounce from, or shoot through some sort of light modifier like a softbox, an umbrella, or reflector to soften or difuse the light!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Satin is hard even for a pro, colours and refections everywhere!. Use a polarizing filter will help if your lighting is set up correctly!. Short of a big softbox bounce the flash unit off the ceiling or white mat cardboard as others have said!. if you shot the image in RAW mood you can also create 3 images from the file one over one under and one at correct exposure, you could also do this by bracketing the exposure with jpegs!. then blend the three using layers in any photo editing program to bring out the shadow and highlight details!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The 2 best solutions are:
1!. Bounce the flash of the ceiling or a white surface, so that the flash doesn't hit the subject directly!.
2!. Use a diffuser to cover the lens of the flash!. If you don't have one, you could use a single layer of handkerchief held over the flash lens!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Why not use a lightbulb or fluorescent light or something and set your WB accordingly!?!.!. You can always adjust the exposure compensation in your camera!.!.!. Or like someone suggested use a polarizer!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

What kind of camera and flash are you using!? Are you using the flash on your camera!? If you have an external flash then you can bounce it off the ceiling!. This should help a lot!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Three methods
One, spray it with dulling spray
Two angle the material or light source
Three fix it in the printing stageWww@QuestionHome@Com

How about either a bounce flash or a soft box!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

easy way would be to use a Polaroid filter, this shall remove a big part of the reflexionWww@QuestionHome@Com